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cooldudenick's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Sexual content
Minor: Classism, Miscarriage, Incest, Pregnancy, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Pedophilia
kinddog2073's review against another edition
Writing was "pretty" though deeply mysogynistic, up to and including indelicate treatments of paedophelia, incest, and other minor, unnecessary descriptors exclusively applied to women. Horniest and most unreasonably stupid (even for a horny adolescent) main character I've read in a while.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Rape, Pedophilia, and Incest
annahelle's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
i really really enjoyed this book! although it was a little cheesy at times and i wouldn’t compare it to gabriel garcia marquez (as advertised on the book cover), i still had FUN! there’s definitely something to be said about the treatment of female characters. like i’m pretty sure it wouldn’t pass the bechdel test lol. a bit manic pixie dream girl vibes. and i dont just mean fernin’s silly sexual, womanzing tirades , bc i took that to be satire. idk i’m dr*nk on vacation and i had FUN okay. and really loved the main characters even tho i wished the women weren’t just love objects !
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Incest, Transphobia, and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence
cewritespoems's review against another edition
This book is just jarringly sexist and once the narrator turns 16, I couldn’t read more than a page and a half before running into another description along the lines of undressing a woman is “like peeling a sweet potato on a winter’s night” or lengthy descriptions of breasts. At first I thought the author was just trying to characterize a few characters as womanizers… but every single man except one minor character in this novel can’t speak one sentence without objectifying every woman around them. I just want to read the actual mystery and the gothic elements but it’s impossible.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia and Mental illness
Minor: Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Incest, Child abuse, and Excrement
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