Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Bully by Penelope Douglas

67 reviews

stephanieclarex's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Blood

Some scenes with non-consensual touches and mentions of r*pe. Someone says the D slur.

taylerreads's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

Tate and Jared used to be friends, until the summer before high school where Jared came back and began to bully Tate. In their senior year, the bullying comes to a head and Tate decides it's time to fight back. 

Great bully romance! I enjoyed Tate's character growth as well as how that pushes Jared. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

nickiethebookwyrm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Writing was a bit juvenile and the plot was a little flimsy. Cute read, though predictable. I found the characters hard to believe at the beginning and I didn't care about them much, but that got better as I kept reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexism, and Vomit

folkofthebook's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

As someone who enjoys the bully trope, this one didn't quite do it for me, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

bookswithvicky's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Gosh why my friends choose this as good. I hate Tate and Jared so much. This book is so annoying!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

clazzy's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

joycuster's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Child abuse