Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Þernan by Nita Prose

231 reviews

hellokaley's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was an easy, fast mystery read. I enjoyed the second half better than the first when Molly was able to form connections and see some success. 

Overall (and especially in the first half of the book), I just felt so sad for Molly. Part of this may be my own experience with autism but I just didn’t love the plot of a neurodivergent individual being taken advantage of by many people around her. I felt sad that she was left alone when her grandmother died.

I liked Molly’s character but in my opinion, it didn’t have the perfectly quirky Eleanor Oliphant vibes that many people reference. 

Although I enjoyed the read, I probably won’t be continuing to the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder

Moderate: Drug use

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I had a bit of trouble getting through about the first half of this book. It didn’t quite grab me in the way I thought it would from all I’ve heard about this book. I think it was because the narrator’s voice took some time to get used to. But I was hooked by the second half and eager to see how things would work out for Molly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Abandonment, Deportation

d4yd4y's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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the story was predictable but enjoyable - gets an extra .5 stars cos i love molly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief

Minor: Bullying

jlblumenfeld's review against another edition

3.0

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This book kind of frustrated me in that it felt kind of like they were making light of what literally happens to ASD folks regularly, getting unknowingly coerced/manipulated into crimes because they think the person is their friend. I appreciated the ending and was glad she ended up with JM.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Ableism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, Deportation

lydsgrace99's review against another edition

3.5

funny inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

seismicality's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed this book, the plot twist at the end really surprised me!  I don't think I've read a book before with the point-of-view of someone who is autistic (or at least heavily implied to be) - which is great representation for Neurodiverse folks. The depiction was well written, although I believe it fell into quite a few stereotypes - which took away from that slightly. Overall a good book :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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really easy to read. did not realise mc was going to be on the autism spectrum. whilst it’s not said explicitly it’s heavily implied and it hurts having to watch her get manipulated by those around her but it was soothing to know she had others around her that did genuinely care about her
i loved the plot, really enjoyed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Abandonment, Deportation

marissasa's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Although this book wasn't what I expected going into it, I still found myself rooting for Molly the maid and hoping for the best for her. Rather than a deep murder mystery or even cozy mystery, I found this book to be more of a cozy character study of an obviously neurodivergent/autistic young woman (although it is never outright stated) with a small murder and crime subplot in the setting of a bustling, grand hotel. There were times when it was hard to read this book because the main character was so sweet and naive and so many people in her life took advantage of her or judged her for being different. The mystery part of the plot was also very predictable and the twist at the very end didn't feel like a huge reveal at all. Despite these parts, I still enjoyed seeing Molly gain a new found family and wanted her to get a happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

briannagriffin567's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder

danikajoan's review against another edition

1.0

dark lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I had assumed that the author of this book was neurodivergent, like her main character, and when I found out she wasn’t it seemed like such a weird choice, especially with the way she chose to write Molly, who reads like Amelia Bedelia most of the time. The mystery itself isn’t anything especially interesting, and if I wanted a charming British whodunnit I should have just re-read Thursday Murder Club 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation