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yzadalawatatlo'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
Also Mental Health and Friendship.
Okay, that's three things.
This book CURED my book slump. I found the writing easy to follow, and the characters are easy to tell apart since they have distinct personalities.
On the tag of the book, it said that it was Slow-paced but I didn't particularly find it slow. I finished it in less than a day.
The ending of this book. omg. I did not FUCKING SEE THAT HOLY SHIT THE PLOT TWIST??!?! TO DIE FOOOOOR
THE ENDING WAS CRAFTED SO WELL I COULD HARDY SEE THE WORDS DUE TO ALL THE TEARS MWAH MWAH MWAH
I can't exactly rate this book yet since I feel that I'm not in the right mind to rate it yet. (in a book hangover due to all the crying I did) But I highly recommend this book. Especially If you're looking for escapism (so did they), and a friendship/Family to fall for.
+I recommend Listening to "Keep Holding on" From Glee in the Climax. (From the title of the song you should know I'm referring to), Also "Somewhere Only We Know" is Also from Glee (I just prefer the glee version, sue me).
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Adult/minor relationship
rhm04'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
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Cancer
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
lavendl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault
unoriginalinspiration'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
3.5
Trigger Warnings:
Bullying, Mental Illness, Child Death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Panic Attacks, Child abuse
Review:
The first thing I want to say about this book was that I was not the target audience for it. While being an amazing read for an early adolescent, It didn't tick all the boxes I wanted/expected it to. Being a huge fan of Japanese Literature, I feel like this book could've used a lot more substance, the substance being violence maybe? or something devastating? The 'plot twists' were namesake and dull. This being said, this is definitely still an amazing book for the people it was actually written for.
Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Child death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
booklannah'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
4.0
Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, and Child death
majas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness
Minor: Child abuse
raenyreads'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
Reread: Upon rereading this a couple years later I think this was more of a 4 star read as already knowing the mystery took a little bit of the suspense out of it, making it feel a lot more slow paced.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Mental illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, and Death
a_h__'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
3.25
Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness
squilvia'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Bullying and Mental illness
beautifulpaxielreads'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
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship