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jessikkaha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Death, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, and Child death
sqacedvst's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Suicide, Sexism, and Death
Minor: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
vaekay'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
Graphic: Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racism, Abandonment, Child death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse
Minor: Rape, Outing, Murder, and Suicide
frey'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Racism, Sexism, Infidelity, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Racial slurs and Pregnancy
Minor: Body horror, Sexual content, and Alcohol
viviundworte's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexism, Child death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Racial slurs, and Infidelity
Moderate: Vomit and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Blood
di_the_reader's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Bullying and Vomit
Cheating Tropemollyjeannette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, and Death
allygator's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
For a debut novel, this is beyond impressive. I can't believe it took me so long to read this and I can't wait to read more of Ng's work in the future.
(Very special shoutout to Jack Wolff because he reminds me of Steve Harrington and therefore he is very precious to me and I wish him nothing but the best.)
Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, Child death, and Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy
emherrick'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
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Suicide, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual content
vedpears's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I think Celeste Ng does a great job threading context/ characters' histories into the current narrative. That story telling tool often irritates me but she does it so well that it doesn't feel like an interruption.
Graphic: Death, Child death, Grief, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Murder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Suicide, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Vomit