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adventuresinfictionland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Homophobia, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, and Abortion
charlies_shelf's review
5.0
This train doesn’t need to run away I’m on the right pathway
I read the early version. It got send to me by the author trough email. A part of me really wants to cry now, this book leaving me empty and I don't have a physical copy of it to cry over.
A different part thinks I needed this book to do just that, cry and let go. Because a physical copy would mean being able to hold onto a story long told.
Thank you Lee M. Goldberg for giving me to chance to read this book.
Keep on writing, you're amazing.
Moderate: Death, Child death, Grief, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: War
sarahbythebook's review
3.5
I'm a bit torn on how to feel about this book. On the one hand, I relate a lot to what the main character is going through. On the other hand, I want to shake her for how she responds to the situations she finds herself in. Runaway Train is a story about grief and grappling with the way it changes who we are, to ourselves and to the ones who love us. Grief is isolating in ways that Nico doesn't understand. Grief consumes us whole, but she can't see past her own grief to understand that her parents are suffering too.
I think the premise of tying her story to music and to the untimely end of Kurt Cobain is really interesting, but between the various typographical errors and way the teens are portrayed (the constant use of filler words during the character's inner monologues, "lurrrv" [also in internal monologue], etc.), I didn't enjoy this book as much as I could have. I probably will not be continuing this story, but I am grateful to the author and publisher for an e-copy for review.
Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, Cursing, Child death, Addiction, Car accident, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, and Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Abortion, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts
booksalabrooke's review
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Abortion, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt