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mal_reads_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
However, it gave me weird vibes at times.
The "male gaze" experiment at the beginning was weird and didn't relate to the rest of the story.
The anti-religious parents were stereotypical liberals who don't even say "bless you" or celebrate Christmas. They have discussions with the child about private parts and exposing oneself, even buying a graphic sex book for the child. The main character is Christian and saves the child from the parents
There were also fatphobic statements like "she ballooned to a size eight", which is not even fat. The main character criticized her mom for being fat and unhelpful, but all is well when she loses weight.
Other issues include one-dimensional stereotypical characters such the crazy right-wing neighbor and the main character's landscaper Latino friend, and how technology turns children into zombies.
To an extent, I enjoyed the book. I liked its originality with the drawings. Unfortunately, it got heavy-handed with the political and religious ideology, especially toward the end.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexual content
prettyflyforascienceguy's review against another edition
3.0
I almost wish there was no ghost element to the story. It would have been much more unnerving if there wasn’t a supernatural explanation for the occurrences.
Moderate: Fatphobia and Transphobia
mkwreads'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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Fatphobia, Infertility, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
annahamburger's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
kaitieg97'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
Dropped 1 star after a reread for the excessive use of the phrases "healthy eating", always bring up the fact they were drinking seltzer water, and describing people as "fat" for no reason. It didn't add anything to the plot and was unnecessary.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Car accident
Minor: Infertility
mitchell_1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Addiction and Body shaming
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Car accident
onceandfuturereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia
ktame001's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Fatphobia
voidcrawler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
i’m now convinced booktok, especially the horror side of it, either don’t read the books they promote or they severely lack reading comprehension skills. everyone’s more obsessed with how “wOw fUcKed uP!!! 🥴” something is in terms of gore and jump-scares over the actual problematic shit in this book. bonkers, really, since so many horrortok creators are left-leaning and lgbtq+.
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
alisonfaith426's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Racism, Transphobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Minor: Dementia