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Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Miscarriage
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Trafficking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Excrement, Abortion, War
As some who grew up in rural Appalachia, this story hit home from the very beginning. The rundown homes. The MLM’s. The cat piss smell when there aren’t any cats present. The othering experience of growing up poor. It’s HARD. Then it lead into the broken football star to opioid addict pipeline and boy howdy…
As someone who was one of the “jackpots of hopeless futures” convinced by the recruiters in shiny buttons to join the military to escape my small town. I always felt like my life could have ended up exactly like Demon’s.
But the fucking ending?!? Are you serious Barbara. You had to go with THAT love interest?!?! 😒😒
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Definitely glosses over the racism that I KNOW is rampant in rural Appalachia. It’s hinted at, in things like “only 10 “people like him” living in Lee county” when talking about the Black teacher. Or how there must be something wrong with the pretty white teacher that he’s married to… 😒😒
Are you fucking serious. Angus?!?! If you have to write it “is she my sister or something more” it’s an automatic noooooooooooooo!!!!!!! They grew up being raised as siblings, even if they aren’t blood siblings. They should not have ended up as the love interest….. ewwwwww. This is one fucking rural stereotype that I wish would go the way of the dodo
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy
I'm honestly not sure what to rate this one. I read it because so many people talk about how good the audiobook is, and it is really well narrated. But 22 hours is so long. It really didn't need to be that long in my opinion. The beginning and the end were very good, but the middle just felt like it dragged on for me. I had to take a break and read something else and pick it back up.
But the parts that were good and kept my attention were really good! If you are thinking about reading it, check the trigger warnings before you do. A lot of things happen to kids in foster care and a lot of those things are discussed or at least mentioned in this book.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Sexual violence