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Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

16 reviews

shelby9's review against another edition

emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Eating disorder

toberomanced's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love this author. Another great book about how we can grow and mature and not another example of the toxicity currently present in YA. So sweet. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Outing

Minor: Alcohol, Biphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

s_reads_s's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia and Bullying

Minor: Sexual content

nothingrhymeswithrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• 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

Obviously the romance of this story is beautiful, and I am obsessed with Will and Ollie. But, Aunt Linda’s story line in this book is what really brought this book together for me. So often romance books forget about the rest of the family involved in someone’s life, but family was a major part of the plot in this book. I cried several times during this book and I have never even been closely affected by cancer, I cannot imagine what it would do to those who have. Absolutely beautifully written, I loved that story line. The only gripe I have is that Lara’s character development seems fake. She never apologizes for her actions, she doesn’t even seem to change. She just suddenly has an excuse for why she was so mean to everyone around her. We’re supposed to like her by the end but I just could not do it, she needed to be held accountable instead of consistently coddled by her friends. Anyway, this book is very good. It turns out I am a big fan of Sophie Gonzales.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Grief, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

klavin_lovell's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Grief

Minor: Body shaming and Bullying

marissasbooks's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Fatphobia