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karalara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Slavery, War, Ableism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts
bookishchef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Juliette hasn't talked to anybody in 3 years and has never known kindness, so of course she falls for Adam: the only person to show her any kind of affection.
But the fact that he uses this, and starts to be romantic and sexual with her? My god, that cannot be healthy. This relationship is going to be so codependent oh my fucking god. I know that they're both only 17, and teenagers are dumb. But this smells of a potential abusive relationship.
Warner was an understandable, realistic person up until the halfway point where he moved past ruthless, right into cartoon villain evil. It felt like there was room for redemption. Like this boy (HE IS 19) was just traumatized as fuck. A very young man trying to keep an army together by being as scary and ruthless as possible.
But then
Why....?
Like, I get the threatening of the toddler MAYBE. But the sexual assault??? How the fuck was that supposed to make Juliette like him? Nobody was around to see it either, so, keeping his characterization in mind, who the fuck was he trying to impress? Because there is absolutely no way in hell that this dude thought Juliette actually liked him after countless no's and her watching as Adam tied him up. I know that Denial is a river in Egypt but Jesus.
Also I hate the ending with the resistance and the Hunger Games esque Castle (who is basically just Coin) and this absolutely bullshit "there's 56 of us and we all have superpowers". Literally gtfo. I have this sneaking suspicion that Castle will end up the same way as Coin does in the Hunger Games too.
A lot of the other reviews complain about he flowery prose, and yes. It is very flowery. I didn't mind it that much, most of the time. But it is definitely there.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Violence, and Cursing
Minor: Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Murder, and War
The term "psycho" is often used derogatorily throughout the entire book.nicoles_reading_corner'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: Mental illness, Torture, and War
Moderate: Gun violence, Blood, and Child abuse
kenzie_simone456'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
4.25
Moderate: Death, War, and Gun violence
cutelilfrog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Sexual content, War, and Child abuse
Minor: Sexual assault and Cursing
There is a rather intense make out scene and two characters want to have sex but are interrupted.deffonotmillie_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Death, Abandonment, War, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
nasya_4567's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I feel like personally for me thought I needed the stakes to be even higher. But to be fair actually, the sakes where the highest I’ve ever seen them in a book soooo. ((Maybe I just wanted something extreme cause I was bored) gosh I’ve got so many TBR 😀)
I know who the main character will end up with because of BookTok. BUT OH MY DAYS HOW CAN SOMEONE FALL FOR A CRAZY, OBSESSIVE, PREDATOR OF A MAN. LIKE… I DONT THINK SHE CAN EVER FALL FOR HIM BECAUSE HES SO F*CKED UP. THERE MUST BE SOME MAGICAL WRITING IN THE NEXT BOOKS. CAUSE I CANNOT SEE HIS REDEMPTION ARC COMING ANY TIME SOON, AFTER HOW HE’S BEHAVED 😤. Absolutely dISuSTANg 🤢. He’s so despicable and perverted. 🤮 I could punch him in the face🤬
Anyway I love Adam he’s so sweet. I love the sweet good guy. 🥰 we need more of them in books. SO ADAM YOU SLAYED ✨
#kenjiistherealest
Epilogue page 329: Kenjis reaction (IYKYK 💀💀😭)
Moderate: Rape and War
Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
sabinehunter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Confinement, Abandonment, and Blood
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
I don't know if I will continue, I might read the Destroy Me novella since it's at the end of my copy from the library and see how I feel about it then.
Minor: Slavery, War, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Torture, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, Murder, Body horror, Grief, Body shaming, Death of parent, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Bullying, and Child abuse
gabi_w21'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Confinement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail