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convalaria98'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
4.5
personally: 5☆
If you haven't read this book before, pay attention to the trigger warning for the series.
You'll probably love this series if you like sporta anime or soap operas. Nothing about the plot is realistic, but it sure is engaging. The characters are all deeply flawed, yet written in a way that humanizes them.
Would recommend if you like your books full of bat-shit-insane drama and flawed (but relatable) character.
Would not recommend if youre looking for a serious book or beautiful prose.
Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use
Moderate: Rape, Addiction, Blood, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide
"moderate" tag are things mentioned, but not in great detail OR content later in the serieskcolt97'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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug use
Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Child abuse
Minor: Domestic abuse and Homophobia
di_the_reader's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Child abuse
ptsdnightstitch96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Murder, Homophobia, and Death of parent
norarenate's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, Violence, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Physical abuse, Addiction, Cursing, Sexual assault, Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Eating disorder
tylercrow's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
definitelyguss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Minor: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Alcohol
bookishstevie's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Murder, Blood, and Grief
tovetott'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
I had heard so much about this series and yet I was not prepared AT ALL lol. I got it described to me as "sports anime but with mafia involvement" and like, yes absolutely but it's not ENOUGH
The amount of drama in this made me highly question how they were gonna be able to be any kind of functional as a team or as a group in any way, and I honestly laughed at the amout of teenager-boy-testosterone-feuled fights through like, the first 50% of the book until I realised that is wasn't gonna get better.
And I'm not gonna go say I haven't spent an awful amount of time in the mafia!au fanfictions out there, because I have, but ✨️ b r o ✨️... what the ✨️ f * c k ✨️ was t h i s...
All of the characters are extremely flawed (character-trait-wise) and I didn't feel like I could root for any of them (maybe in the later books???) and Andrew had me very stressed every time he was present until the like, 80% mark or smth?? When he got potentially, possibly, maybe more trustable ??? I was desperately clinging to Dan and Nicky as "stable good people" until the party trip Andrew hosted, iykyk. (Insert "I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU!" -gif here lol)
The description of the game tho and the way the filled arena was described was really cool and really set the scene in a cool way. Loved it ! A breath of fresh air somehow inbetween the insane high stakes that I feel are at ridiculous levels considering it's literally just a sports game but ykno what? I see soccer fans at work on the regular and sometimes it really do be that serious... for some reason lol.
So um... thank you Camille for this highly traumatic experience and I now feel like I HAVE to see what the f*ck kind of insanity the next two books contain bcs wow
Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Sexual assault
Minor: Sexual harassment and Gun violence
oozesleaze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Otherwise the plot is pretty interesting and I like the drama.
Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Drug use