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violet123'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
Note: Please check TWs before reading this! It contains a lot of heavy topics.
Graphic: Racism and Homophobia
Moderate: Deportation, Misogyny, and Xenophobia
Minor: Sexual harassment and Toxic friendship
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
This isn't just "realizing you're gay and falling in love"; it's "realizing you're gay and falling in love while living in a world where everything else keeps happening."
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Abandonment
Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, and Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Drug use, and Gore
Red Scare/Lavender Scareclemrain'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
tinygoldfox'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Homophobia
Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
Minor: Deportation
moliviar01'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Racism
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
eagoldberg'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Misogyny, Deportation, Outing, Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Miscarriage and Forced institutionalization
haley49'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
4.25
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Racism
Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexism, Outing, Deportation, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, 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
bruhbruh'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Lesbophobia, and Police brutality
Moderate: Xenophobia, Outing, War, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Deportation
Minor: Religious bigotry