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_verena_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Dieses Buch wäre so viel besser gewesen, wenn es kein 'happy end' gegeben hätte.
Perfektes Ende wäre gewesen bei der Hälfte von Kapitel 39.
Abgesehen davon war die Geschichte davor auch oft teilweise cringe.
Es war mir einfach zu dramatisch, man weiß von Anfang an, dass am Ende alles 'gut' wird, einfach zu aufgesetzt und vorhersehbar... Langweilig...
Wie in allen Bücher, die ich bis jetzt von CoHo gelesen habe, einfach zu bieder und bürgerlich...
Das einzig Gute: es liest sich schnell und flüssig, deshalb habe ich es auch beendet.
CoHos Bücher sind wie fast food: nicht besonders gut, aber manchmal hat man einfach das Verlangen danach.
Fast Literature
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
nina_jo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Murder, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Grief
Minor: Alcohol
cole_anthony's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Alcohol, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
zeelvora's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Murder
elisemarie5'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
h_bartrug's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Drug use, and Alcohol
adrialucilfer'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
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Car accident, Blood, Alcohol, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Death, Cursing, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
love_chloe_c's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Car accident
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Blood
marigold82'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail
gabriella_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Naming background characters and identifying their race won’t give you diversity points, especially not when you just use them as plot devices to fuel the protagonist thinking he’s a “good person” and “decent human” solely for being around POC. Reducing them to just characters who make your white cast look better isn’t diversity, it’s optics
Having a character with alcohol-related PTSD say she wants to “order alcohol specifically to walk away from it” out of a sense of control, and to have an alcoholic character respect that decision is tone-deaf. It accessorizes addiction and trauma, making mental illness an aesthetic that is pick-me at best and inherently exploitative at worst.
The fact that this book is her “least problematic” and the male lead is just cardboard but
There were only two quotes that felt like it had heart in the entire book and one is an OOC tiktok sound that feels jarring in context considering how insignificant the mourning felt throughout the book until it was narratively relevant to talk about it.
And despite how problematic it is - the race baiting, male savior complex, turning addiction into an aesthetic - its worst crime is it’s just plain boring.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction