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emordnilap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
i liked it enough
had some weird things that happened that I felt like were badly done and executed
Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Death, and Cancer
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Biphobia, and Death of parent
victoriiareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, and Homophobia
Minor: Fatphobia
nothingrhymeswithrachel'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
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, and Medical content
Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
violet_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Minor: Outing
getbrekked's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.75
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Biphobia, Grief, and Fatphobia
astarlia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia
spearly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Only Mostly Devastated follows Ollie, who, after visiting his sick aunt in North Carolina for the summer and having a summer romance there with a boy named Will, ends up moving to NC so he and his family can stay close to her as she gets worse.
This was a cute story. Well.. it had its cute moments. Honestly, I've been on a teen YA romance kick lately and, after reading some pretty great stories (including one from the same author, Sophie Gonzales called Perfect on Paper), this fell strictly middle of the pack. Nothing special. Not something I would read again, and not something I'll really remember after I write this review.
I won't pretend to know or understand the queer teen experience. I'm sure there's a lot of authenticity to Will and his fear of coming out, to Ollie having to sneak around to be with the guy he likes. And I'm sure, with all of Will's fears, a lot of his behaviour made sense ie.
But then I think about it, and I'm like... well, I'm sure there were moments when I was in high school that I said some shitty things too. That I acted bratty. That I was judgy. And yet, despite these all being valid points, that doesn't mean I like to read about characters like that.
In the end, Only Mostly Devastated just didn't hold a candle to some of the other books I've read in the genre, especially when it comes to queer romance.
Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Death, Cancer, Body shaming, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Sexism