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blckandread'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
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Physical abuse
dancing_dryad_85'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
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Death
Minor: Cursing, Classism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Hate crime
spilled's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Body horror
gnukiwi'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Physical abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Classism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Cursing
Minor: Murder and Racism
lunep'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Bullying, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Misogyny, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Abandonment, and Classism
margaret_k30'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment and Grief
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Physical abuse
periwinkle_flora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I agree with 2 things 2 others have said. The book is conversational and the book didn't feel like a warm hug.
but rather... a simple, light, and casual read.
Mika Moon has a rough life. Her family she finds, Ian, Ken, Lucie, Jamie, and the sisters, had rough lives too. Personality and backgrounds appear frequently throughout the chats between the cast.
We read what's happening to the characters. but we don't really feel what's happening to the characters.
We are told what's happened in their pasts, but we don't get transferred back in time, to see what it was like.
Personally, I would've preferred if the book showcased more emotional depth to make me feel something… versus briefly glowing over key relationships that make them who they are.
Another aspect that felt less cosy were the swearing – which in any other book *works*, but not here – and the shift in the main romance/ conflict towards the end.
Would I read it again? Likely not. Did it keep me engaged? Yes.
Overall:
A strong 3. (3|5).
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Grief, Sexual content, and Physical abuse
emfass'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
5.0
Graphic: Cursing and Abandonment
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Grief
Minor: Xenophobia
bodagirl'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
cassielaj'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
5.0
Moderate: Racism, Grief, and Xenophobia
Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse