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orchidlilly'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
4.0
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, War, Gaslighting, Animal death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Ableism, Blood, and Physical abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Medical content, and Classism
skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Also, spoiler:
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Bullying, Death, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, and Mental illness
margotcolville's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Here's the big, BiG, BIG problem with this, especially as a middle-grade novel. He is the only character throughout the entire story who uses a mobility device and it is an active symbol for his evilness. "The deformed body giving face to the deformed heart" (Amanda Leduc, Disfigured). When this is part of minimal exposure a child has to disability, which is by far the average if not above average experience in America, that generalizes with or without the child realizing it. So, when they go to school and have a new classmate that uses a wheelchair, for example, they associate that child and their wheelchair with Mr. Curtain, how he used his chair, how his chair was described, and his status as the villain.
Moderate: Ableism
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Bullying, Abandonment, Confinement, and Ableism
shomarq's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia