Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

5 reviews

bethany_grace's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

DIANE NO

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

zoepagereader's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

An Outsiders retelling written by the author of Moxie? Yes please. Picking this up, I thought it would be a vague retell influence, just set in the same class battle. But no it was especially a carbon copy, just gender-flipped and dealing with other issues from the 60’s like sexism and racism. Did I spend the entire book guessing who the Johnny and the Daley were so I could prepare myself? Yes, yes I did. But dang, this was a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, Rape, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Gore, and Police brutality

inkdrinkerpdx's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

When I heard this book was a gendered flipped reimagining if The Outsiders, I bought it automatically . Loved Moxie by this author and had high hopes for this book. 

While this book has some similar to The Outsiders it has its own story and takes a different route since it’s females who take center stage. I really enjoyed reading the friendship bond between the girls in the story. I wish more girls took this route with their friends instead of shaming them because they don’t fall into society’s idea of what a girl should be. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

mallory10100's review

dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

the friendships in this book were amazing and heartwarming 💖

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Medical trauma, and Police brutality

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

i loved this book 🥺🥺i want more retelling of the outsiders!!!

whatskatiereading's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Thank you BookishFirst and Roaring Brook Press for my copy of BAD GIRLS NEVER SAY DIE!

I thought this was a fantastic YA book--one that I would have absolutely loved had it come out when I was in high school. The story is an all-female take on The Outsiders, following the story of "bad girl" Evie who takes in "good girl" Diane after after a tense encounter at their town's local teen hangout spot. I enjoyed the main themes of the book: friendship among young women and the lengths they will go to in order to protect their friends, as well as socioeconomic class. This book does take place in high school so the characters are dealing with the typical struggles that many high schoolers go through. While I did enjoy reading this book as an adult, I think I would have loved it even more had I read it when I was the same age as the characters. Coming from someone who typically reads fiction set in the present day, I enjoyed the historical aspects of the book taking place in the 1960s. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape