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bessadams'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
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Bullying, and Murder
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Self harm, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Vomit
Minor: Animal death, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship
savreads28'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Suicide, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Classism, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Gore, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
jinx3djules's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Gore, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, and Bullying
Minor: Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
colorful_lulu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Animal death and Classism
Minor: Homophobia
niah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I wished it was done more realistically because everything felt so dramatic like the little revenge things the students did. Also the characters were really hard to follow. It felt like the things they do are so out of place sometimes that you cant even count it as a plot twist because it didnt really do much for the plot just some weird detail that was focused on too much.
Moderate: Animal death, Grief, Suicide, and Death
nickoliver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I also wasn't the biggest fan of the writing? It wasn't bad for the most part, but every once in a while, Mele would describe things in a way that made no sense. Here's an example:
But with every passing second, I feel a rising anxiety in the pit of my stomach, like I did the first time we kissed. It doesn't feel the same as those quick, crucial moments when Brie and I swirled together in Spencer's room, or the thousand times he and I flung ourselves at each other."
Who describes a make-out like that? "Swirled together"? "Flung ourselves at each other"? Moments like that just took me out of the story, because I just kept being taken aback by them. It just seemed like Mele tried to find ways to describe things without repeating herself, but without making sure the words actually meant what she thought they meant.
On the other hand, I had kind of fun reading this? It was a bit disappointing that the scavenger hunt mentioned in the synopsis didn't take up as much of the plot as I expected, because I was always very curious to see what new scandals it would reveal. I also kind of liked that some of the girls were queer. There was a bit too much cattiness and mean girls energy in this and friends being nasty to each other (which, to someone who hasn't had any meaningful friendship since childhood, has always confused me tremendously), but it didn't bother me quite as much as it usually would. (Possibly because Kay didn't talk about it all too much and always seemed to trivialise her mean streak.)
So overall, while this wasn't a masterpiece and also very easy to figure out, I read it very quickly (admittedly, it did also have a very big font, which helped) and had fun for the most part.
Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual violence, and Animal death
Minor: Animal cruelty, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Vomit, and Car accident
about the sexual violence:kireeeeds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Dark 4/10 Academia 6/10, YA 9/10. Overall very good to start off my tbr list of 55+ YA dark academia books >v<
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, and Sexual content
Minor: Body shaming
graceheiberger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, and Suicide
kelseyholler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Bullying, and Grief
joana_ft9'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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Violence