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imnotcaden'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: Mental illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
charlies_shelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
O Captain My Captain
Minor: Suicide attempt
irislovescats's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Minor: Sexual harassment
aprilblues348'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? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicide attempt
candearangotobon'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Rape, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism
jackyjoojoo'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? It's complicated
5.0
ok so it isn't perfect by a long shot and the film is 100 times better than the book but I found that reading the book and annotating it was a way to compile my thoughts abt the story and stuff.
no the writing isn't amaizing but ya know what the story is good enough that I was distracted and I honestly loved it
Neil Perry my love I am so sorry.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
c45p1n's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
filo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexual assault
anastasia_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
I had quite high expectations for this book that weren't met (sadly). The first time I read it was in French class when I was 16 and I remember loving it back then. The English reread wasn't that great though.... The literary quality is just nowhere to be found. it seems like N.H.K. didn't take Mr. Keatings lesson to heart when writing. The vocabulary is very poor. Add to that, that there is no inner monologue whatsoever and very very little characterisation of the different boys from the school. We only get a surface level depiction, she could have dug deeper.
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt