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asurasantosha'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
4.25
Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Transphobia, Ableism, Child abuse, Body shaming, and Bullying
Minor: Sexual content
brimacca'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
3.5
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Mental illness, Ableism, Bullying, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Sexual harassment
kelliemw's review
- 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
3.0
Write what you know, but the repetitive nature of it is a bit much.
Moderate: Hate crime, Bullying, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Sexism
avahernandez'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: Homophobia and Religious bigotry
akira_outofthegravity'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
Makes me sad that I will never get something like this lmao
Graphic: Transphobia, Ableism, Hate crime, and Homophobia
Moderate: Cursing and Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual content and Death
nibs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
In the first half of the book Skylar mainly uses text to speech, but in the second half he shifts to more lip reading with some signing. The lip reading overrepresents how much you can understand from lip reading, particularly in low lighting. The lack of specificity of sign language was also frustrating - ASL uses a different grammatical structure than english, yet the characters would mouth english words at the same time as signing, implying they are using english sentence structure. Based on the acknowledgements, the author is not non-speaking, so I'd say more detailed research was needed to more accurately represent communicating as a nonspeaking person.
Ultimately, it was a cute gay YA book but it felt unpolished and rushed at times. The great parts of the book were overshadowed by rushed portions (and the communication stuff mentioned earlier). I did appreciate the realism of conservative US in the 2020s.
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Ableism
Moderate: Sexism and Bullying
leilorenzo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The story felt rushed, part of the characters' traits seemed to appear out of nowhere... It was a no for me, but I can see how it would be good to have this representation available for teenagers.
Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry
bookwormvera'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? It's complicated
4.0
other than that, I absolutely LOVED this book! A very cute achillean romance with a non-verbal MC that touches on some serious topics. It has an amazing found family trope and very short chapters, which makes it a quick read:) audiobook is nice too!
Graphic: Homophobia and Ableism
Moderate: Religious bigotry
lasavon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Cursing, Ableism, Homophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, and Child abuse
Minor: Physical abuse
raichou'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
Im so happy for Skylar that, after all this time of doubting and being able to trust in others, he finally got a family and friends that care for him the way he deserves.
He's dealing with so much internalised stuff, that he has a really hard time believing that people actually do like him.
Sure there were some parts in the book were Skylar and Jacob made stupid decisions because they're young and experiencing everything for the first time.
But after all I'm glad they were able to figure it out in the end.
Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Child abuse