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garbutch's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
Graphic: Grief, Gore, Kidnapping, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Car accident, Stalking, Blood, Medical content, and Violence
madmadmaddymad's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I liked the sapphic elements, and the magic. I liked that there was a love triangle with an ex girlfriend and the new girl in town. I liked the themes of being a witch and not being able to tell anyone, juxtaposed against being a lesbian and being out about it.
The story itself had incredible pacing problems - I felt like I barely had a chance to get to know the characters and the world before all hell was breaking loose and they were being attacked by vengeful blood witches, hunters, arsonists, and some mysterious stalker set on vehicular manslaughter. It was like watching one of those teen shows on the CW. We were just trying to decide what to do about our high school crush, the loss of a first love, being in the “closet” (magically, at least) with your best friend…. I just wish this book had given me more CHARACTER moments? Because there was so much potential. The plot was too in-your-face, and it didn’t even feel that high stakes, when your main character is surviving a house fire only to be in a major car crash less than a hundred pages later.
It gets an extra star for what it COULD have been, if the author knew how to take her time.
Graphic: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Death of parent
karly_ackley'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Car accident, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Grief, and Blood
unicornofthesea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Car accident, Death, Lesbophobia, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Animal cruelty
koraisreadingnow's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Stalking, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Genocide, and Car accident
Minor: Animal death, Outing, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
foxwish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Many of the characters are stupid, including Hannah herself and every single responsible adult character that just let Hannah and Veronica wander about and do whatever they want despite the danger to their lives. Gemma's dialogue in particular got worse as the book went on, becoming extremely generic, Morgan was fine but it felt like she was just there to make the point of not all insert group of people only portrayed as being terrible up to this point are bad.
I will happily praise how this book deals with a teenager grieving though, it felt realistic, you can tell how raw Hannah is at that point and her actions are driven by those feelings.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Lesbophobia, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Cursing, Stalking, and Biphobia
gracegeeks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking
Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia
empng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Stalking and Death of parent
lailaspacekate's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking
Minor: Biphobia, Vomit, Gun violence, Blood, Hate crime, and Car accident
thewellbitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Stalking