Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Comeback by Ella Berman

4 reviews

jackieyvette's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was a beautifully written. Heavy topics and a lot of emotional parts throughout.
Everyone in the book is flawed. From Grace to Esme to Dylan to Laurel to the parents and everyone beyond that, but even the flawed are great to read about here. 
I loved Grace and Esme so much they felt like people I knew. Their mother was such a shit mom, but such an interesting character. Laurel was such a great friend but had so many moments where I wanted to shake her and say this isn't right and you know it. Dylan was somehow simultaneously a great and horrible husband. Everyone else sucks. 

I wish Able would have died in that car accident and I wish Emelia was with them when it happened.

Crying score: cry-angle at the ready. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Self harm, Sexual content, Abandonment, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

haleygweaver's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A heartbreaking, tender, and ultimately redemptive story about a child actor all grown up and coming to terms with the abuse she experienced in the industry. So well written and engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

samanthataggart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

bella_cavicchi's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars. I started this a few months back but only just had a chance to binge-read and finish it this morning. I'm so glad I returned to it. Berman is a force, crafting a story that is equal parts captivating, heartbreaking, and empowering. I am enraged that we live in a world in which sexual assault demands no consequence, saddened that one's trauma receives no attention or care.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Transphobia, and Body shaming