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minskiwho's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Minor: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Excrement
missjeann's review
- 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
Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol and Classism
ritsuka'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
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, War, and Addiction
mahamsiddiqui'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: Death, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Classism and Alcoholism
Minor: Infidelity
greatexpectations77'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
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Suicide, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Classism, Death, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, and Gun violence
caleb_makes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Classism, Grief, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
b0y_m0m's review against another edition
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism
iris_garden's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Classism and Suicide
Minor: Drug abuse
hapalyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Grief, Mental illness, and Blood
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
beca_reads's review
- 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
We follow two different timelines. The first timeline is the hostage drama. A bank robber is in need of money so tries to rob a bank, unfortunately for them the bank is cashless. They are then alerted to the fact that there is police outside, and they end up running into an apartment viewing and taking a bunch of people hostage. From there we are introduced to all of the hostages and their back stories. Each character has such a strong back story, they could easily have their own book each. The hostage situation is ridiculous in the best way, and ends up bringing these strangers together. Meanwhile we have the other time which takes place after the hostage. Jim and Jack are father and son, and work for the Swedish police. Jack is determined to figure out who the bank robber is as they can't find them, and believe that the hostages are hiding information. Both timelines are carefully interweaved to form this amazing story. For me personally I found Zara's and Estelle's storylines my favourites.
Trigger warnings: suicide, suicide ideation, and confinement.
Also if you plan on watching the Netflix adaptation (which is good by the way) I recommend reading the book all the way through first.
Graphic: Death, Dementia, Suicide, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt