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rainbowrocky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Edit: You know what I think this novel needs? Jane's POV. If we had a dual POV with Jane and August, I think it would have been so much better. We could have seen her flashbacks instead of just being told about them through August's eyes. That would have been so much better and maybe getting her inner thoughts about how she feels about August wouldn't make the romance so one-sided for me.
Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Confinement, Child abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Hate crime, and Racism
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
alexbooksandmore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
The first half of the book felt really slow and uneventful, and I just wanted to slap a few people. Even the second half didn't really blow my mind, but I like how everything started making sense and finally saw some character growth.
Both MC were okay. They were fun, they had growth, and by the end of the story, they seemed so much more comfortable with themselves, which I adore.
I love the found family trope and how August found some awesome people to have around her. I love the other characters more than the MC...
Of course, the contemporary-si-fi theme was interesting. I wish it was more scientific details... I guess.. idk. But it was an interesting time travel kind of thing.
Another thing that was really uncomfortable for me was how much and intense PDA was happening...
Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Homophobia and Death
another_avid_bookreader'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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse
bg_oseman_fan's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Hate crime, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Xenophobia, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, and Racial slurs
dayniw'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Racism, Police brutality, Mental illness, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, and Biphobia
kalireads13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Biphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Hate crime, and Homophobia
julesadventurezone'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
4.75
Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Biphobia, Vomit, and Stalking
offbrandclubsoda'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? It's complicated
4.5
- Queer history woven into the story [Note: I recently saw a review that said this was inaccurately represented, so I’ll have to look into this further]
- Found family
- All the side characters
- All the rep
- Sci-fi
- Sapphic spice
- Finally a Queer book that’s not about coming out
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Racism
Minor: Car accident and Death
annir'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
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Homophobia
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Police brutality
galacticvampire's review against another edition
2.0
The moments where the full-cast actually interacted, like in the parties, show the potential this had to be more involving and fun; but they were too far in between to make up for the repetitiveness of August and Jane "case solving" (pages and pages of the first dropping every single important thing in her life to annotate on the other's food preferences)
August completely drops out of her life for months but is apparently a super genius who graduates quicker than she expected. On that topic, she worries about her student debt at least 5 times throughout the book but suddenly in the end she's almost done with it?
That scene where August says that "most people aren't like that anymore!!" about the racist-homophobic comment.... Felt really tone deaf and was never addressed again.
Graphic: Hate crime and Sexual content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Child abuse
Minor: Car accident