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anniereads221's review
3.0
The thing that kinda annoyed me was the coming out/outing that happened it left a sour taste in my mouth. No one owes someone a coming out. If you are not ready, you should not be made to feel bad because you haven't reached that point yet. Someone who has been outed several times in the past. It was hard reading it the way it was done.
The rest of it was enjoyable at most
Though some throwaway comments were made that were not so nice either and could have just been not added
Still, I love messy characters and I love that we get to see Luca grow
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Biphobia
Moderate: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Minor: Transphobia
pey333'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
5.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Outing
Minor: Islamophobia, Sexual content, and Racism
snowydaze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Bullying, Outing, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Racism
bookstarbri'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
4.75
The other characters were great too. Jordan is absolutely adorable (even though I wanted to shake both him and Luca many times). Amina is a textbook perfect best friend that I think deserves everything in the world. She was the perfect person for Luca to have during such a terrible time. I'm also always happy to see good parents in YA books and Luca's dad didn't disappoint. I thought he was such a unique figure. I've also never read a father/son relationship quite as beautiful as Luca's and his dad's and it was such a nice surprise to see their relationship grow the way it did.
This book is character driven, so the plot is more focused around events. I often read character-driven novels and they get a little slow at times for my taste, but Anything But Fine avoids that. It's a fast-paced read that does a lot in its pages. I think I wish the last 25ish pages went a little *too* fast and it would've been nice to slow it down some and linger with Luca a bit longer after he resolved some of his challenges.
Thank you to Tobias Madden, Page Street Kids, and NetGalley for providing a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Toxic friendship
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Hate crime
CW for death of a parent. The death doesn't take place in the book and we never meet the parent, but the main character does reflect on the parent at various times throughoutforeverinastory's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
CWs: Abandonment of friends, alcohol consumption, bullying, death of parent (happened in past), hate crime, homophobia/homomisia, homophobic slurs, islamophobia/islamomisia, outing, racism, toxic friendship.
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Outing, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Hate crime