Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Friends Like These by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

11 reviews

sunnyruth75's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Not as good as Alvarez’s first but still a fun mystery read. The first half drags but really gets juicy after that. And I called the ending which doesn’t happen often so I’m riding a high.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Death of parent

laurens016's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Domestic abuse

fizzy_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Alcoholism, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Rape

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Blood, Car accident, Death, Murder, Bullying, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cancer, Classism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

bhillenb's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

”they don’t have gymnastics in prison”

 
this book was so badly written I could scream

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

Minor: Vomit and Violence

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow. This book is dark and twisted and seemingly straightforward, but is just a whole mess in a really great way. 
I don’t want to say too much and risk ruining it for someone, so I’ll just say I think this story can be summed up in one sentence to me and that is: people are literally insane. 
I feel like this could be a really popular book in the same vein as something like We Were Liars and I’m so happy I got here before the flock appears. 

Crying score: yeah, a little. 

PS read TWs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, Stalking, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Child death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

illiterate_bitch's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Drug use

amy02's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Overall I enjoyed this book, I thought it had a mystery that kept you guessing (though I did guess 80% of the solution including that

Chloe was the one who hurt teagan

). The characters were deeply unlikeable at times, especially Jake, but I think it made it all the more realistic. Everyone reacted like teenagers actually would. The twists were surprising but not so much that they were unbelievable. Things were set up really well, it wasn't like things just came out of nowhere. I also couldn't put this book down, but the rating is a bit on the lower side because I rate based on intuition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Violence, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Adult/minor relationship, Dysphoria, Murder, Body shaming, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Animal death

milly__'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

aichaa's review against another edition

medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual assault