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spookily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Transphobia
Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Hate crime, and Alcohol
Minor: Stalking, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Terminal illness
nabila99'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Hate crime, Murder, and Car accident
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, and Stalking
rucha_s'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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Transphobia
rieviolet'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? No
2.5
Also, I did not connect with most of the characters, so many times while a character or another was going on and on with a monologue I found myself thinking "What is this person talking about? Should I care? I'm just bored".
I do not like the way transness was handled in the main story (and in the attached bonus short story), I should maybe be a little less harsh in my judgement given that the book was published in the 80s but, still, it was not pleasant to read, especially seeing how it ended.
Also, I listened to the audiobook and it made the reading experience even worse. I have to accept that audio format is not for me; I was already not much taken by the story, but by having to listen to it instead of focusing on a written page, my mind wandered time and time again.
Graphic: Transphobia, Grief, Murder, Hate crime, Deadnaming, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Outing, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Car accident, and Fatphobia
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
freckled_frog_boi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Graphic: Stalking, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia
Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism
nialiversuch'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
vaniafernandez_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Death, Stalking, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
faemp3's review
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Death
8bitlapras's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Transphobia
Moderate: Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Car accident
Minor: Self harm
lorna_allan'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? No
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia