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chaneoosthuizen's review
- 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? Yes
4.0
This book is an excellent, easy to follow story, although it gets dark at times. It is really fast-paced, and thoughts blend into each other seamlessly. In a lot of books recently, there is this gap near the end right before the climax. Where, it just feels like there is nothing going on, just pointless words on a page. This book, however, doesn't seem to have that. Overall, it is excellently written like all Holly Bourne books are!
The main character feels well rounded, and realistic. She's not exactly likable and can come off as too much sometimes. However, I think this can be seen as a good thing as that's how real people are! No one is perfect, and I think Holly Bourne is really good at creating imperfect characters.
This honestly would've been a 5 star book if we saw more of Oli's character. He's supposed to be the main love interest, but he's in a total of 5 pages. I know this is a feminist book that's supposed to be focused on Evie and her story, outside of love, but the book does heavily imply that Evie and Olly do end up dating. The problem is, we don't know if Oli is any better than Guy.
Regardless, this is still an amazing book, and I definitely think you should read it if:
- You are a feminist
- You are interested in modern-day feminism
- You want a raw story about mental health
- You want to read a story about the importance of female friendships
- You like "I knew you were trouble" by Taylor Swift
!!CHEACK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING!!
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Ableism
Minor: Alcoholism
jesse_5'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
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Self harm
Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, and Vomit
theunfinishedbookshelf'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
Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Vomit
m_r3ads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Please be aware that there is sexual assault/ sexual harassment as well as detailed accounts of the impacts of OCD especially. Please only read this if you feel you are in the right head space to do so.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, and Misogyny
Minor: Drug use
nipsu_aaron_warner's review
- 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: Addiction and Mental illness
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
thereadingshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization
ciao_potatoes's review
- 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: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
fairy_internet's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Alcohol, Medical content, Vomit, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Sexism
Minor: Lesbophobia and Self harm
annabella's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Bullying, and Body shaming