Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Old Enough by Haley Jakobson

183 reviews

meganbrinson's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

ralla95's review

emotional sad

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Sexism, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

cateeee's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Rape, and Transphobia

eestellar's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny 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? No

3.75

I really enjoyed this book, even though there were some very heavy topics in it. Sometimes people felt more like a stereotype than a person (Vera being a witch for example). A lot of the internal monologues about trying to be a good feminist, bisexual, ally to marginalized communities, was relatable and made me laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

booksandbesitos's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow oh my god it was so good! I don’t usually write reviews unless I really LOVE a book and this one was definitely worthy of one. 

The storytelling is so powerful. The characters, even the side characters were written strongly and all distinct from each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse, Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

kateywaldhart's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Eating disorder, and Transphobia

bookswithisabel's review

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Ugh I loved this!! It felt so real, totally a present-day queer college experience. 

Some bullet point thoughts since trying to write a paragraph is not working for me rn for some reason:

-There were many lines that had me laughing out loud

-The falling out with a childhood best friend was a major part of this story and was so well done. And also just like going to college somewhere other than your hometown and looking back at your hometown and the people in it and feeling so disconnected and foreign. Yeah. 

-I was so thrilled to read a story with transmasc and gender non conforming characters!!

-the queer friendships <3 <3

-Sav and Wes together had me like, grinning and kicking my feet, lol, and I haven’t felt like that reading a romance plot line in a longgg time :,) as a lesbian who is mostly just attracted to butches/mascs/transmascs there are not enough butchfemme romances out there!!! The romance wasn’t really a huge part of this story, just a side plot, but I still really enjoyed it. So Haley Jakobson, if you ever have any interest in writing a romance novel with transmasc characters…I will SO read that.

-Sexual assault is one of the major themes in this book and I felt like it was handled with such care and nuance.

-This is the queer coming of age story set in COLLEGE that we’ve been asking for! I read a copy from the library and I’ve already preordered a paperback copy to buy when it comes out in June (I’m just a paperback girlie over hardcover).

-I finished this at work (#ontheclock) and immediately made a face-out in my section that I shelve of the bookstore (hardcover fiction) because I want every queer college student to read this book!!<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ems_book_shelf's review against another edition

3.5

yet another book that really needs to explicitly state how MUCH of this book covers sexual assault and the PTSD that comes from being raped. Like this entire book is about coming to terms to being SA’d when you were a teenager and didn’t have a word for it yet. Even still, I enjoyed this book and had a good time reading it. This is just a PSA to anyone thinking of picking this up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Vomit

Minor: Biphobia

joensign's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

mmmsnacks's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol and Adult/minor relationship