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chuckyinspace's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Violence, Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, and Misogyny
lisettemarie's review
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual content, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Stalking, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship
kirsty_irwin's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Alcohol and Violence
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, and Child abuse
madelinequinnee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Tampa does a great job showing the realities of female predators, and how their gender and looks can make them go about their ways completely unseen, and once they’re caught, getting lighter punishments purely because they’re women. This was horrific and hard to read, but I also think really important.
The writing was impeccable, and the portrayal of an unreliable narrator was done really well.
Please check trigger warnings before reading because this is very dark and explicit
Graphic: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
codecat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol
lordslag's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Grief, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
ephemeral_remi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Stalking, Alcohol, Abandonment, Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gore, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
perfectcupoftea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia
archaicrobin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It was really hard to rate a book about a female pedophile preying on young boys in her 8th grade English class. Celeste is a guiltless pedophile looking for the perfect boy to use and abuse before moving on to the next. Told from Celeste’s perspective, this book is incredibly uncomfortable to read, disturbing, and very gross. Celeste describes in detail her exploits with these boys and her daydreams about the boys, and her sociopathic thinking of them as just tools to meet her needs.
While I did not enjoy reading this book, like many others I couldn’t put it down because I had to know how all this ended. Celeste must be based on the countless female pedophiles who were widespread in the media and the novel brings up the very relevant double standard that was pervasive at the time and in ways still is. It’s not abuse if it’s a hot woman committing the crime right? Tampa does not shy away from this or anything else, so don’t go into this without checking all content warnings!
While the content was disgusting the writing made you want to continue just to see how far this all goes. And I often thought this can’t get worse, she can’t possibly get worse, but she does!
I originally picked this up for its notorious reputation of being one of the most disturbing transgressive novels written by a female. I had to know if it was really that bad, and it was. Not for the faint of heart but if you can manage it, it’s worth the read.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
janbee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Grief, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol