Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

150 reviews

torispringismywifetyvm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Child abuse

mlouise2974's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Suicide, Violence, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

milakzm's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

this book impacted me so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

bookishperseus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Addiction, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Hate crime, Medical content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, and Gaslighting

riannesdijkstra's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

sarah_j90's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the short chapters and was really rooting for Charlie all the way through. The character stories are good but I felt like some of them seemed important and then just dwindled out. I've got the other three in the series so I'm looking forward to reading them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic friendship, and Violence

This book was heartbreakingly beautiful. I loved the short chapters and was really rooting for Charlie all the way through. The character stories are good but I felt like some of them seemed important and then just dwindled out. I've got the other three in the series so I'm looking forward to reading them.

francescalange's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Rape, and Suicide attempt

s3vn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed the author’s way of writing. It was easy to get immersed in the story and I found myself wanting to keep reading. There are lots of beautiful quotes/phrasings in this book and it touches on dark and serious content in a raw, empathetic way. However I wasn’t as emotionally invested as I thought I might, which is unfortunate because I really wanted to feel with the characters. Still would recommend it, but check the TW’s before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Drug use, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Mental illness, Violence, and Emotional abuse

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent

lilyyyy_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death