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emikateb'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: Abandonment, Child abuse, Animal death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
merebear87's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Animal death and Physical abuse
darcyparcy'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
4.5
my only real complaint is that carol and her actions felt cartoonish at times, especially at the end of the book. i don't want to trivialize the way she abused her children of course, but she felt more like a mustache twirling villain than an abusive mother trying to regain control. it took me out of the story a bit.
Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
fanboyriot'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death
shadereads'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: Child abuse and Physical abuse
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Animal death
emmacaron'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury
panic_at_the_bookshelf'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
4.5
I think Alice Oseman showed us another perspective on friendships, romance, family/parents and university. Romance isn't the most important thing in life, at least not to everybody out there. Friendships are amazing but they face struggles as well. Parents don't always know what's best for you and definitely don't always do what is best for you. This story showed how parents can be pretty toxic too, however there weren't a lot of explicit scenes making this book a bit easier to get through without making it seem less important to do something about an abusive connection you have.
The only thing I struggled with were the sometimes chaotics timeskips. Sometimes I wasn't fully sure what exactly was happening and where which character was, making the story a bit messy to follow here and there.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
lilshelly'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
This story encapsulates so many difficult things so very well. The discussions of mental illness and abuse were crafted so well. It was all so real that it genuinely took me time to read and process. I know the academia themes are prevalent in Alice's books, but the way they're discussed is phenomenal. This extravagant pressure to be clever and get degrees is so ingrained in modern society. I'm happy that the issues with that are being discussed in YA lit.
We all just want someone to hear us.
Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Child abuse, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia
olliee'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
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence
Minor: Animal death
navayiota'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
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, and Stalking
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Confinement