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tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Death, Murder, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deadnaming, Animal death, Dysphoria, and Medical content
Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia
immovabletype'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
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Dysphoria, Medical content, Transphobia, and Deadnaming
Minor: Child death, Cultural appropriation, Classism, Animal death, and Deportation
bashsbooks'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death, Cursing, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Deportation, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Deadnaming
-The religious bigotry is in the context of a fantasy religion wherein there is a strict gender binary that has to be followed. Functionally, it mirrors real-world religious bigotry, but it does not draw on one specifically.sunsorbit'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Car accident, Deportation, and Deadnaming
thebookpaiges's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, and Blood
Moderate: Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, and Death of parent
Minor: Outing and Medical content
saltylane'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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Cursing
Minor: Medical trauma, Transphobia, Outing, Kidnapping, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Deportation, Racism, Cursing, Car accident, and Alcohol
kaziaroo's review
- 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? No
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Death
Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Car accident, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Deportation, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation
erenrinren'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
4.75
Julian and Yadriel had such a great dynamic and it was enjoyable to see their relationship progress throughout the novel. I loved how we slowly learned about Julian throughout the novel too, while Yadriel was more of the type to wear everything on his sleeve. Maritza was lovely and her interactions with everyone were great. The characters' goals were clear, the plot was fun even though it was dealing with heavy stuff like death, as well as what it means to grieve/remember someone.
Throughout this novel there was a sense of almost sadness at the prospect of relationship between Julian and Yadriel, as they can't really be together as spirit and human.
I have never read a novel about the traditions incorporated within such as Día de los Muertos, and it did not take me long to get familiarized with the importance of these traditions in this novel as well to real people around the world.
I would recommend this novel to anyone who is open-minded and loves to read about different cultures in young adult literature.
Moderate: Animal death, Transphobia, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Deadnaming
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Medical content, and Car accident
penofpossibilities's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Murder, and Transphobia
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Dysphoria
Minor: Deadnaming
chris_reads'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Blood and Transphobia
Moderate: Murder, Sexism, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Medical content, Deadnaming, and Deportation