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vanessamariebooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Death of parent
dmrains'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Body shaming, and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Bullying, Animal death, Ableism, Classism, Death, Deportation, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Racism, Torture, and Car accident
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- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Tally is a 15 year old whose operation is imminent. Everything changes for her when she meets Shay, a teen who is thinking of running away. During Tally's adventure she learns more devious consequences of the pretty surgery.
There is a bit of pre-dot com bust, pre-market crash, pre-2016 and pre-COVID innocence to this story. Sci-fi is a great way to make commentary on humanity. This book is more in the vein of 1984 and brave new world, where free will is valued and government oppression is warned against. I just don't know if the current public has the same concerns as when this book was written ('06).
Because like... if daddy government paid all my bills and no one in my family ever had to worry about disease or poverty... plus they throw in free lip fillers... sign me up? Sorry, Tally, I'd choose oppression.
Moderate: Body horror and Death of parent
grhuberg'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
4.0
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, and Eating disorder
daisdu'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: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Death of parent
allidone's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Bullying
Moderate: Kidnapping, Racism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent
Minor: Medical trauma, Animal death, Mental illness, and Confinement
eslsilver'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Moderate: Medical trauma
Minor: Death of parent and Fatphobia
sweetchocolatez'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: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Medical content, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
schrammanda's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Body shaming and Dysphoria
Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship
loddaline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
However, I felt like it was a bit dumbed down for the recommended reading age being 12-17. Some of the characters' actions or the overall plot were pretty predictable.
Minor: Death and Death of parent