Reviews tagging 'Murder'

I Am Not Okay With This by Charles Forsman

14 reviews

ash122's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Pregnancy

kamiqr12's review

dark sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

dafni's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Minor: War and Homophobia

ash_among_the_stars's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"I am not okay with this" is a graphic novel that sucks you in, and takes you on a rollercoaster of a journey, leading you to get off at the end wondering is this really the end of the ride? 
This graphic novel explores themes of trauma, control and self discovery through Sydney a 15 year old girl who's narration is filled with teen angst and nihilism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Suicide

readingpicnic's review

dark funny

3.0

Femcel Greg Heffley. This was so different from the show, especially that ending! Omg! I do love a genuinely surprising and upsetting ending though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Homophobia, Murder, and Death of parent

strangesickness's review

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

The best thing I can say about I Am Not Okay With This is that it definitely felt like the diary of a suicidal teenager. Unfortunately that is also the worst thing about this book. The story is extremely sporadic, going from one plot point to the other without exploring them in any depth. I felt as though the author had a checklist of every "dark" and "mature" topic they wanted to put in their story, but didn't actually have anything they wanted to say about any of them. Maybe this was intentional, it does really sell the "mentally ill teenagers diary" thing, but that doesn't make it an interesting read. This doesn't feel like a book, there's nothing here other than

"and then I hooked up with an older woman and then my friend got teen pregnant and then I smoked weed and then I killed a guy and then I killed myself."

none of the characters are interesting, and none of the plot points are explored in any meaningful way. I don't feel like the author actually had anything to say with this, they just wanted to see if they could emulate the writing style of an emo teen. If you're reading this and disagree and felt you got something out of this, I'm really happy for you! I wish I could say the same. I'm not going to say "don't read the book the shows better", because this is all subjective and you might prefer the book to the show, but what I can say is that I felt that the show did a lot more with it's characters and had a more interesting story. If you're coming to read the book because you want more of the show, don't bother, they couldn't be more different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I didn't enjoy this graphic novel. The whole story feels underdeveloped and disjointed, and I forgot entirely that it was following the main character's journal so the author didn't make good use of that idea. It felt like this was just too focused on being edgy and shocking and forgot to do the rest of the story building. There's also a lot of unconsensual kissing in this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

necrxpolis's review

dark fast-paced

• 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

2.75

I think I wasn't as disappointed by this as some other people because I didn't watch the Netflix show. 
There were things I liked about it but mostly I think it was too fast paced for me to truly care about the plot or the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Vomit, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and Drug use

Moderate: Abortion, Homophobia, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Murder

trayslays's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood

skylerh26's review

dark funny sad fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Violence