Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Den sommaren by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki, Sara Årestedt

7 reviews

davidg1995's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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thisiscourt's review against another edition

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

4.0

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cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I genuinely didn’t expect this to be a deeply sorrowful story. This coming of age, young adult graphic novel tackles two teenage girls spending a life-changing summer together. The art style is very beautiful and compliments the heartwrenching yet equally hopeful story that the writers were trying to tell.  
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nojerama's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I've never read a book that so accurately captures what it's like growing from girl to teenager and desperately wanting to be a grown-up, but you also just never want your childhood to end. I want to hug all the women and girls in this book forever. Contrary to almost every other review, I love that "nothing happened". Nothing was supposed to happen. And I love it for it.
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shaipanda's review against another edition

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1.5

I really really did not like this and it just wasn’t for me. As someone else’s review said there’s just a lot of unaddressed things and also a lot of subtle or blatant racism, fat phobia, sexism etc that’s just never addressed and I get that the characters are young and it’s from their perspective but I really just did not enjoy this
Additionally I just have a personal preference where I don’t really tend to like books where the whole vibe is just - sad which this book 100% is 
I figured I’d give this a 2.75 or 3 in the middle but I just disliked it more and more the further I went 
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orlagal's review against another edition

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

3.5

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robinks's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-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

3.5

A coming-of-age tale with some sprinkled in family drama and rampant sexism. I felt a bit unresolved at the end (though I suppose that’s the point), and I didn’t have positive feelings towards the main character. I would’ve liked to see more of the other characters’ storylines expanded upon.
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