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No Perfect Places by Steven Salvatore

3 reviews

betweentheshelves's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• 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

I think this might be the best book Salvatore has written so far. Is it perfect? No, but I appreciated the way that this focused on the sibling relationships more than anything else. Of course, I'm always a sucker for sibling relationships in books, so that might be what helped to propel it to the top for me.

This is very much a book about grief, about how different people deal with grief, and dealing with the massive mistakes your parents might make. Olly and Alex deal with their dad's imprisonment and death in very different ways, and eventually work toward the way to become a family once again.

There is a bit of a romance, but it's not necessarily a major point of the plot. This book hits on a lot of strong emotional notes, and if you're looking for a family drama type of book, this is definitely for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Transphobia, Car accident, and Vomit

imstephtacular's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child death, Sexual violence, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Minor: Transphobia and Vomit

rypie1916's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Car accident