Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

22 reviews

stellaauream's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Antisemitism, Cursing, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity and Misogyny

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted reflective slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Drug use, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual content

savannah_s_v's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Alcohol, Drug use, and Infidelity

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Sexual content

maebowman's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

kerrygetsliterary's review

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit

mommarex1221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Alcohol, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, and Drug abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this delightful coming-of-age story set in the 1970s.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Addiction, and Classism

Minor: Eating disorder

jordanc810's review

emotional funny 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

4.75

This book wasn't exactly what I expected, but it was still really great. With all of the talk and comparison to Daisy Jones and the Six, I thought that this was going to cover the main character's rise to fame, and it didn't. The book only takes place over the course of one summer, where the main character goes through a lot of changes and is exposed to a lot of different ideas. This book was thoroughly enjoyable, even if my heart hurt for the main character at some points. I LOVED that this book was based in Baltimore, it's probably one of my favorite things. And not just "in the suburbs of Baltimore" specifically Roland Park and they talk about how going into a different neighborhood is frowned upon by those who live there. Ultimately, this book wasn't what I expected, and I would have liked to know where Mary Jane ends up, but I respect that some authors decide it's not what they want to write, and they want to let the reader imagine how Mary Jane lives beyond the pages of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Cursing

merryfaith's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

Like other reviewers have noted, this isn't Almost Famous meets Daisy Jones and the Six. It is a tender, wise and funny coming of age novel that happens to be set in the 70s and have a rock star as one of the characters, and I guess they were trying to reach for other popular media set in the 70s to compare it to. But really, this book stands on its own, and is super sweet. Glad I read (well, listened to) it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism

hkropp77's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-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

4.25

I rarely read happy books, but this book was so fun and still had depth and makes you think. It reminded me a lot of the movie “Now and Then” as it discusses formative moments in our lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Racism