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nordicat'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt
sandysmith'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
3.25
Graphic: Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Death of parent
ireadtoescape_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Transphobia
zoinkie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
_meeg's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
anna_in_the_spring's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
The writing is lyrical, which I only like sometimes. While I thought it was okay in this book, maybe that was because I had a much bigger problem with the language that is being used. In dialogue and sometimes also in internal speech African American dialect is being used. And I hated that. Let me explain. I am a non-native English speaker with dyslexia. Slangs and dialects in written English ( and any other written language I understand) irritate me greatly. I am at a level of reading comprehension with regular English where I can just read the text. Written dialects trigger my dyslexia and slow me down a great deal and make understanding difficult. They are like another foreign language. And I don't have the energy to deal with that. I just want to read a book, not struggle with a language that to me, who had such a hard time learning the original language, seems just wrong and like someone is playing a malicious prank on me.
I understand that this is not the intention and I don't have a problem with the existence of dialects. Just with having to read them. I try avoiding these kind of books.
I still struggled through the book , skimming over some parts, because it is a good book. And I understand why the language is as it is. It just wasn't for me. That's fine.
I didn't enjoy the plot, but I don't think you're supposed to. I'm not a big fan of tragedies, so again, not really for me. The subject matter is also thankfully very far removed from me. Still, if the dialect hadn't been there, I might have been able to enjoy the book, the way one enjoys a tragedy. Like this, I was never really able to get into it. But without the dialect it would have been a different book. So, again, this was just not for me. And that's fine.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol
mlachevre'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt
kmbutcher'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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Classism
samantha1960's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol
emilinaballerina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol