396 reviews for:

Mall Goth

Kate Leth

3.95 AVERAGE

mehsi's review against another edition

5.0

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This was good! Great art. Good story. Still shipping her with either Steph or Layla, haha (especially after that ending). I loved that she loved games. I loved that, despite how people may react, she stuck to her attire and rocked in it. I loved that she was constantly fawning over a gorgeous jacket, girl, I know that feeling. That person from the mall (security I guess) was such a fun character and I love how she was there for our MC. Oh, and the art was fun!
At times the connections between bits could be better, also the blurb wasn't entirely right, she knows that Jake has a girlfriend until near the middle/end when he told her he didn't have a relationship anymore and she goes to him, and yes, at times the flirting when he had a girlfriend got a bit much. Like, I get it, you like him, but just no. And I hope that, given the end, the teacher finally gets what he deserved, what a sick fuck and I feel for his wife.

dinkelbae's review against another edition

5.0

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Soso good <3 the writing, the characters, the art, everything!! already looking forward to reading it again

avathedarklady's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny hopeful 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

glaciod's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

melbsreads's review against another edition

3.0

challenging fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content warnings: grooming, biphobia (in the past), shitty parenting, cheating

Look, at least part of my rating for this book is entirely my fault. I didn't read the blurb before going into this one. I just saw the cover and that it was available at my library and called it good. So I didn't know that this was about a 15 year old girl who's being groomed by her 36 year old married-with-a-child-on-the-way teacher. And as someone who works in a school, that entire plotline a) gave me the biggest fucking ick, and b) didn't resolve in a way that made sense to me. Like...

GO TO THE POLICE, MA'AM. DON'T WAIT TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPAL. I know it was the early 2000s, but still.

Anyway. The moving-to-a-new-town stuff and the gaming stuff was pretty delightful. I just wanted more from the main storyline than I got. 

ariane_carrara's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alisong906's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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

mcsplitty's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

_sunshineandstories's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

in_love_with_him's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated