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sarahjulianna's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, and Addiction
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Vomit, Infidelity, Abandonment, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
tifftastic87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The characters are incredibly two dimensional. We don't know enough about them to really care as the narrator is telling us back conversations and she doesn't really like anyone other than her younger brother, who is maybe around 10? The only real character we get info about is the younger brother, Jack, who gets a bible as a gift and sees it as a metaphor for everything happening.
The themes in here are kind of unclear, or heavy handed. It was clear there is a climate crisis and we can blame the older generation and the wealthy for that. However, the conversation never really happens anymore than at a childish level of "you did this!" There was a current of biblical stuff which was... unusual?
Lastly, there was only one character who was described as having "olive toned skin" and he was the character that took the most abuse from the plot. There was a lot of fat-phobia as well that was just unnecessary.
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Graphic: Body shaming, Violence, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Death, Cursing, Torture, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Homophobia, Grief, Sexism, and Misogyny
Minor: Racism
atamano's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual content
jen_again's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Gun violence, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Death, Alcohol, and Drug use
Minor: Infidelity
internationalreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
The “R” word is used to describe a character with a presumed intellectual disability in a very not-ok waymgraves89's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Medical content, and Violence
Minor: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, and Infidelity