Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James

22 reviews

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

Wow! This book is awesome and I read it in just one sitting. <The horrifying transition from a (slightly creepy) romance to a full on psychological thriller was, though quite sudden, very well done. > I felt such intense loneliness hearing Romy describe her life and her future. It was very immersive. Great book and brilliant concept!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Mental illness, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic friendship, War, Abortion, Toxic relationship, and Grief

rachelwierick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, and Murder

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.25

This novel really reminds me of the Girl In Space podcast in that it starts with a girl alone in the universe, the last alive aboard a ship in the far reaches of space and gets further and further twisted into a horrific nightmare scenario.

Romy breaking down J's messages and software, the Infinity's med bay, and going through his room aboard the Eternity to find the scratching sound he imbedded into her ship's sound system, the computer system bugs, the quotes from her fanfictions, his parents' pods, her mother's pods, his notes on her, and his forged emails to earth was a well written undoing of her unravelling. It just felt like the book ended too quickly. I wanted Molly feedback. Romy's letter intro to her fanfiction was cute, but the part of me that's been reading adult fantasy and sci fi for the past few years wants information about changes to the NASA internal review process and how they'd change contact protocols to make sure emails that they're receiving are coming from the right people. 

It was a good, unexpected, and quick read, though I did almost put down the book forever after the first fanfiction section. They did eventually get more accurate to common fanfiction tropes and the way that fanfiction is normally paced, but all of the fanfiction sections were incredibly short in a way that doesn't reflect the reality of most fanfiction. I guess I am kind of glad that the fanfiction sections were short though because had the first one been longer, I most likely would have put the book down for good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Abortion

Minor: Self harm and Adult/minor relationship

skl_hcn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Death

chandlerwood's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Grief, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Confinement, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Medical content

kinomatica's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical content, Gore, Blood, and Torture

Minor: Vomit and Excrement

mypatronusisajedi's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Stalking, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

casualskimreader's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. I definitely liked/hated the fact that you could feel all the emotions that Romy was feeling. I did get a bit confused with the concept of how the communication worked in the book but it did not distract from the plot. The MC gives me anxious girl vibes that is extremely lonely that at points you want to shake her and say think straight. However, the foreshadowing is subtle that when the twist happens it all clicks. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Vomit

wear_sun_screen's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing

marigo1ds's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Child abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking