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meganpbell'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, and Death
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content
caidyn'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
4.25
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Transphobia
rinku'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Self harm, and Transphobia
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Toxic relationship
cjmast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Sexual violence
jeanbean1617'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
4.5
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual content and Sexual violence
osladek'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
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Transphobia
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault
josb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book in the series is very "dark forest" where our characters are not okay after the events from the first book and are trying to piece themselves together. Note that there is mention and descriptions of self harm.
I appreciated that the author went with a 3 book series, I can't imagine squishing all of this content into a duology. The end of this book got me really excited for book 3 so the setup was certainly there. There are certainly enough reveals in this second book that I don't feel it was too stretched out.
If you like darker YA's I highly recommend. The worldbuilding is interesting enough and the chapters are written in a way that hooks you and makes you curious to continue. Unfortunately, the "big bads" are complete pricks and manifest themselves as hard core old testament Christians which means there can be triggering content for some readers.
Graphic: Religious bigotry
Moderate: Transphobia, Self harm, Homophobia, and Deadnaming
caitlinjohnson'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
3.5
even when they argued, they all sounded like real teenagers because they didn't have their whole argument planned and just went off emotion. in some books, authors have a tendency to make their teen characters seem way younger or way older than they actually are so it was refreshing to read teenagers that sounded like teenagers.
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
eversaurus'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
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Homophobia
sifairi'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
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, and Rape