Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Together We Will Go by J. Michael Straczynski

4 reviews

fink1129's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Self harm, Death, Terminal illness, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fatphobia, Medical content, Drug use, Abandonment, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Police brutality

megelizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I loved the concept behind this, and loved how the story is told in such an interesting, unique way. I really appreciated some of the conversations and themes, and getting to know many of the characters and see some of the relationships between them develop. There are a couple of things that happen in particular that completely broke me and that I will literally never get over, and I love a book that can do that to me.

The main reason that I didn't rate this higher is a character and his name is Vaughn. I detested him with every fibre of my being, and I don't think that was the intention. I also hated and just could not get behind the fact that the other characters, who I generally liked, are seemingly perfectly fine with him being a disgusting creep and getting involved with a barely legal-age woman. The way said woman reacts to something else that he does - and again I generally liked her - was also just to me entirely unbelievable and did ruin the book a little bit for me.

This is definitely an odd book and one that I appreciated and was frustrated by in almost equal measure. I'm not sure it's one I'd necessarily recommend, as it's super dark and messed-up and does have the above disgusting element, though I did still get a lot out of it and have a good reading experience overall. Make of that what you will.

(Also, if you're going to read this, I'd really urge checking the content warnings, as there is a lot going on in this book beyond the obvious theme of suicide.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Rape, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Violence, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Domestic abuse

lizama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Alcohol, Gun violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, and Addiction

laur312's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Self harm, Suicide, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, and Child abuse