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eemilycolleen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- 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
it’s about sex and grief and forgiveness and anger and growth and friendship and los angeles and ghosts, and it’s about love. i loved it hugely. the narration is frenzied and feverish and glowing like driving into the sun in the late afternoon. i feel so so grateful to have gotten to float through the sparkling/gritty LA ether with eve & ezra & miggy & noz. i feel like a more fully realized person having read this book. GOD i just loved it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Drug use
Moderate: Suicide
maurapartridge's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
I cannot even begin to describe how annoyed this book make me. Main character is so unlikable. I was originally drawn to the book because I’ve been trying to read more fiction with LGBTQ+ protagonists, but this felt like the author was trying to project all their negative feelings on the LGBTQ+ community into text. Multiple slurs used throughout the book, including the N word, and the author is white. Aside from the offensive text, the plot and character development was not for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Drug use
Moderate: Racial slurs, Gaslighting, and Suicide
uncreationmyth's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
*lmao warning: this book has frequent reclamations of the d-slur, if that's a thing of concern for you*
as a “young” “creative” “living in LA,” this book felt gratuitously & almost ingratiatingly familiar. at times, the hyper-specificity in the tiniest of details felt over-the-top & laid on too thickly, falling somewhere between tongue-in-cheek easter egg & parody of itself, but nevertheless made me smile & say "ha, i do that!" too many times to count. thank u, catie disabato, for fueling my raging individuality complex. i feel incredibly seen & lovingly roasted. i do think this will read as extremely dated in the future, but in the most endearing way possible.
after more than a year of quar, it made my heart heave the most wistful sigh & i felt… homesick? even though i still live in the same place, it's only in the most literal physical sense.
overall fun spooky lil mystery about ghosts (both literal & metaphorical) & friendships & boundaries
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Suicide
Minor: Biphobia
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