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kayanoelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Also, this is all very exciting and everything but why do they never tell anyone when they suspect somethingš āOh yeah, weāre three twelve year olds, of course we can kill a 40 feet venomous deadly snake alone, no problemā be so for real.
Graphic: Child abuse and Classism
Moderate: Death and Blood
divine529's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I won't deny that I've been hesitant to read the illustrated edition of this because growing up with this, I have certain ideas of what characters look like and ways I imagine the world, but let me just say that this enhanced that love. Every version I've experienced of this just adds to my vision and understanding of it all.
Since this is the illustrated edition, I'm primarily going to focus on talking about the artwork this reread. Jim Kay did an absolutely phenomenal job illustrating everything. I adored his work, even if it didn't always match my own version in my head or what we've all seen in the movies. I saw a documentary and I've read several articles about the work he did and pressure he felt with this project and it's astounding. He made sure to get all the details right and you can see the research on the page. I know he was concerned about ruining the series with his illustrations, but really, as I've already mentioned, it enhanced it and gave me a different experience.
Compared with TSS, the illustrations in this book were even better. I seriously loved them so much.
I definitely enjoyed this and I'll be curious to check out the other books in the future.
Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Child abuse
Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Self harm, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts
meganders22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse
anni_swanilda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, and Child death
bi_n_large's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Confinement, Kidnapping, Classism, Racial slurs, Animal death, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent, Violence, and Child death
dandelionsanddragons's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Classism, Bullying, and Animal death
Moderate: Deadnaming, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Car accident
Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Hate crime, and Murder
justcallmeemily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Child abuse
Minor: Slavery, Blood, Death, and Death of parent
tcnysnark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Slavery, Car accident, Body shaming, Sexism, Murder, Classism, Child abuse, Bullying, Hate crime, Animal death, and Racial slurs
pelledorso's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood and Bullying
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Slavery, Death, Classism, and Child abuse
Minor: Physical abuse, Murder, Self harm, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
orchidlilly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Bullying and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, and Violence
Minor: Classism, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Antisemitism