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chris_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Graphic: Classism and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content
Minor: Racism and Vomit
alisonfaith426's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Classism, Sexual content, Cursing, and Vomit
Moderate: Racism
cheye13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I found the character dynamics interesting - complex and conflicted enough to be worth following, but not contentious enough to be simply unpleasant. The book's strength lies in the roundedness of the characters (at least the adults).
It does feel unfinished, like a sentence missing a period. I'm not entirely sure what the message of the story is. It could have one message if a catastrophe weren't confirmed to the reader, and it was a sort of modern Monsters Due on Maple Street. It could have another if we (the reader) knew the intent or nature of the crisis. It'd have yet another if we saw just one plot point further into the story.
Not an unpleasant reading experience, but unclear what to take away.
Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, Classism, and Racism
Minor: Cancer and War
body horror mainly regarding teeth; some brief asides detail gruesome deaths unrelated to the main characters; racism is of the casual/ignorance variety rather than intentional crueltykah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Terminal illness, War, Confinement, Vomit, and Death
Minor: Racism and Classism
britttobegorey94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is an anxiety inducing read with no real answers but a somewhat interesting examination of classissm and racism in America, although again, I felt like these themes were not explored to their highest potential either.
Do not read if you are looking for a satisfying conclusion.
Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death, and Vomit
Moderate: Racism
bootsmom3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Cursing
Moderate: Racism, Terminal illness, and Sexual content
Minor: Animal death and Excrement