Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

6 reviews

elenaxcaitlin's review against another edition

Too mentally exhausting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Kidnapping, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Child death, Suicide attempt, Rape, Racism, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

riannesdijkstra's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

rhii_annon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

Heartbreaking story, the main character Charlie is so loveable but in so much pain you just wanna pick her up like a baby and cradle her cause of all the shit she’s been through. <SPOILER/🚨TRIGGER WARNING🚨> As someone who has struggled with sh and st in the past, this book really resonated with me, the descriptions of how Charlie was feeling and what it’s really like to be depressed were so vivid and spot on with my experience. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Violence, Self harm, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Sexual violence

rubyreadzz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

THIS BOOK WAS OMG. I loved how the title of each part was used in the part. and the dark humour was amazing.

but when louisa BURNED herself MY JAW WAS ON THE FLOOR. Riley Wesssssst was a prominent character and i’m sad their relationship didn’t work but also happy cus it was toxic asf,

overall i love Linus, Tanner, Felix, Blue and Charlie with all my heart. Kathleen i love you for this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Cursing, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

cj_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

syafiqha's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

| A cutter, a bunner. She cuts to remove the sorrow, but what she gets is more pain. physically, emotionally, and mentally. Get to know her (millions of people in real life just by reading this one). |

My rating⭐: 4.3 out of 5
Genre: Young Adult ⚠️self-harm

𝐈 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥.
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The style of writing needs some digestion for me. I was quite confused for a little bit at the beginning, but then I got used to it. The writing often flashes back to memories of Charlotte and her friends randomly. 

It starts with a very short chapter, one page per chapter. Sometimes, the chapter consumes only half of a page. That's where I got interested in reading this. A brilliant way of catching attention.

The author potrayed a depressed girl quite vividly and painfully. She describes how toxic, how dark, or how pleasant Charlotte's surroundings are at the moment. What Charlotte feels as a cutter, as a teenager who is lonely, and what she feels as being a healer/sucker to herself.

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I admit that there is pain in Girl In Pieces, as there are depression people who are the cutters (or not) and who try to adapt to 'normal' living/adult living.  Its hard, you know? When you know nothing about the world except pain, torture, being homeless, hopeless, and feeling isolated.

'𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤'

Most of the time, a wrong decision is a lesson. It will keep improvising who you are going to be. Who are you without knowing yourself? Without feeling yourself? Or without being yourself?

Now, I hold this book with a special heavy feeling in my heart and also touch it with empathy.

Now, I know why this is my friend's favourite book, and I am grateful to her for letting go of her favourite book to me. I know it is hard to let go of something.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Torture