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savreads28'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Sexual content, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Mental illness
kemperwrites'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Death, Transphobia, and Homophobia
fmt23'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
For real, I thought the side characters were a bit more interesting than the main characters
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Xenophobia, and Mental illness
laurenipsum'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
3.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Confinement, Cursing, and Mental illness
carefulfearanddeaddevotion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, and Confinement
Moderate: Xenophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Police brutality, and Drug use
kappafrog'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
Edit: dropping my review from 4.5 to 4. When the excitement of being in the story has worn off I have a few more criticisms of some of the racial dynamics in the book.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Grief, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, Racism, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Vomit, and Misogyny
peggy_racham's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Racism, Sexual content, Death, Police brutality, Homophobia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime
Minor: Cursing, Addiction, Car accident, and Death
piphux's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment
Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Death, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Biphobia, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Racism
kaetheluise_nckl'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Blood
semi-public sex, exploration of depression and anxiety, memory loss and cognitive issues, familial estrangement, familial death, missing persons, implied PTSD, Homophobic violence and hate speech, the AIDS crisis, childhood neglect, arsonmxbluet18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
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When I started this book, I didn't really know what to make of it. I couldn't really get involved with the characters, and I couldn't find anything I was going to enjoy about it. Things changed once Jane was introduced, I definitely became more interested in it.
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One thing that I wasn't so keen on with this book is the sexually explicit scenes. And I agree that books can have those things, and that they are appropriate to be in books, it's just not something I like in my books. That being said, this is a new adult fiction book, so the characters are older and so those things are going to be more common.
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This book also was a really nice example of the found family trope. The way Niko, Wes and Myla all fit together, and then how August and eventually Jane slot into that family. And how the fact that Myla and Niko are dating doesn't take away from the family
And when Wes has insecurities and anxieties about when they get married and how he'll fit into that plan, they help to assuage those doubts.
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Alcohol, Grief, and Drug use
Minor: Mental illness