Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke

6 reviews

hazel_oat's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

MAN this was really good. i inhaled it during a flight. would be 5 stars but starting this feels like you're missing the first three or four chapters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Confinement, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

tlaynejones's review against another edition

4.5

It took me ages to get into this one. I could tell it was great, but there was just too much dialogue with multiple characters at the beginning. For me, this made it feel sluggish and created a block to properly engaging with the protagonist. I figured this difficulty - with such a dialogue heavy start - was a me thing so I pushed through. I’m so glad I did because it was a fun and interesting story. It’s a contemporary teen story about a group of friends who are snarky, angry, defiant, loyal, and magic. 
Having said all that, the book just stops. There is no ending. It’s sort of cliffhanger-y, but it’s also sort of just the end of a chapter. Like the printer got jammed before they could finish printing the book, so they stuck a cover on this bit and called it ‘book one’. I do want to know more about these witches though, so I’m going to look for the next instalment. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ashthemenace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying and Car accident

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

"fresh scapegracers, making their own little band. doesn't happen much anymore."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Bullying

racheloddment's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Bullying and Homophobia

kelecoo's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This will easily be in my top 5 of the year. SO GOOD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Kidnapping

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Animal death