Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Black Iris by Elliot Wake

1 review

frogggirl2's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Stereotypical angsty, teenage tropes.  So much homophobia in the near Chicago suburbs in the modern day just doesn't track.  When they mess with Chicago geography its kind of dumb and unnecessary.  The dialog is pretty pat - quoting Emily Dickinson is hardly outré.  I can solve this overwrought, pulpy melodrama in two words: polyamory and therapy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Outing, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Biphobia, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Mental illness