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lct'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Bullying
Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia
neko_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
ok so mixed feelings here. on one side i hated it, sophie was pretty much unbearable but on the other side I thoroughly enjoyed it. the world is just amazing, and while sophie is definitely not my favourite character, especially at the start of the book, I do love her development at the end.
now the characters I do like. hester, anadil and dot. i love them so much. the fact that they are the figure of evil for the start of the book, but there is so much good in their hearts and I love them.
agatha is one of my favourite characters in this book. her development, insecurities and personality is amazing
overall a pretty good read!
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Body shaming
Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, and Death
Minor: Homophobia, Blood, and Death of parent
hayleythegoose'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, and Sexism
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Homophobia
fastizfurious's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Body shaming, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Misogyny
Minor: Violence
sarahmanuel3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Death of parent
samantha_06x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The book does a good job of making you as a reader become invested in Sophie despite her questionable decisions and ultimately want a happy ending for the 2 main characters.
Lost a star as
As well as this when linking being evil to ugliness there will always be some issues as the concept of ugliness is inherently racist/abelist/fat-phobic. I don't think this was handled well with
Although the book is written for a younger audience I think anyone who enjoys fantasy books like Harry Potter will also enjoy this book.
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Minor: Kidnapping, Death, Homophobia, Death of parent, Child death, Sexism, and Grief
cg1256's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Just be warned, the q slur appears early on in the book in a seemingly insulting way as Agatha is not presented as LGBTQIA+ elsewhere in this book.
Minor: Homophobia and Kidnapping
rumireads's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
1.75
- I haven't encountered a book so viciously fatphobic in at least a decade
- the way it sexualised 12 year olds is absolutely disgusting (I can see why they aged the characters up for the movie)
- weirdly homophobic as well. kids calling each other gay as an insult might be accurate but it's certainly not something that I'd like to model for them??
- I think this author has a reeeealy poor opinion of women
please don't give/recommend this series to the youths, it's genuinely awful towards most kinds of people
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Child abuse, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny
Minor: Animal death, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Torture, Blood, and Body horror
squinnittowinit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, and Sexism
Moderate: Body shaming and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Homophobia and Ableism
_ren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
APPARENTLY, THE AUTHOR COMPLETELY RUINS IT IN THE 2ND BOOK, SO I WILL NOT BE READING THE REST OF THE SERIES.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Torture, Sexism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Gore, Grief, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Classism, War, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Cursing, and Kidnapping
Minor: Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia