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plumpyherb13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Toxic friendship
sierranorgan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction and Alcohol
menomica'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
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Violence, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Homophobia
Moderate: Violence
flordemaga'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
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Blood, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Child abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Car accident, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Drug use
lilymurph's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
strawbself's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
cameron post is a story of grief, uncertainty, and unthinkable resilience. it moved me, caused me to meditate on my own past, my own queer coming-of-age with all its traumatic events and found family, and that's why i know it will stay with me for a long time.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Self harm
asteriisk's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Self harm
valereads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
That said I have a couple of issues with it and a couple of things that aren't exactly issues but I;m not sure what else I'd call them.
I think I saw somewhere that this book was originally meant to be twice as long and it felt like it; certain plot points that seemed like they should come back later but were just dropped and forgotten instead.
The book is written in the past tense and gives the impression that Cameron is looking back and describing these events some time after, I wasn't necessarily expecting the events of the book to catch up with this but it definitely didn't go with the abruptness of the ending. Which leads me into the ending itself, I've gone back and forth a lot on my feelings about the ending, whether it was appropriate or too sudden I'm not sure. I feel like it would have been more satisfying if the issues around her parents were a continuous theme rather than something that happened at the start and then were mentioned a couple of times but weren't treated as anything significant again until the end.
I did like the characters, they felt like real people. I've got to say the weakest one was probably Coley which kinda sucks considering her importance to the story. Personally I would have also liked more exploration of Cameron's psychology, especially with the dollhouse though I understand why that wasn't included.
Overall I would certainly recommend this so long as you read the content warnings. I'd especially recommend to fans of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson.
Content Warnings: conversion therapy, homophobia, biphobia, drug use, underage drinking, self-harm, genital mutilation (happens off-screen and not to the MC)
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Self harm
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, and Transphobia
Minor: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence