Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

2 reviews

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!!!

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.5

here’s the key point to this one: it is NOT a thriller. I went into this thinking I was getting a historical fiction thriller story, and it was most definitely heavy on the history side. 

that being said, if you go into it with the right mindset, you will thoroughly enjoy this book!! the vibe was definitely the outsiders meets west side story, and the feminism messages behind the story was SUPERB. 

however, I found myself skipping chapters quite frequently because it was meaningless dialogue - evie apologizing to her mom and grandmother for the 8th time, evie and diane having a heart to heart about the same situation, diane and connie crying about johnny, just to name a few. 

and this book was THICC like 500+ pages thicc. I haven’t read something this long since the red queen series wow. I felt like it definitely could have been trimmed down and still had the same effect on readers. 

was the struggle through the book worth it in the end? I’m still debating on that. I’d consider myself in neutral territory on this one. 

wine pairing: austria grüner veltliner
rating: 1.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion