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katie0528's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Classism, Biphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Racial slurs, Chronic illness, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Self harm, Colonisation, Medical content, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts
meliflowers's review against another edition
- 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
A well written book and a good story but it was a bit too predictable and cliché at times. I loved the characterisations and setting.
It's a good story but I couldn't really get into it or enjoy it as much as I'd hoped.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Outing, Islamophobia, Slavery, and Forced institutionalization
deetabz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Blood, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Death
Minor: Medical content, Biphobia, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror
musicmagician823's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Child abuse
Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
voidature's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
1.5
it’s disgusting to ship percy with monty and it’s gross that they still get together at the end given how monty treats him throughout the novel but especially in the beginning—because this is the monty percy would have been exposed to since they were boys. a monty who will say racist things to him when he gets upset, percy who is supposedly his best friend, and even despite that percy is so patient with him and has to *teach* him about racism even when monty barely makes an effort to understand or accept that he has a white savior complex.
monty went through a huge character growth arc, but percy didn’t have the same kind of growth, and monty went through that growth at the expense of percy’s dignity, being written with an illness, who was used as a prop for him. not to mention scipio’s crew, who were also used as props to help monty grow.
i have no idea how or why this book is so highly rated given the contents of it and how the author chooses to write her characters. and after reading the reviews and finding out she’s transphobic as well, i’m unsurprised to find that my gut feeling about this book reading the way it does is correct.
Graphic: Sexism, Alcohol, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, and Mental illness
eidal's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Racial slurs, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Sexism, and Racism
Minor: Ableism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Murder, Cursing, Drug use, and Slavery
littlesnowcloud's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, Alcoholism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Racism, Drug abuse, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse
Minor: Infidelity
marsh_mall0w's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Chronic illness, and Racism
Moderate: Medical trauma, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Slavery
Minor: Infertility, Sexism, Self harm, and Racial slurs
mickij's review against another edition
- 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
Beyond that, I suppose I should talk about the book. This book is utterly fascinating for a variety of reasons. For one, it's grounded in history but it's not bleak for the characters of color. Slavery is mentioned, as it somewhat has to be for a book set in the 18th century, it's not weighing heavily on the narrative. A second thing is that
Graphic: War, Alcohol, Body horror, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Racism, and Vomit
Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Sexism
adalinemccormick's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Alcohol, Classism, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Outing, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence