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bluejayreads'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
4.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Homophobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs
Minor: Rape, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Self harm
Survival sex work, PTSD from parental abuse, misgendering, homophobic slurssipspsps's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
talonsontypewriters'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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, War, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Child death, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, and Suicide
Fetishization of trans women and women of color. Deadnaming in only one scene. Assault briefly on-page, but mostly implied/discussed; mild sexual content in the form of camming and sex work. Use of transphobic/homophobic, racial, and ableist slurs, both reclaimed and otherwise.sarah984'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
One of the plot lines wrapped up a little weird and there was a strange dig at vegans near the beginning that felt crueler than the rest of the content but it wasn't a big enough issue to make me drop a star.
Graphic: Dysphoria and Transphobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Death, and Murder
kennyrae89's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia
achingallover'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
3.0
i really liked the themes and descriptions of music and food and family and parallels between katrina and shirley.
unfortunately some of it felt disjointed or clumsy. but overall i enjoyed.
Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Terminal illness, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Alcohol, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
val_so_'s review
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Violence, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Hate crime, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Deadnaming
bookiecharm's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Lesbophobia, Death, Transphobia, and Pedophilia
Minor: Outing and Panic attacks/disorders
kelecoo'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
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Homophobia
lilifane's review
- 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
5.0
The writing is simple, the story not super thrilling and silly sometimes (especially the sci-fi elements) but the plot is not the important thing here. It's the characters and their interactions, it's the diversity, the trans representation and the heart. There is sooo much heart in this book. It made me cry several times because of all the feels. I also loved the way Aoki describes food and music. Especially the music. I know nothing about music, it's basically magic to me, and this is how music felt in this book - like magic.
But most importantly, though: Katrina is everything, and she deserves the world!
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence