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admunro20'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
Graphic: Outing, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Deportation and Domestic abuse
parasolcrafter'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Outing, Classism, Bullying, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: War, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content
bella_cavicchi'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? No
3.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, War, Cultural appropriation, and Deportation
Minor: Bullying and Miscarriage
spookily'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: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, Alcohol, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Classism, Deportation, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage
Minor: Gore, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Pregnancy
cady_sass'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Classism, Bullying, Deportation, Homophobia, War, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
clemrain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The ambition of talking about Chinese immigrants as well as the butch/queer scene of America as well as communism and America all in one novel was high. These three big ideas can coexist but in this novel they were not fully realized. There was too much going on and majority of it had no time to truly be resolved.
The ending was too rushed. The first half of the book took a while to ramp up. But I enjoyed it. It was so deeply researched and written. The intimate and realistic depiction of Lily learning about her queerness accompanied by the harsh reality of being Asian was gorgeous and relatable. But what was set up so carefully in the first part of the book did not pay off with such detail and satisfaction in the last part of the book.
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Sexual content, Classism, Racism, Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, and Outing
Minor: Medical content, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Racial slurs
ksuazo94's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol
indeedithappens'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Outing, Homophobia, and Racism
Moderate: Xenophobia, Deportation, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Colonisation, Violence, and War
kappafrog's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Misogyny, Outing, Lesbophobia, War, Xenophobia, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Gaslighting, Deportation, Blood, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Bullying, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, and Mental illness
lucy_shanners's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Homophobia
Moderate: Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Bullying