Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

52 reviews

athrillerreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Alcohol, Body horror, Cursing, and Gun violence

bookishthots's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Bullying, Gore, Grief, War, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual violence, Self harm, Kidnapping, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Bullying

Minor: Excrement, Abandonment, Ableism, and Terminal illness

natalieba's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying

the_booker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, War, Suicide, Grief, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, Antisemitism, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

bookandsnake's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Body horror, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Bullying, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Alcoholism

aurora9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I bought the book as an ebook shortly after reading the NYT review, as it hit a few key areas for me: LGBTQ+ storyline, boarding school, historical fiction. I did not anticipate it rousing as many feelings in me as it did, however. As a lifelong pacifist (who was very nearly physically ill watching the first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan, and who did not watch any further than that), the descriptions of carnage were at times difficult to stomach, and the way the author tied the characters and their development into the development of the war did get me more than a bit maudlin thinking of the very real lives lost in conflicts historical and contemporary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, War, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Blood

dananana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

christ.... literally couldn't put this down. haunting and tragic, but strung through with both horrific and beautiful emotion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, Antisemitism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Classism, and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

christinesreads's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, War, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Grief

kelsyalexandra's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

beautiful lovely striking etc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Rape

daisywilkes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Broke my heart and my spirit. 5 out of 5. I would die for Ellwood and Gaunt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Murder, Violence, Bullying, Vomit, Homophobia, and War