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Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

6 reviews

alexflagg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Dementia, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Murder, Sexism, and Homophobia

Minor: Body shaming, Incest, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization

shacara_shacara's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexism, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Violence, Rape, Body shaming, Torture, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

sailormegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Bright Young Women was an incredible read that highlighted the amazing women who survived and then conquered the serial killer Ted Bundy. 

We see the strengths and intelligence of these women and not just as victims or letting authorities brush them aside. We see Bundy displayed as the despicable, gross, human he always was and not this distinguished, attractive, made-a-wrong-decision man that the media and Judge made him out to be. 

These women really are brought to life in a way that was never done at the time of the trial. 

I don’t typically notice or care when an author chooses a POV but Jessica’s use of first-person was the correct one. I was living the life of a woman who was dragging herself from a hole and into a beautiful new life only to have it taken from her too soon. I was in that sorority house witnessing the defendant run out the front door, standing by what I saw without a doubt no matter who challenged and questioned me. My heart clenched, my blood boiled. I had nightmares….

Anyways…. I hope I got it across that this was truly a fab book. Maybe I over-hyped it. But if you ever looked at this book and thought you’d like to read it, here’s your sign to just do it!  Don’t come at me if you hate it because I will not listen 🤣 jk… ?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Dementia, Cursing, Grief, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Blood, and Rape

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Addiction

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

If I still need to explain toxic masculinity to anyone who’s read this book, I give up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Homophobia, Mental illness, Child death, Blood, Violence, Lesbophobia, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Dementia, Confinement, Death of parent, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Rape

honeybeewitched87's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Misogyny, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Bullying, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

florecita_lectora's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Murder, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, and Gore

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, and Dementia