Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Old Enough by Haley Jakobson

21 reviews

alexcooper88's review

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, and Rape

Minor: Blood

itschelseaw's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

A very tender, very queer, coming of age/grappling with your past story. Reading about Sav becoming more confident and sure of herself over the course of a semester was touching and emotional in all the right ways.
Jakobson managed to capture the tender heartbreak that is so unique to crushes so incredibly well, it reminded me how thrilling they can be.
The tenderness that Sav holds for her friends, and starts to hold for herself, is a lovely lovely thing. The tenderness that her friends hold for her is a lovely lovely thing. The pain of realizing you’ve outgrown/grown away from your childhood best friend is its own kind of heartbreak and WOW did this book capture it perfectly.
The grief, connection and support that Sav receives from her friends, and gives to Lara, is so beautiful and bittersweet; if only there wasn’t the need for that communal grief and anger.
Overall a beautiful book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Blood

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

dixiecarroll's review

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was well written and the story was super compelling. I think it would have resonated more with me if I were in college or high school - definitely should be read by all young adults out there. The trigger warnings are intense so please take caution before proceeding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Transphobia, Blood, Deadnaming, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Homophobia

emmawilsonreads's review

challenging emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

Minor: Biphobia, Blood, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Deadnaming, and Transphobia

amandaboyer's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Emotional abuse

gracesullentrup's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Transphobia, and Bullying

Minor: Gaslighting

lilgriff's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Blood, Biphobia, and Domestic abuse

decie's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Physical abuse and Blood

laketwentytwo's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood

missb_reads's review

emotional hopeful reflective 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

Thank you to Netgalley and Dutton for digital arc access in exchange for an honest review.

I have been so excited to read this book since Haley first announced it, and wow it was everything I could have hoped it would be. As with all of Haley's writing, I was pulled into to this story from the very start and truly could not put it down.

This story was messy, and full of heart, and honest. I loved seeing Sav's journey through her baby queerness, understanding her trauma, and finding friends and relationships that see her at her fullest self. It's a story I wish I'd had when I was just discovering my queerness, and one that I still need now when trying to process the trauma of my childhood and teen years.

"No one can know what your experience was except for you. If you say your experience was different now, because you have a greater understanding if it, then that's the truth. That's your truth."

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Transphobia and Vomit