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rachaelm13'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
**just did trigger warnings and this book has almost all of them**
First things first if you are depressed or struggling mentally DO NOT read this.
It felt like it was supposed to be depression porn.
For some reason I couldn’t stop reading it? Like everything was just going to horribly for this character I wanted to see the drama? Root for her? Hope things got better? I don’t know.
There was some things in this book that seemed from now and not when this book was set, like pop culture things I guess. And the ending of the year seemed very unrealistic just like a switch flipped. I don’t know.
This was like a fever dream. I put me in a reading slump and also made me kinda depressed/existential. I’ve heard that its supposed to be like what new york was like pre 9/11 but it’s focused on basically one character and 9/11 doesn’t come up until the last like 2 chapters.
Maybe because I don’t remember 9/11 I don’t understand. But I just don’t get how this severely struggling person is supposed to represent new york. I don’t know. I also didn’t really read the back of the book before starting it I just kinda went in because people recommended it, sorta how I did with normal people, LOL and I hated that book too
Graphic: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Racism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Death, Vomit, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Addiction
mold_munchr's review against another edition
Graphic: Drug use, Medical content, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse and Eating disorder
Minor: Abortion and Cancer
douglasreaddimg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
_renee_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abortion, Abandonment, Addiction, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Xenophobia
jo_lzr'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
3.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Mental illness, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Excrement
Minor: Abortion and Racism
caelainnnn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Drug use
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Child abuse
fujo_cat'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
4.25
It's not as erratic as I thought it would be, but it certainly kept me reading/listening.
Graphic: Addiction, Vomit, Mental illness, Grief, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Body shaming, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Confinement
Moderate: Self harm, Cursing, Cancer, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Abortion, Excrement, and Child abuse
Minor: Infidelity, Ableism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Racism, and Pregnancy
aliciachauhan_'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
2.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness
phatchopstix'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
3.5
she is also unlikeable but you still find yourself becoming attached to her despite her infuriating personality.
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Classism, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Rape
Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Cursing, Cancer, and Child abuse
christine_beatrice's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, and Death of parent