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cassie12_21'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
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Self harm, Child death, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, and Body horror
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Ableism, Cancer, and Alcohol
marieanne21'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
4.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Child death
ppp'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: Blood, Self harm, Terminal illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Rape
iris14'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: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Self harm, Terminal illness, Blood, Bullying, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Abandonment
ponderandwonder'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
Moderate: Suicide, Eating disorder, and Child death
harmonique'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
4.5
Graphic: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Physical abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Death, Homophobia, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Self harm, Child abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Rape, and Vomit
boyscoutsreject'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
I've seen reviews of people crying throughout the book but for me, it was fast and hard. Cried about 8 times in the last 150 pages. I regret nothing.
I was a bit sceptical about the ending - that plot twist didn't really sit right with me. All the same, it was a beautiful read. In love with the writing style. I read this a lot slower than I normally read because I actually had to take time to think about the deeper meaning of every other sentence.
If nothing else, live out of spite.
normally don't add content warnings but this one really had the need for them. a very loaded book but it deals with all of them well.
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Homophobia
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Rape, Child death, Car accident, and Abortion
lolajh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“People glorify youth. Maybe that’s why [Hikari] strays from hers. They see it as a period of freedom, sex, and stupid decisions. These are the best years of your life. Enjoy them. You’ll be grateful you did. Say that to a child and watch them be reduced to a fruit, ripe, and ready for harvest. You’ll be grateful you did–that is a regretful argument made by those who look in the mirrors and see rot. This is what comes of it. People who don’t believe one could be so numb that even their disease doesn’t hurt enough.”
“So she feels her pain, her loneliness, the excruciating feeling that she is dying, but at once not dying soon enough. She grapples with her guilt and her fear and her love for me. They torture her until she can no longer bear it and must feel the pain with blood. When I stop her, she resents me. She resents me for keeping her alive. Then, it begins again, till all that’s left of her to torture is her mind thinning away with her body.”
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol and Panic attacks/disorders
annalynn34'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: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death, Self harm, and Suicide
ellas_escapism'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: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Child death, Death, and Self harm
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, and Car accident