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amber2005'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
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Body shaming
annahamburger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Ableism, Body shaming, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
mirandap442'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
2.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing
Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship
icarusandthesun's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Better to be the hunter than the hunted. Even if you're hunting yourself."
Jennifer Niven's writing style is THE BEST. fast-paced, very short chapters. it just keeps you going. i loved All the Bright Places a lot, so i had extremely high hopes for this one.
and i wasn't disappointed, but neither was i particularly ecstatic. the characters were fine i guess, but sadly pretty black-and-white if you look past their main conflicts - jack's prosopagnosia and libby's weight struggles. this felt dangerously much like a self-help book, with positive affirmations and all that every other page. got repetitive pretty quickly, same as their struggles and complaints.
so many plot points also felt straight-up useless - jack building a robot for his brother, libby and the damsels. tenacious fillers where there should've been more plot, more substance, more struggles.
10/10 for the writing, 4/10 for the content (because of the plus-size representation and the quite informative subject of prosopagnosia).
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Kidnapping
book_loverrrr'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
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
jessicohen15'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
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence
haileeeyyy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent
rosalie_gonzalus'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
4.25
Minor: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness
avasolange'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
4.25
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Toxic friendship
soft_ieeee'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
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, and Chronic illness