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marjoleinvanderspoel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Police brutality and Racism
Moderate: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
lmoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality
field_pumpkin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Grief, and Hate crime
Moderate: Alcohol
hngisreading'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
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Death, and Police brutality
ramreadsagain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.5
I have never highlighted this many sections before, it managed to be both a love story and a powerful book about Black bodies, Black art, Black fragility and police brutality. I an absolutely going to re-read this at some point.
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
Moderate: Death
Minor: Self harm and Panic attacks/disorders
thxrxsa'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
"You feel you have never been strangers.
You do not want to leave each other, because to leave is to have the thing die in its current form and there is something, something in this that neither is willing to relinquish." (Open Water, p. 15)
Graphic: Grief, Police brutality, and Racism
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol
writingcaia'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
4.25
A love story of a man who is suffering because he cannot be free, because he’s is trapped in a world that has confined him to a label, to a skin he cannot change, even if he wanted to to, which he doesn’t. It is not an easy love thus, because he can’t face his demons, his frailty, his fear of drowning in the sorrow of his prison.
A beautiful and heart breaking tale, which if it hadn’t a open ending would be more appreciated 😅
Graphic: Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality
Minor: Death, Grief, Murder, and Blood
katievh'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
3.75
Moderate: Police brutality, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol
brandie_abbie19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Grief, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism
pameana'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
Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality