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gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
medium-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
4.5
This was a wonderful book to read. I loved the characters, the journey and how it ended; although I was concerned it was going to go another way so I'm happy it ended how it did.
I thought it was really well paced and hit on a lot of topics that people can feel and go through no matter their age, I believe the author after finishing the book wondered if he just wrote about his situation, because of that I think a lot of people can take something away from this.
A small thing but, I am so happy with how the father was written in this story. A lot of books like to make parents unapproachable or useless when I was a teen but in recent years parents in books have been written so much better.
I thought it was really well paced and hit on a lot of topics that people can feel and go through no matter their age, I believe the author after finishing the book wondered if he just wrote about his situation, because of that I think a lot of people can take something away from this.
A small thing but, I am so happy with how the father was written in this story. A lot of books like to make parents unapproachable or useless when I was a teen but in recent years parents in books have been written so much better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Bullying, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Death of parent
Minor: Xenophobia
anniereads221's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
3.0
I enjoyed this one!! Amina is the star of the book for me. I love her so much I wanna be her friend!!
The thing that kinda annoyed me was the coming out/outing that happened it left a sour taste in my mouth. No one owes someone a coming out. If you are not ready, you should not be made to feel bad because you haven't reached that point yet. Someone who has been outed several times in the past. It was hard reading it the way it was done.
The rest of it was enjoyable at most
Though some throwaway comments were made that were not so nice either and could have just been not added
Still, I love messy characters and I love that we get to see Luca grow
The thing that kinda annoyed me was the coming out/outing that happened it left a sour taste in my mouth. No one owes someone a coming out. If you are not ready, you should not be made to feel bad because you haven't reached that point yet. Someone who has been outed several times in the past. It was hard reading it the way it was done.
The rest of it was enjoyable at most
Though some throwaway comments were made that were not so nice either and could have just been not added
Still, I love messy characters and I love that we get to see Luca grow
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Biphobia
Moderate: Islamophobia, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Minor: Transphobia
wastingtime1994's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
snowydaze's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
I received a copy of the Audiobook Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden
from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed listening to this book for the most part. However, at times I found Luca to get a little annoying, mostly due to how repetitive he seemed to get throughout the book. Furthermore, I found the solutions to some of the relationship problems that came up through the book to be a tad wrong or resulting in glazing over the problem or miscommunication that occurred. I would have enjoyed the book a bit more if they communicated a bit more about their problems.
On the other hand, I did like how varying Matthew Backer’s narration was, as he truly embodied the characters throughout the story. Additionally, most of the characters seemed to grow a bit throughout the novel. With that being said, there was a diverse cast of characters, I would however, suggest looking up trigger warnings before reading this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Bullying, Outing, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Medical content, and Racism
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