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Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
It is also genuinely triggering, in the literal sense. It certainly was for me, so if you do take on this artistic piece of writing know that you’re in for quite the journey and you’ll want to keep tissues on hand.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
This starts slowly and before you know it you are attached to all of the characters. You start to get hints at Jude’s past and once you start to think you know what happened, something even more terrible is revealed. Then you have happy moments to soften the blows before being submerged in sorrow once again.
Sometimes this felt unnecessarily tragic and even brutal. And yet Jude’s character is so incredibly human that it’s also poetic and lovely.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
- I adored Willem and loved the evolution of his character and how close we got to him.
CRYINNNNNNG, SCREAMING - Malcolm, I didn’t have any big feelings for, except that I appreciated how much he took Jude’s physical body into consideration. He was a good friend.
- JB on the other hand was someone I really couldn’t like. He is extremely pretentious and quite unlikeable. He minimized his friends feelings, traumas and selfishly judged them all, putting himself on this pedestal.
Once he made fun of Jude, I GASPED. I dropped my book. I could not believe it, I was like this is JUDE, this is OFF LIMITS. Right there, I was done with JB. And yes, I know he was battling addiction, but I truly feel that really was how he felt about Jude. AND WHEN HE KISSED HIM? Ohhhh I was so angry. - Harold. Oh Harold. I was nervous in the beginning because I didn't know which direction his character would take,
matching Jude's fears, but he turned out to be so wonderful, so loving and caring. It was interesting we didn't get as close to Julia. - Andy. A complete angel. I'm so glad Jude had him to depend upon.
When I finally finished this book, I could not stop crying. I could not get it off my mind. I was emotionally drained for the rest of the day. And the crazy thing is, I would read this again. Especially knowing how it ends, I would love to one day go through this and pick up on stuff maybe I missed.
I’ll think about Jude forever.
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MAJOR SPOILER, DO NOT CLICK UNLESS YOU'VE READ.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt