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jaynovara'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: Addiction, Mental illness, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Child death, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Death of parent, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Physical abuse
books_plus_brownies'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
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, and Drug abuse
katieamelia'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: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide
ginthepages'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism
livdelrosso'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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
cocostephh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
johaenen'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt
ichbinclamp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
lit_with_lauren'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
4.25
Graphic: Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Racism
alyssalee2022'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? No
5.0
I don't know where to begin with this, other than this may be one of my favorite reads of all time.
Incredibly difficult topics, intense grief, depression, religious trauma, etc., are covered in such a poetic way. Although my experiences will never quite be the same as a black immigrant in the south, living in Alabama, living in the evangelical south, is an experience that can transcend demographics. That connection helped me to connect to Gifty and her experiences in a way that I wouldn't otherwise be able to.
Gifty's bridge between science and God/spirituality, and how one or the other wasn't quite enough for her life and curiosity, was particularly poignant. Needing both, rather than one or the other, to make sense of her lived experiences and hardships is something I can attest to. To watch Gifty come to this point, to see her brother's addiction and mother's depression through her eyes and watch her desperately attempt to make sense of both and what they meant for her life and theirs, gripped my heart with such an intensity I don't know if I'll ever get over it.
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt