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It's amazing how time (and age) shifts your perception of things. For some reason I didn't recall the ending.
Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death
Minor: Ableism
I continue to love this book, but, after reading the other books in the series, written many years later, I am now slightly annoyed by the author because those stories ruin a piece of this book.
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Abortion
Moderate: Grief, Murder, Gaslighting
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Forced institutionalization
Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, War
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Classism
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Gaslighting, War
Minor: Medical content, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
My only issue with the story is that the pace suffers a little. I feel like the story creates a relatable town, that makes sense, and the whole suggestion of the story is that as young people we should be critical of the systems of control in our communities and lives. There are some slightly disturbing parts of the story that might come as a shock to sensitive readers, but this is often the way with Dystopian novels.
This is the first of a series of novels and functions just fine as a standalone.
Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Death, Pregnancy
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail