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astrotulip'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Torture, and Child abuse
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment
sweetrosegirl76's review
I'm upset bc I love T.J. Klune, I wanted to read his entire body of work but I can't. I really tried to give Ox the benefit of the doubt, I thought maybe he'd distance himself until it was more appropriate and even then I was grossed out, but I was like maybe they'll be a time jump and this will feel less icky. I hate to DNF a book but I just can't in good conscious do it.
Ox is a pedophile, plain and simple. 23 and 17 IS NOT OKAY. I hate that they met at 16 and 10. There were so many lines that were just so inappropriate and problematic. It took me the whole day to read 5% more from when Ox realized he was into Joe and I just couldn't do it anymore which is such a shame bc gross but also bc I was liking the book before, though if I'm being on this, I don't know why because what even is the plot there's so much exposition. The teasing and awkward and cringe is very typical of T.J. Klune and it could have been funny and it would've been funny had Joe not been a literal child and minor, instead it was extremely creepy and I hate how everyone is okay with it and not calling it out for this being a literal crime.
They had always been abnormally close. But I just thought that it was an intense brother relationship because of the fact that he didn't have a father, he was a single child also, so I thought he was just fierce and protective of his little brother; A little brother who had given him more family than he knew what to do with. I remember getting weird vibes before, but I thought maybe nothing of it, I thought there's no way that this will happen! I guess had I read the summary on goodreads I would have realized that it was always about Joe... and then 25% through happened and I just couldn't read it anymore.
Graphic: Pedophilia
Minor: Child abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping
tanja_reads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Child abuse, and Kidnapping
britt93414's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cursing, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Torture
stacey_unchecked'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
4.0
Trigger warnings for violence, child abuse and blood.
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Death of parent, Child abuse, Confinement, and Death
hex_meghead's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and Death of parent
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
ashleybakerwrites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Gore, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, War, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
jayjayjers'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: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Violence
Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, and Child abuse
Minor: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Adult/minor relationship
eliasaurus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, and Murder
beetree'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: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Torture, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, and Mental illness