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Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra

13 reviews

alex1's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Animal death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

haleybre's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Addiction, Bullying, Homophobia, Blood, Violence, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

librarian_barbie's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Drug use, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Outing, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Gaslighting

ravensandlace's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Title: Tiny Pretty Things 

Author: Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton

Genre: Young Adult Thriller

Format: hardback library book

Series: Tiny Pretty Things (#1)

Star Rating: 3.5 stars

tw: underage drinking, disordered eating, vomiting, pill usage, subtle racism, bullying, infidelity, inappropriate student/teacher relationship, violence

I wanted to like this more than I did. That seems to be a pretty common theme for me as of late. I think I might have too high expectations. Goodreads synopsis compared it to Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars, both of which I love. Black Swan is one of my favorite movies. I did see elements of both Black Swan and Pretty Little Liars but I just found myself having a hard time connecting with this book. 

My main problem was the amount of just pure hate and vitriol. Holy crap, some of these girls truly hated each other and it felt really off. In June’s storyline, a girl hates her and the reason she hates her seems incredibly ridiculous. I understand that the world of ballet is incredibly competitive and tense but is there really so much hate? It just made my stomach churn with how much bullying there was. 

This book is very much a slow burn. There is a lot of mystery behind it but the pacing of those mysteries felt off. We literally learned all the secrets the ballerinas had by the middle of the book. So then we were just left with three teen girls on a path to major self-destruction, which was pretty heartbreaking to read. 

This review is going in a negative direction. I did like the book, for the most part. I appreciated that two out of the three main characters weren’t white. Gigi was Black and June was half-Korean. I know the world of ballet is not diverse so it was very lovely to see that. Even if those characters experienced racism because of it. 

This book also portrays both the brutal world of eating disorders and the extremes one would go to get parental approval. While I don’t have an eating disorder, I think it portrayed what it's like to have one pretty well. The scenes were pretty graphic and honestly hard to read. The same goes for parental approval. These girls have so much going on with them. 

Overall, this wasn’t my favorite book but I did enjoy it. I am a huge sucker for the world of ballet. I didn’t know a lot of what they were talking about in terms of the dance moves but I’m still obsessed. I will be continuing with the series because this book left on a cliffhanger and I’m curious to know what's going on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Classism, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Racism, Hate crime, and Medical content

pitayacactus's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia

anisans's review

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

noomi's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, and Homophobia

jamesflint's review

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Bullying, Animal death, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse

texassizedreads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Vomit, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Racism

readerforlife's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is quite wild. The girls at this school are downright vicious. They really go through all lengths to make sure they get the roles they want. There was a lot of exposition and general tension at the beginning of the book, so it was quite slow-paced. I thought that the character of Bette was so entitled and annoying, but the other two perspectives were very well done. I understand how she was necessary to tell the story, but I wish there was something that helped negate what she was saying. Like if another character described her as entitled or something to that effect. I did understand her situation by the end of the book, but I didn't understand her. I would also add to look at the trigger warnings because this book touches on so many different types of scars and addresses so many issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Medical content, and Racism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Blood