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alexaraes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Alcohol, Gore, Death, Grief, Slavery, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, Violence, Racism, Classism, Blood, Animal death, and Suicide attempt
pulleamurmeli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Violence and Cursing
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Classism
Minor: Medical content
hazelbcap's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
TLDR: By the end I LOVE IT. The characters are funny and emotional, the plot is intriguing!
It did take make about 300 pages to decide I would like it and keep reading. The world building is heavy. There is a lot of adjusting to the politics and history of the world and characters pasts. Overall the main characters are funny, have good chemistry, witty banter, and have many layers making them complicated yet relatable.
Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Bullying
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts
gretchenplz's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
The award for the most random and inexplicable "third-act breakup" goes to this book. Like... what is the actual hell just happened? No warning. No hinting. Just made up. Randomly. Out of nowhere. Absolutely absurd.
And then *POOF* magically erased like it never happened. Surely there was SOME other way to move forward the plot without THAT taking place???
All the other twists were painfully obvious, which is why I am so insulted by this one in particular. There was a better way to move the plot forward the same amount without it. But that might have cut 100 pages from the book. And God knows SJM can't possibly put out a book shorter than 800 pages these days.
Also… did SJM panic at JLA’s popularity and decide that she needed to come up with a similarly convoluted power hierarchy/structure?! There was no need!!!
And please don't get me started on the "sudden onset powers!"
I could go on about recycled characters/personalities, but I won't. I'm sure you noticed. Bryce is at least not blonde, so the self-insert is a TAD less obvious. Because she's sooooo not like other girls!!!
I will be waiting for Hunt's complete personality transplant in Book Two and for Bryce to end up with... One of her brother's buddies? Conner's brother? Idk, but I'm sure it will happen.
The ending making me emotional is not enough to erase my memory of all the bullshit. But that just seems to be how SJM's books go. One day she will change her formula and I will fall over in shock. But today is not that day.
Big fan of the demon cat, though!
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
ashleynp24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The single reason I’m giving it a 4.75 is because I felt like there was a lot of romance between the two protagonists but it was such a slow burn for the whole book until the end when the climax hit. I wish there’d been just a little more before that point.
Overall I loved the book and am excited to start the second to see where it goes from there.
Graphic: War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Drug use, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Body shaming, Sexism, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Suicide, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Grief, and Drug abuse
shellind75's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Body horror, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
larajgriff1's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Torture, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Classism, Animal cruelty, Grief, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Murder, Suicide attempt, Addiction, and Gun violence
kayanoelle's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Classism, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Death, Alcohol, Animal death, Torture, and Suicidal thoughts
jdromsky's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Drug use
Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, War, Death, and Drug use
kelseydear's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Grief, War, Suicide attempt, Murder, Slavery, Medical trauma, Death, Gun violence, Drug use, and Sexual content