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msrae89'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
3.0
Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Alcohol
choicepotatoes_20240331'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
4.75
i was ready to give this five stars until
maybe it’s silly, but that one almost throwaway detail toward the end of act two pretty much completely destroyed my suspension of disbelief and made it really difficult for me to settle back into the story.
i loved it until that moment, though, and did eventually wind up getting wrapped up in the story again.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Self harm
Minor: Mental illness and Abandonment
ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Lesbophobia
kaywhiteley'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
3.75
- Lovable characters (for the most part)
- Queer found family <3
- Diverse main characters
- Description of burnout and mental illness
The eh:
- Some of the dialogue felt incredibly unrealistic to me (like the full names)
- The more poetic, lyrical writing was very pretty but sometimes it didn’t mesh with the rest of the book
- How the hell was she surviving jobless, jumping from place to place?
If my friend told me they were having a bad time and then disappeared off the face of the earth I would be PISSED and I just feel like none of her friends were mad enough
It was a solid, quick, entertaining read but I think I was looking for more. While I related to Grace, I didn’t feel a lot of emotion.
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Self harm
Minor: Suicide attempt
alicew4k'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
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Self harm
starlightloving'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: Self harm
bebidocrimes'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
3.5
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, and Alcohol
cass_cgallegos'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
Morgan, thank you a thousand times for this story. For the bravery in your characters, for the fight to be seen that you gave absolute justice to, for talking about queerness in more ways than one, and for acknowledging that things are hard and they do suck sometimes. From one lonely creature to another lonely creature - thank you.
Read this book! You won’t regret it.
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Self harm
Minor: Mental illness, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
megelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
This is a brilliant book in many ways. It deftly and movingly explores mental health and burnout, parental and societal expectations, friendship and love, and the experience of being in your twenties not knowing what you should do with your life. I really liked Grace's character and a lot of the side characters are fabulous too. There's more romance than I was expecting, but that wasn't a bad thing as I loved seeing Grace and Yuki connect and come together. It's also very unapologetically queer and we always love to see that!
The main thing I didn't like - or which I at least which had been properly explored - was the ethically questionable relationship between two characters. The writing style is also a bit pretentious and is overly saccharine at times, and it's very millennial (but it is literally mentioned on the blurb that the author writes for millennials and so I suppose I can't really complain about that!). As I've said, I did really appreciate this book overall and did find it to have a lot of great things to say, and despite the writing style grating on me at times, I'm still interested to see if Morgan Rogers comes out with anything else in the future.
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Suicide attempt
strawberrytheauthor'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
4.0
I enjoyed the book and I’m very happy that Grace (the main character) was able to work through her problems with a therapist. However, by the end of the book she still hadn’t told her father about her wife. Wack!
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Abandonment and War