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spicycronereads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
The writing takes some getting used to as there is an interesting narrative convention where a lot of text is crossed out. It kind of seems like you’re reading her notebook, but not all the time. Sometimes it just seems like her thought process is impacted by all of the trauma she’s been through. The characters are sweet together, even if the Insta love is not my favorite thing. This is a YA book so, as to be expected, it’s not really spicy. There’s a little bit of kissing and lots of swooniness. 💖💖💖
Going in, I knew it was the first in a rather long series. So I wasn’t really surprised when it ended at a point where things were just getting started. In fact, the digital copy of the book includes a novella about one of the other characters and the actual book itself is only 75% of the kindle file.
Interestingly, you get really far into the book before Juliette is ever described. There’s a compelling narrative reason for this, but the descriptions of other characters are also pretty thin. So from a diversity perspective, there’s lots of wiggle room for you to impose your own vision. But for readers who default to imagining white characters it means this will end up not seeming very diverse. There’s one person who has a clearly Japanese name and another person with dreadlocks, but whose skin tone is never described.
Overall, the book kept me entertained. I will likely read the next one in the series but I don’t feel compelled to rush out and download it right away. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 / 💖💖💖
Graphic: Gun violence, War, Gaslighting, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death
lisa07xie'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
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, War, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Torture, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, and Violence
library_of_victoria's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Violence
gbmillar2002's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Suicide and War
meghansarmiento97'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
4.0
Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Death, and Torture
skyeshark1'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Gun violence, Hate crime, Torture, War, Murder, Abandonment, and Dysphoria
mcloysmom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
shahad_086'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
4.5
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment
Minor: Child death
irenemayblack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Torture, Violence, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Bullying, Blood, Abandonment, and Gun violence
briony_2010's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence and Confinement
Moderate: Violence and Abandonment
Minor: Child death and Child abuse