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Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Also, very disappointing that the only openly gay character in this book from the start (JB) was portrayed as being pretty awful. Not sure how this book can be claimed to be the "great gay novel", even with the eventual romance between Jude and Wilem.
It was also disappointing that they ended up together romantically. It seemed to take away from the focus on friendship. Not every good friendship needs to become a romance.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
I did really enjoy the writing style and the way the characters were portrayed. I loved how their friendship was documented over the years and how certain relationships changed. I loved finding out about their pasts and getting glimpses to each of them and getting to know them better. On that note: reading about Jude’s past was hard. Before reading the book I watched lots of reviews by other people so I think I kind of prepared myself for the worst but somehow I was still shocked by the things that happened.
I’ve seen a lot of people call this book trauma-corn and while I do not agree for the most part, I do think that especially the last parts of the book were mainly there for shock value. I didn’t enjoy the ending very much and even though I knew that a happy ending was very unlikely I kept hoping for one. I know that it’s supposed to show that not everyone has a happy ending but Jude certainly deserved one.
Overall I’m glad I read it but I don’t think u would recommend it to anyone else ever. Before reading the book definitely read the trigger warnings!
I will still give this book 4 stars, since I thought the first four parts (except for the ending of the fourth one) were really good, and I almost agree with everyone saying that this book is a masterpiece but the ending did kind of ruin it a little for me.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail