Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Non siamo brave ragazze: Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

50 reviews

itscrispyy's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Violence, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Miscarriage

fierymoon's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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

2.5

im ngl it felt like i was reading a wattpad fanfiction, but i finished it bc of my friend recommended it so um i'd say it was worth it at the end because unhinged absolutely head over heels in love lesbians <333

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

ghostie333's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

I overall really enjoyed this book. A lot of spice, not the most graphic but still good. The only thing I have to complain about really is the high school aged characters. Reading graphic sex between high schoolers is a bit off putting to me. But I still found it to be a very good book. Definitely one of my favorite reads this year, I flew through it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Child death, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

myreadingdream13's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.0

There were some interesting ideas brought up (briefly).
I expected violence, I've read all the trigger warnings ahead of time, and I can stomach a lot of stupid melodrama, enemies to lovers is in my top five tropes. From the summary, the book sounds fine. But I hated it from start to finish. 
Plot-wise the biggest criticism is the gratuitous amount of trauma and suffering. It's so excessive it becomes funny because every sad thing imaginable has happened to these poor characters. 

By the end of these 500+ pages nobody changes, not really. All of the eating disorder stuff is unresolved. Clay's internalized homophobia just disappears. Clay and Olive seem like a horrible couple. Mind you I didn't expect them to be in a healthy relationship but their good moments are okay. Their bad moments are jail worthy, I found myself angry at the author and her team. 

 
A deeply 2014 Tumbler reading experience.

Writing wise a lot of plot points get dropped and forgotten, probably like 70%. The tone is wack, going from depressing to flirty way too quickly. The pacing is lousy. Some scenes will drag on without an apparent need for them to last as long. On the other hand, a lot of moments felt cut off because we would switch POVs and it is another day. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Bullying, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

Minor: Abortion, Incest, Addiction, Rape, Self harm, and Cultural appropriation

faithreadss's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Violence, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

annoyingtwig's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

little debauchery is so fun sometimes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Death, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent and Abortion

uvsrdg's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Grief, Vomit, and Miscarriage

archiveofrasa's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

the best way I can describe this is a wattpad straight teen fiction book but for the lesbians (finally(?)).
for the girls that don't know, that means:

• juvenile writing
• questionable plots
• too long
• sex scenes (4 to be exact, you judge if that is too much or enough)
• a rollercoaster ride

I'm just gonna dump my thoughts into a less put-together manner, starting off with my grievances:

• the bullying. I have never liked the bullying trope but I knew what I was getting into at least, so I can't personally complain, but I do want to make it clear that Clay is a piece of shit at the beginning
• classism galore but that is essentially the foundation of their enemies relationship, sprinkled in with gay denial from Clay. with classism comes racism because intersectionality. yes Liv and her family are like a fucking quarter Cuban but she's got an olive skin tone (my skin tone) and if you know the issues Latine people face being in the USA... yeah. do with that what you will 
• Liv pressuring Clay to come out like girl how many times do I have to see this plotline

but it did remind me of the fiction I read when I was younger and surrounded by straight couples so it's probably nostalgia talking to me haha

and I did very much appreciate the certain topics discussed, such as:

• lesbians being seen as predatory by straight girls
• the social construct of virginity
• men fetishising lesbians

like, even if this is just a trashy story that people love to read, at least it is sending out a few well-written messages to its audience.

also, that plot twist with Callum, genuinely did not see that coming. that man became just a little more interesting but he's still a fuckass douche

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Sexual content, and Classism

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death and Abortion

yotsuba's review against another edition

5.0

I was afraid to begin this book based on the reviews but its a bully romance idk what people expected. 
I really enjoyed it, the tension was here and everything, I read it in one sitting

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Child death and Suicide

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Abortion, Classism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Mental illness