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Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment
Minor: Homophobia
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Death of parent
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content
Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Acephobia/Arophobia
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WARNING:
Unrealistic depiction of medication/prescription drugs (antipsychotics)
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Some things I liked:
- THAT LAST EXY GAME!! The Exy scenes are always some of my favorites, but there were so many little things (Neil's past on defense, Kevin changing his hand) that finally paid off and it was so good!!
- I loved the found family really coming out in this story!!
- I think the writing and general pacing were best in this book!
- While I have issues with the relationship between Andrew and Neil in this story, I'm a sucker for any romance ever. Plus, Neil and Andrew's relationship really grew on me, both how we got to see their feelings slowly develop and how their trust in each other developed (I especially loved their conversations about and attention to consent).
Some things I didn't love:
- The two antagonists being a mafia/gang and a sports team felt a little unbalanced. Neil being nearly killed by his father around the 250-260 page mark made the rest of the pacing strange. Also, at some point I feel like the story got too big for its breeches and it was hard to believe that Neil can make it out of all of this alive.
- Andrew and Neil's relationship felt kind of rushed? Like within the confines of this book only, their relationship developed at a reasonable to slow pace over the course of the 400 pages. But in the context of the whole series, it just kind of came out of nowhere.
- Andrew had a lot of... flaws that made him fairly annoying. His violence was concerning and made him not really a character I wanted to follow? It's one thing when he gets into violent arguments with his teammates who know him, put up with him, and can handle him. But when he's threatening, like, Katelyn? Also, his whole agreement that his brother can't date anyone that Andrew breaks when he starts seeing Neil? Wasn't always a fan of Andrew, and I feel like I could have been if his character was developed and explored further and if his flaws were treated as flaws.
- Stuart's whole character kind of came out of nowhere, and felt like he came out of convenience. There were a few other things that felt like they were big plot conveniences, but that was the biggest one that I remember.
There are a lot more things that I thought, but that's just some things. I definitely enjoyed my reading experience overall!
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Police brutality, Acephobia/Arophobia, Outing
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse