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dmrains's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Rereading this as an adult with my high school students, I noticed a lot of tropes I've come to really dislike among YA novels "special girl" Tally instead of writing Shay as a more important character fridging Shay by having her have the surgery against her will really did her dirty
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Body shaming, and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Bullying, Animal death, Ableism, Classism, Death, Deportation, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Racism, Torture, and Car accident
My students were really upset that
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