Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

84 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Holy shit i actually don’t think I’ve ever been more stressed out whilst reading a book.

COOPER YOU FUCK, I’m sorry Noah killed you like that but gurl you kinda had it coming

I love reading an autistic perspective because EVERY SINGLE THING miles said I fully agreed with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use

aflamingo's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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holy shit (i will write a real review later) but holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

tries to check all trigger warning boxes, it’s a brutal book, but there’s beauty in the pain of it all and more importantly the survival

cas56's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

peroxide_princes's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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: Yes

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Since AJW’s debut book, I have watched his prose just continue to get better and better. In this book especially, the character voice is so strong- likely not only because of his development as a writer, but because of how close to home this book is for him. Miles is an extremely powerful and dynamic character, who adapts to his surroundings and dives into adversity head on. EVERY character feels fleshed out as well- no one who is mentioned feels as though their story goes untold, or that they fall by the wayside. Truly it is a fantastic, gritty story about family blood feud, class politics, cycles of violence and how they perpetuate through generations, and about familial love and found family. AJW only solidified his place in this book for me as one of my favorite authors of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

the_queer_bibliophile's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I received an ARC of this book from the ALA Conference. All thoughts are my own.
This was my first book by the author and definitely will not be my last. This book talked about much needed problems in today's society, including transphobia, homophobia, classism, police brutality, etc. These are real every day problems that the author handles very well in this book and I think he does justice. Overall this book is a must read of the year in my opinion. Though I will say as a trans person, this book can be triggering (and can be triggering in other ways as well) so please read the content warnings carefully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

nikoops's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

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Andrew Joseph White has knocked it out of the park again with a story of the true horror of living in a town that wants you dead before they even know you’re different. Miles is a mix of things that could for sure have a small Southern town up in arms, but his last name is what puts the biggest target on his back. Once more, AJW shows talent for world and character building, weaving an intense tale of inter-generational trauma, small-town rage, and supernatural vengeance. If you’re any flavor of queer, particularly trans, you’ve got to read this book—honestly, everyone should read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

emroar's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Outing, Classism

Moderate: Torture, Transphobia, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

gaugedgage's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was such a thought provoking social commentary on so so many different topics. trans rights, nerodiverse rights, police brutality, class structures, how the coal industry collapse cause the appalachias to become poverty ridden, poverty itself, and so much more man. i still can’t fully wrap my head around all this book encompasses. its use of appalachian dialect just made it seem so much more real and immersive because that is what i am around 24/7. This book feels like the gossip i’m hearing from the town over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Transphobia

mchill's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia

emdowd's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol