Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

150 reviews

lisashelves's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Addiction, Grief, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Sexual violence

vibinqvio's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

this was… a journey. a healing journey, written in the best way possible. 
charlie deserved so much more than what her past gave her. such a young girl, never really getting to experience her childhood and teenage years. the quotes were beautiful, yet heartbreaking. reading about the events of charlies life.. once something good happened, it was crushed. but she healed. she healed without the magic of love. she did it herself. and seeing her thoughts and struggles, i could feel them myself. and you can notice that the author lived thru something similar, because it’s written in such a heartfelt way. one point, why’s there a girl named linus? and a dude named riley? lil confusing at this point. 
I’m happy with the way it ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Child abuse, Addiction, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual violence

josiejeror's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

meelo_weelo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit, this book took me months to read, and i assure u the long breaks inbetween were necessary, but whenever i  d i d pick it up again, i couldnt put it down. Its heavy, and hard, and s o worth the read, this isnt a story shared w u, its a whole entire life, packed in neat pages full of neat words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Death

Its, super heavy

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

This book is so utterly complex it was almost hard to rate. Its girtty and rosy at the same time. It both perfectly explains self harm and its negative effects and glamorizes a toxic relationship. I didn't want to love it but I did. I cried through the last third of the book and am
both satisfied and unsatisfied with the ending. I appreciate that the book doesn't have a happy ever after as its not a happy book but for Charlie I wanted someone to give her one. Gut wrenching and reflective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Rape, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

esmee_meinen's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-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

2.25

Well that was a long fucking ride. this book taught me a lot. to anyone out there that can relate to this book, I am so sorry. but I'm glad to say I can't, however this book did teach me a lot. I never knew that life could be THIS hard + the things people feel. 

the way this book was written made me realise that I can be really fucking gratefull and that makes me happy. 

but I do have to be truthfull, yes it's a really toughy subject but I still don't like these types of books. I love thrillers, tense and mystery books. this is not one of them. I really tried to guess what was going to happen, but I couldn't cause I couldn't find a good plot line in the writing. 
it's really unique but not my style. 

if you are into the moving, sad books then this is the one for you tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Body shaming, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Blood, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Violence, and Mental illness

liebstebunni's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Body horror, Blood, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Infidelity, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Medical content, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Abandonment

iitaviinisalo's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5/5
Okay, i have no words. This was sosososo good.
Unlike anything I've read. I'm actually so happy Riley and Charlie didn't end up together. 17 and 27 ain't it and their problems just got in the way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Dysphoria, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

vaehangelynn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

5.0

TRIGGER WARNING 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Physical abuse, and Suicide

anniereads221's review against another edition

I am not sure how to feel about this book just yet like I felt it could have explored the topics at hand better and in more depth instead of covering many topics and only very little about it. But part of the writing I did feel resonated with me. But this book is very triggering so please do not read it if you would find it bad for you.

Content Warnings ⚠️- Suicide, Self Harm, depression, sexual, and physical Assault, rape, Violence, alcoholism, addiction, drug use and Adult/minor relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Alcohol, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, Physical abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury