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gmwells'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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
mheiling's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Death and Terminal illness
rory1387's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- realistic characters!! everyone had their flaws but I loved them all by the end
- a queer relationship that isn’t fetishized or “other-ized”. queer people are still people after all, not just video game avatars.
- discussion of so many important topics!!! the climate crisis, the wealth gap/income inequality, grief, suicidal thoughts/attempts, misogyny, parenting, divorce, refugees/immigration, etc., all in a satisfying and genuine way
ps: don’t be scared of all the content warnings, everything is handled super well
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Terminal illness
alexisgarcia'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
annoyedhumanoid'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Dementia, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
homophobia and lesbophobia are only mentions of previous cultural attitudes towards queer peoplewickedgrumpy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
"This story is about a lot of thing but mostly about idiots.
Reading this book feels like you are actively getting whiplash since it keeps tugging you in different directions, trying to keep the suspense/mystery. Because of this it takes forever for anything to happen and it never feels like anything has a natural progression. It's as if you take one step forward and then two steps back in a halting cadence.
Also, this book suffers from what I will henceforth call: Boomer-Humor. To elaborate, any chance to make a disparaging remark about the youths (TM) it is taken. This is all mixed in with the attempt to have meaningful personal stories about grief, loss, addiction, suicide (ideation/attempts) and tie it all up into one interconnected comedic bow, and in the end it is a jumbled repetitive mass of knots.
I thoroughly disliked this book. I will never read anything else from this author. I did not enjoy their prose, their humor, their character-building... No redeeming qualities. It was not for me. I can see where there would be some people who would like it, but I was not one of them.
Also, because I was curious -
Number of times the word idiot is used in the book: 60
Number of times Stockholm is used in the book: 74
This book takes place in Sweden, but not Stockholm.
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
kaylasmilyface's review
- 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: Mental illness
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug abuse
rileyreadsbooks'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
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
jennabarry3's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Toxic relationship
mariexcelsior'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
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death of parent