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nineinchnails's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, Cancer, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Addiction
stellahadz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Overall, the book is a little slow to start, but I was glad I continued reading. The prose was beautiful, the characters were well fleshed-out, and their family dynamics were compelling, especially Will's relationship with his grandmother. The dialogue, as well as the characters' thoughts and emotions, felt realistic. However, some parts of the book verged on a little overdramatic, and it seemed like the author was trying to stuff as much tragedy and drama as possible into the story to advance the plot. For Will's and Rosie's sakes, I wish the book had focused more on how they worked towards healing individually and then grew together, as opposed to relying on their love for each other to magically fix everything, but that probably wouldn't sell as many copies!
Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Cancer, and Death
Moderate: Eating disorder, Medical content, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment
lucyduller's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, and Cancer
elisacarlene's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Cancer, Alcoholism, and Mental illness
Moderate: Eating disorder, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
bella_cavicchi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Recommend, and with pleasure.
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, Sexual content, Infidelity, Cancer, and Medical content
Moderate: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Alcoholism
Minor: Pregnancy
ashley_turch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Toxic relationship
carly_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Suicide attempt
lauren_may_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Child death, and Abandonment
jjoyce's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Fatphobia, Cancer, Alcohol, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, and Death
Minor: Blood
eliza_enthralled's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
Minor: Suicide