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Woodworking

Emily St. James

4.51 AVERAGE

august_of_wind's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

micksexton's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

sara_ataglance's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Outing

heyalisa's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lammeyb's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

martinacorona's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gabgallo's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dkpalmer13's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

chaoticmissadventures's review against another edition

4.25

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 This is so good!  Particularly I enjoyed how the other S. Dakota people were represented. "Allies" hiding in unlikely places, while you still are very aware of the results of an election that has not happened yet (quotes b/c you cannot be an Allie and vote for someone like Rose).
I thought the characters were realistic, the setting was perfect & the writing was easy to read and enjoyable without talking down. LGBTQ relationships are so complex. Often times it is the younger, more courageous person that helps older in the closet people, and The Cause in general along. Marsha P Johnson was 23 when she threw that brick. I say this as someone who easily gets the ick from  age gap and power dynamics relationships, I thought Abigail and Erica's relationship was fantastic. It might have been too much pressure for Abigail, but we are quickly shown she knows how to throw up her boundaries and use that block feature when she needs. I also think she gets a lot from Erica, a sense of community and purpose. Though both are not great friends a lot of the time. I thought Brooke's character was one of the most interesting, I will continue to think about her. 

hkb333's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes