Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu

22 reviews

oakman's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

Minor: Murder

onemamareads's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Read my review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/bad-girls-never-say-die

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Violence and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage

allisonsmith120's review

emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Grief, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Bullying, Police brutality, and Blood

aqtbenz's review

sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

maregred's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Alcohol, and Classism

daralexandria's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

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

thewoodlandbookshelf's review

emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Sexism, Racism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

leahjanespeare's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

This may be a gender-bend reimagining of The Outsiders set in the 60s, but the most telling aspect of the story is that much of it could remain true today. Double standards, murder in self-defense, women expected to 'act like a girl' and any form of emotional vulnerability is inherently at the fault and detriment of the girl in question. Now, if you're familiar with the original text, you know things only get worse. But along the way unlikely friendships blossom, and these relationships will change the lives of all of those involved. I liked how it twisted the original story into a tale that felt timeless and kept me really engaged the whole time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Minor: Racism and Homophobia