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jjjreads'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
4.5
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexism, and Transphobia
Moderate: Dysphoria and Racism
Minor: Chronic illness, Classism, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death, Racism, and Cancer
fanboyriot'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
At first I wasn’t sure I’d like this story, kinda just seeing most of the characters as their stereotype, however, much like Chloe, I learned they were so much more. It was really nice to see so much queer rep with a small town setting (and in a typically queerphobic state as well).
I really enjoyed so many things about this book, Smith and his love for flowers, Chloe’s moms just being so adorable and wholesome the entire time, religious characters not shown in a totally toxic way, seeing the queen bee, popular girl, who everyone loved, not be as perfect as everyone thought, wanting to learn more about the side characters because they were that nice to read about, the humor was immaculate, and the ending was perfect; happy but leaving it open enough for the reader to have their own interpretation of some of the characters future. Not to mention the formatting and overall aesthetic of this book being absolutely stunning.
Good queer rep
Rivals to Lovers
Good Friendships
Wholesome Characters
Angst with a Happy Ending
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Classism, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Cursing, and Outing
Minor: Racism, Alcohol, and Mental illness
purplatypus'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
4.0
Moderate: Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
Minor: Cancer, Death, Alcohol, Racism, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Sexism, and Outing
emily_journals's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Overall, this book was fine, but I found myself extremely disappointed with it because of how much I've loved McQuiston's previous works. This book was perfectly average, with (mostly) vanilla characters, and a dull plot, which is not a way I would describe either of McQuiston's previous works. I think that this book had a lot of important themes for younger readers, but I don't think it stands close to McQuiston's other works, and might recommend people to skip this one if they're reading it solely because they enjoyed those two books.
Graphic: Bullying and Gaslighting
Moderate: Misogyny, Transphobia, Biphobia, Classism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Death of parent, Deadnaming, Racism, and Outing
ashylibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Religious bigotry and Homophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Alcohol, Classism, and Outing
author2223'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: Religious bigotry and Homophobia
Moderate: Misogyny and Lesbophobia
mallory10100'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: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Biphobia, Cursing, and Misogyny
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Outing, Stalking, and Gaslighting
Minor: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexual harassment
god i love found family books and this DELIVEREDstudiouspoppy's review
- 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
3.75
I appreciated Chloe’s attitude and how she stood up for herself and for others, I think she’s very loyal and funny, and I love her relationship with her moms (it kinda reminded me of my relationship with my mom). She did get way to dramatic over nothing sometimes and that was annoying in my opinion.
I didn’t like Shara at all, I thought she was a psycho. I didn’t dislike her at the end, she got great development, but I didn’t love her either. Some of her changes felt sudden and rushed to me.
It got a little predictable at times, and the first 60% was a 3.25 for me. the last 0.5 goes for the ending because it felt really great, and for the character development of the secondary characters, because they felt like real people with their independent lives instead of just extras. Great representation!
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria
cozyreadsandcoffee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I think Chloe was almost too whiny and superficial to enjoy her journey. [Don't get me started on her valedictorian speech] I think I would have enjoyed this more if given the perspectives of Rory and Smith because having it from just Chloe's viewpoint became almost superficial.
I think also being in a small town, the seriousness of kids getting outed to their families was not as much as it should have been. It just seemed there wasn't much on this topic as I thought there would be.
Graphic: Outing, Lesbophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Transphobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Alcohol, Racism, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism
emilypete17'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: Religious bigotry
Minor: Biphobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Classism, Dysphoria, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Racism, Outing, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia