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lonelylooper's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Animal death, Medical content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Suicide, Torture, and Mental illness
sunflower7skull'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
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Suicide, Grief, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization
mary_do_12'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? No
2.0
it was kind of a little cringe. and cliché.
in the beginning the main character — lena — is visibly influenced and driven by the lies the government feeds them. she seems like a very naive and oblivious character, who later starts to doubt her views of the world and society. of course, this is character development that is totally necessary. but, and hear me out, the lena we get to know in the beginning of the book is really frustrating and annoying to read about. this is mainly because it’s very obvious to the reader that the whole love as a disease thing is no more than propaganda.
then we meet alex, who is basically the exact opposite of lena. they fall in love (obviously) and then she proceeds to plan her entire life off of him.
the relationship felt flat and had nothing thrilling about it, except the fact that they had to keep it a secret, but at some point everything lena was doing could’ve gotten her jailed, institutionalized or killed.
there were no other characters that stirred any particular interest in me, i enjoyed reading about grace, but even hana felt like she had no depth except for good looks to me.
the plot was — to say it outright — flat as well. it was pretty predictable, but that‘s not to say there weren’t surprising turns.
one thing that you have to give to lauren oliver though, is that she wrote something entertaining. the problem is just that „entertaining“ doesn’t mean it’s a good book. at least for me it doesn’t.
i don’t necessarily regret reading this book, i just wouldn’t do it again.
Minor: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Police brutality, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Gun violence
laurenevlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia
rawrsoobin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Animal death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
lucys_library's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical trauma, War, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Grief