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xenamollie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
it was a really tragic story but not without a tinge of optimism (or maybe i just imposed that on it so i could finish the book without feeling like absolute shit?). i wasn’t sure what to make of the interpersonal violence or what the intention was or what i was supposed to think of it. i guess all i can say was it made me wildly uncomfortable, which clearly was part of the point but definitely not the whole point. definitely feel like i was missing something.
biggest pet peeve with this book was it’s very important to me to be able to track where people/things are in space, and it was so difficult for me to do that throughout. i just felt like the descriptions of scene/setting/movement were extremely confusing and i very often could not follow, and it didn’t particularly strike me as intentional, so that really didn’t work for me.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Vomit, Racism, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Self harm
cadystanton'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
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Outing, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Racism, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Rape, and Vomit
Moderate: Racial slurs, Eating disorder, and Homophobia
Minor: Infidelity
orireading'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Alcohol
tesshersh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Child abuse, Blood, and Alcohol
shreyshrey's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Vomit
mattdjf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Misogyny
oliverlang'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? Yes
3.0
There's a lot of friend group drama going on throughout this book with a lot of dark/serious themes.
I feel like I wanted this book to be more than it was. It had the opportunity to provide strong character development and show a bisexual identity and it just didn't give me that.
Although the book only documents the events over one weekend, the ending felt unfinished and the final chapter came out of the blue with a flash back to the friends meeting for the first time.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
achilleandream's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Grief
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts