Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa

4 reviews

spossum's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

freshbatchofbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I flew through this book, but only because I was trying to beat my library due date. 
I don’t think the epilogue was necessary 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Bullying, and Hate crime

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Fatphobia, Medical content, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Drug use

Minor: Classism, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Adult/minor relationship

insanelyfruity's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

'I was laughing without knowing what was funny. Everything was funny now. Or else everything was horribly sad. I couldn't remember which.'

it seemed like a very lighthearted book at first but as I got more into it I realised how wrong I was. I enjoyed the book but the ending didn't feel satisfying to me and I still have a lot of unanswered questions about the plot. the epilogue only added to the questions. 

"What are we going to do?" I said.
"I guess we're going to sit here and wait for this night to end. Every night has to end eventually."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

januaryapril's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, and Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Body shaming