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Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Moderate: Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse
Minor: Domestic abuse, Medical content, Grief
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Medical content
Minor: Mass/school shootings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Violence
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
What are you going to do here? Do you think enduring all this will make you strong? This isn’t strong. It’s just pretending to be.
i absolutely enjoyed this book. it started out rocky for me, and i was even contemplating DNF-ing this book due to some plot continuity issues early on. if i could give a word of advice to someone interested in this book (namely people like me who read reviews to see if it’s up their alley and worth the read), hang on. it WILL get better.
i LOVED the characters, even though some were more fleshed out than others. the story, as well as the world around it, is so interesting and beckons you to lean in and feel what others can’t. it explores emotions and the boundaries of it, imposed by ourselves and what we are simply exposed to.
i recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a bittersweet coming-of-age story or anyone who just wants a fresh perspective. it felt a bit preachy in the beginning, maybe even pretentious. however, understanding the character put everything into perspective and helped me to best grasp what the author was trying to say in the first place. you realize, towards the end, the author and MC may be more similar than different.
this is a book that earned all of its 4.75 stars.
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship
Minor: Gun violence