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shinaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Hate crime, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
Minor: Self harm and Suicide
I was really happy thatwild_mustang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
3.25
Pretty much just teen drama - sex, drugs, alcohol and depression. Oh, and trying to stay out of jail - but to be honest there wasn’t heaps of focus on the murder mystery. At least there wasn’t until the last 100 pages or so.
Personally, I didn’t really care for the romance sub-plots either.
The writing was also in a more juvenile voice than what I normally read, which makes sense because it’s first person perspectives from teenagers, but it took me a little while to get used to. Additionally, many of the plots were very trope heavy and painfully stereotypical at times
However, if was a very easy read and only took like 7hrs so it gets an average 3 star rating. The extra quarter of a star is an appreciation of some of the authors writing choices and the execution of perspective narrations to reveal relevant things in the intended literary light and at the right narrative time.
I recently studied Reader-Response Theory and I think, in this light, McManus did a very good job at writing for the implied reader (so the rating is bumped up), however, I really don’t think that I am the implied or intended reader (so it’s still a fairly average rating).
To take a strategic leaf from Simon’s tumblr…
JT recommended this to me and I’m not mad I read it but I certainly don’t care to continue the series.
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Outing
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Homophobia, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ashleysager's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Outing
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Self harm, Vomit, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
olivia_sz'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
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Suicide, and Outing
Moderate: Cancer and Medical content
Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
hayward86'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
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism and Self harm
lolacay14'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
4.5
The entire time you keep guessing who it was and the plot twist was amazing.
It defines took a while and it felt like things just kept nagging on, so that it would fill pages till we found out the real killer.
I loved the main characters and actually cared about them and their story lines.
Good YA mystery
Minor: Self harm
creativeworld'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt
bookish_bae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Outing
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Car accident
they_them10'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Outing, and Abandonment
Minor: Self harm and Suicide