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leexpenandpages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Sometimes it's like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It's like you see them through a special lens. But maybe if it's how you see them, that's how they really are. It's like the whole tree falling in the forest thing.
My dad once told me that Winstone Churchill said that Russia was riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. According to my dad, Churchill had been talking about my mother. This was before the divorce, and he said it half-bitterly, half-respectfully. Because even when he hated her, he admired her.
So this was my power over her: my supposed innocence over her supposed sluttiness. It was all such BS. I would've traded my spot for hers in a second.
• This story is warm and cutesy, just what one expects from a romance, especially a teen romance. It follows the story beats you expect from a childhood friends-to-lovers story. Combined with the short, focused chapters, it's an easy read.
• The narrator does an amazing job of sounding like a sweet, excited teenager. It's a shame Belly is completely annoying and oblivious, and most of the cast is frustrating too. (Thank you, Susannah, for being the exveption!)
• There is a scene in which Belly says asking someone before kissing is awkward. I'd like to remark that consent is important, and Belly is wrong on this subject. If it feels awkward to ask or to say yes, you shouldn't be doing it yet!
• Toward the end of the book, the pacing is uncomfortably fast. There is a major reveal that readers hardly get any time to feel.
• NOTE: The plot and characters differ significantly from the Amazon series. They're only loosely similar. Amazon does it better, but they're both easy skips.
Graphic: Drug use, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Cancer
Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing
eggbreadcryptid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Likable characters is for Jeremiah and Cam only im so sorry you were done dirty like that.
Graphic: Cancer
Minor: Sexism
torturedreadersdept'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
4.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexism, Blood, and Cancer
ki3racass_fan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
The way the author handled topics like cancer was slightly offensive (coming from someone who has had experiences with others getting cancer).
Cancer seemed like an afterthought in the story.
Most of the characters were jerks except for Jeremiah.
The main character never had any self reflection, even though, it was greatly needed.
It felt like there were random topics thrown in for fun because they didn’t add much to the story in my opinion.
There were way too many flashbacks that interrupted the story and only made the flow worse.
The characters were all really insensitive to all the bad situations too.
Also, why Belly? Sorry but if someone called me that, I would throw hands.
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Cancer
Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
There was also divorce which I would consider used graphically throughout the book.pitsikakku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Misogyny, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Sexism
_bobatea_'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Grief, Bullying, Addiction, Violence, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Death, Classism, and Adult/minor relationship
izypup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Cancer, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
emilo'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny
Moderate: Drug use, Cancer, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Grief
culzean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship
thereaderfriend'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? No
3.5
Moderate: Cancer and Sexism
Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, Body shaming, and Injury/Injury detail