Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

176 reviews

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Violence

jessereadsthings's review against another edition

5.0

Really enjoyed, but the beginning was a bit much. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Infidelity, Rape, and Child abuse

krissydurant's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Drug use

pkprouvs's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual assault

sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was perfect sad queer girl lit fic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Infidelity, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

cademia's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

ecn's review against another edition

Too much abuse (and so many types)  way too early on

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Outing, Homophobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, and Rape

annabulkowski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Homophobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Toxic relationship, Child death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sianjkh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

nina lacour doesn't miss!!! jesus christ!!! yet another book that will form me as a person in ways i will never recognize. i would've read it in one sitting given the chance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Death

andreadelo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Simple yet reflective. I picked this up expecting mainly a romance but found two stories about the difficulties of finding oneself. I liked the bittersweet moral but sometimes the book felt a bit too on the nose with its metaphors, sometimes explaining  instead of describing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders