Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

20 reviews

isamoledo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

I’ve never been more mad while reading a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

micaelamariem's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Liked this and hated that I liked it because of all the er ethical considerations. And everyone makes me mad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexism, and Sexual content

morriganorgana's review against another edition

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

3.0

It's not a bad book, however there are some things that I really would have appreciated knowing about prior to reading that would have vastly improved my star rating and overall experience with the book. I'm continuing the series because I feel I may be unfairly thinking of this book, so we'll see how I am after book 2? I wasn't aware that this was a bully romance before reading and it would have been great for that warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Drowning,

There's a specific scene in which a love interest assaults (non-sexual) the main character while his friends record it

vinora's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

2.75

Interesting concept, lots of references to another popular school for adolescents with supernatural abilities, but existing in its own capacity.

I enjoyed the concept of this book but the constant bullying made it difficult to get through.

I was told that this series gets better as you move through it and I look forward to more positive development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Stalking

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

This gave me Wattpad vibes, has a nostalgic feel. It’s very trashy, writing could be better, however the plot is just not there lmao. 

The bullying is just insane though, and no one bats an eye. 

The tokenism of Diego is too much as well… why is the Spanglish so terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Incest, and Addiction

Minor: Classism, Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

moiranetty's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Honestly didn’t like the first half of the book, the writing felt a bit clunky. The story started to pick up in the second half it felt like it picked up. I like maybe 3 characters in this book, the rest are just stupid assholes. Something that confused me was the twins are supposed to be from Chicago but use British terms?

“my uniform or sports kit”
“Darius to be slating her behind her back”
“put on some thongs, my feet aching too much to bear being confined to any shoes.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

alexleigh20's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Torture, and Toxic friendship

sophiepeach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Bullying, Stalking, Physical abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

ali_arkanciel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, and Violence

justagrlandherdog's review

mysterious slow-paced

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

0.25

This book was painful to read. The writing is slow and it took until 53% of book for something interesting and compelling to actually happen that made me want to finish the book and find out. Not to mention the writing isn’t the best and reads like a CW drama or fan fiction. The use of British terms and slang (while understandable since the authors are British) is jarring and takes you out of the story since the main characters are meant to be from a “bad” part of Chicago. It’s very clear the authors had no intention of making their hometown a part of their characters beyond giving them a “rough” backstory. There are so many things in this book that give me the “ICK” that I could write a whole book about that alone. 

Be warned: there is some terrible stereotypes in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Classism, Car accident, and Misogyny

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Murder