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alyssaa04's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Grief, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma
Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Vomit
gabriella_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Naming background characters and identifying their race won’t give you diversity points, especially not when you just use them as plot devices to fuel the protagonist thinking he’s a “good person” and “decent human” solely for being around POC. Reducing them to just characters who make your white cast look better isn’t diversity, it’s optics
Having a character with alcohol-related PTSD say she wants to “order alcohol specifically to walk away from it” out of a sense of control, and to have an alcoholic character respect that decision is tone-deaf. It accessorizes addiction and trauma, making mental illness an aesthetic that is pick-me at best and inherently exploitative at worst.
The fact that this book is her “least problematic” and the male lead is just cardboard but
There were only two quotes that felt like it had heart in the entire book and one is an OOC tiktok sound that feels jarring in context considering how insignificant the mourning felt throughout the book until it was narratively relevant to talk about it.
And despite how problematic it is - the race baiting, male savior complex, turning addiction into an aesthetic - its worst crime is it’s just plain boring.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction
caitlindoesntread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, and Child death
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Vomit
fedekanejbrainrot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
moving on this book in particular, as I said, I loved the concept behind it, and I highlighted many quotes, but I ended up finding it very mediocre. I think the romance is what ruined it all: it felt very nonsense and ruined most of the emotional scenes. it definitely took way too much in the novel than what I would've preferred. the characters were fine, while I do wish we dive more into kenna. it was mostly plotless and I found it slow and repetitive over time. at the end, I'm sad to say I didn't enjoy this as much as I hoped to.
Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Misogyny and Murder
lapluie8's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child death, Body horror, Death of parent, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Grief
bmhcomsing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death
Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction
megan_j'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
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual content, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Pregnancy
abicotti's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Death, Sexual content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Pregnancy
Minor: Confinement and Blood
mallory10100'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
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Body horror, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, and Child death
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexism
Minor: Child abuse and Drug use
oh my god thank you colleen hooverbeca_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
On the other hand I do an issue with some of the language used within the book. This being how Colleen Hoover referred to the disabled toilet; where she used highly out of date language to refer to this. I feel that this was easily avoidable and unnecessary with basic research. Coming from someone who is disabled there is no harm in using the word disabled.
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
Minor: Ableism and Pregnancy