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_bobatea_'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
4.75
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Cancer, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual harassment, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Kidnapping
eligru'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
4.25
Excited to see what they all get up to in the next book😁
Graphic: Mental illness and Homophobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Abandonment, and Eating disorder
Minor: Cancer
annahamburger'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
4.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent and Death
thebookpaiges'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
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Cancer and Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder
cloudbunny'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
3.75
It goes from 'haha you get it right gays?' to INCREDIBLY RELATABLE at speed that will give you whiplash. I became completely invested in the MC's journey, his struggles with his fears, past experiences, and depression, and I think in the end he comes out remarkably well.
His love interest also is a delight, and I love the way the story changes as the MC (and we) grow closer to him and learn to see deeper behind the facade (oddly similar to my own journey through this read).
The rough start sort of sets a poor lens on the MC, and that's not aided by the way his voice is just ever-so-slightly still patronising to lgbt+ internet users throughout the rest of the book, but overall this was a decent and easy read with a lot of emotion.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Homophobia
Fair warning, the descriptions of depression and feelings of unlovability felt by the MC are real as hell and half of the reason I read it so fast is so I didn't have to stop and mope and cry. Be warned if you've also got depression that this one hits hard.lim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abandonment and Infidelity
jacksons_books_and_music's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Homophobia
Minor: Eating disorder
Love interest has an eating disorder. It’s not talked about a lot, but it’s there and it’s addressed. Love interest’s parents are superficially supporting of his homosexuality, but their microaggressions are many and intense, even though they’re only around for one scene. The main character really struggles with mental health, mainly in the form of depression and difficulty trusting others, and his lack of self worth.bacchusvines'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
3.75
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Cancer, and Emotional abuse
alexelli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Addiction
Minor: Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
pettie's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Homophobia