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amanda_reads89's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Antisemitism, and Abortion
mandyjedi's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Vomit, Miscarriage, Abortion, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Misogyny, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Animal death, Car accident, Classism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Bullying, and Acephobia/Arophobia
katelynndzindzio'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
4.0
This is not just a book about videogames and game designers, this book dives into the challenges that college students face when they are taking the steps into the real world. The challenges that come when the world is constantly changing. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow touches on hard topics such as grief, gun violence, gay rights in ways that make you feel like we are failing the world for the future generations.
Moderate: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Cultural appropriation, Terminal illness, Bullying, Medical content, Homophobia, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
fancyjess_party's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Hate crime, Dysphoria, Drug use, Car accident, Bullying, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Ableism, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Medical content, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Cancer, Sexism, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Violence, and Toxic relationship
bookswithlauren'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
asacco9642's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical content, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Abandonment, Rape, Cancer, Bullying, Car accident, and Infidelity
Minor: Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Pregnancy
ashmak06'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: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Blood, Cancer, Racism, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical content, Homophobia, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, Sexism, Pregnancy, Cursing, Alcohol, Mental illness, Drug use, and Violence
maxel268'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
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Infidelity, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Murder
Minor: Eating disorder, Bullying, Classism, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Cancer, Cursing, and Drug use
the_rabble's review against another edition
Lots of clichés- which is fine, I love a trope- but none of it was particularly fresh or created movement.
I liked the family members we met and that one of the characters does some artistic crafting for the other.
Aside from that, this is just rich kids who have bad judgement and trauma. The main characters were not interesting or sympathetic. One is placed in an emotional abusive relationship condoned by her friends. The second time that happened is about where I noped out.
There are also Silicon Valley-esque interstitials of tech reporting that made me like the Ivy Leaguer MCs even less on top of the "it's okay that our friend is
The gaming is not joyful, it's a slog that also manages to paper over how sometimes you just don't win those 90s era games. It felt... discordant with my own experience (but I was a Sega/DOS kid, maybe the author was NES.)
It also sucks to read a book where the only other woman game designer is portrayed as someone to shit on.
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexism
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Abandonment, Cancer, and Toxic relationship
menglert's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Definitely check out the content warnings before reading this one because some of them came out of left field. I'm usually a horror/thriller reader, but there were a few scenes that were so jarringly dropped into this story that I got uncomfortable.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Car accident
Moderate: Gaslighting, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Confinement, Infidelity, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexism, and Suicide
Minor: Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Abortion, and Bullying