Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Bad Tourists by Caro Carver

2 reviews

drpthy's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Toxic friendship

gwenswoons's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Very (only) okay. My enjoyment of this book definitely suffered from my reading it right after The Chain by Adrian McKinty, which I thought was just so thrilling and weird and surprising and brilliant. This is NOT that; it’s not any of those things. The writing is basic and ordinary, the character growth or development nonexistent, et al. I think the most egregious is that there’s no point of view, no POINT, about why this story even exists or what a thriller is there to do — somehow it’s just gory to be gory, and the people are just gross and awful bc they’re gross and awful. And I guess I feel that even in genre fiction there should be some kind of point or perspective or any attempt at making something interesting and not totally formulaic and blasé. But this doesn’t. As I write I realize I need to switch this star rating from a 3 to a 2, haha. It’s okay — I finished it, it didn’t like mortally offend me. But it is totally unremarkable in every way and I will forget every detail in the next 48 hours, I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism