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embee09's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing
Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Addiction, and Terminal illness
nitar8'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? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Cursing, and Terminal illness
jj_tj'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
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Grief
Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, and Car accident
beatriks'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
I would definitely recommend the book and I’m planning to read more books by Steven Rowley.
Also, I could feel the heat of Palm Springs shine through the pages.
Curious to find out who’s going to play Patrick in the movie/TV adaptation.
Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Addiction
Minor: Drug use
avisreadsandreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Car accident, and Terminal illness
Minor: Addiction, Medical content, and Vomit
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Drug use, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Sexual assault
Minor: Child death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Abandonment, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Outing, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry
savgulick'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
4.5
Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia
cheezyreads's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Homophobia
katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Grief, and Addiction
Minor: Fatphobia and Ableism
menomica'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? It's complicated
I love you, he said silently in his head, to himself, to the kids, to Joe, to Sara, to no one. To everyone.
I really loved how the theme of this book was about family and support. I loved watching Patrick grow throughout the book. I also really loved how honest this book was with grief. Watching Patrick essentially get PTSD flashbacks from Sara’s death to Joe’s felt so… real? I don’t know, but it was done very well.
The kids were adorable (especially Grant).
That whole subplot with Clara pissed me clean the fuck off, but I’m glad it was resolved quickly and with little fuss.
I really enjoyed this book.
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual harassment, Car accident, and Homophobia