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caitlaird'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Bullying, and Hate crime
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual harassment
tays_books'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Fatphobia, Racism, Bullying, and Child abuse
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Hate crime
Minor: Slavery, Abandonment, Animal death, and Vomit
feline17ff'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? No
5.0
From a technical perspective it's so cool and perfect! Every single thing comes back somehow or other, slevery little detail which you think is just for description or a joke.
YES, ESPECIALLY THE JOKES!
The reader keeps getting rewarded for each line of text they read previously and remember.
It's an amazing and beautiful book that makes you cry. It's about love, both romantic and platonic.
It's really smart, if you didn't get it already.
It's like a Chosen One book but not but yes.
The Chosen Ones come together to work together and break the curse on a land they don't even know that was cursed because of bad people a hundred years ago.
It's about destiny and love and doing the right thing and helping others and about children being harshly punished for things that they dd or didn't do, that were in or out fo their control, that they happened to just be in the wrong place at the wrong time or in the wrong situation
It's about stupid America's stupid racism and stupid war on homeless people and poor people and stupid broken systems and stupid government punishment and and stupid lack of accountability and stupid misogyny too.
It's a happy ending and not just a bittersweet ending, a happy ending which seems less and less possible as the story goes but it is a happy ending and I am grateful.
Another thing.
From a writing perspective.
It uses short sentences and is fast-paced and a short book, which might be the definition of a middle grade book.
As an amateur writer, it's cool to see this in action. Each line packs a punch and the shortness makes sure it hits.
Minor: Religious bigotry, Racism, Bullying, Abandonment, Gun violence, Child abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Slavery, Sexism, Hate crime, and Physical abuse
lynxpardinus's review
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Gun violence, Confinement, Murder, and Racism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Medical content, Physical abuse, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Animal death, and Grief
Minor: Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, and Gaslighting
kate_has_book_thoughts'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, and Racism
Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Violence, Death, Animal death, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia
Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
directorpurry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Gun violence
orchidlilly'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
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Bullying
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Classism, Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, Racism, Physical abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Ableism, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Animal cruelty
nota_candycaine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Confinement, Hate crime, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
adoto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Fatphobia, and Classism
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Death
noseybonk'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
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, and Gun violence