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culzean'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
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
sam019'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
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
am193's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug abuse and Alcoholism
Minor: Bullying and Violence
Very casual treatment of sexual violence - Ava’s rape was treated as a plot device without thought of realistic affects on the character.ecravens'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape
alexiaalves'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Sexual violence and Sexual assault
Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, and Drug abuse
hannahlee98's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
kaileyn'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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug abuse, Rape, and Alcoholism
lilli0311's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Addiction, Violence, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicide, Rape, Mental illness, and Child abuse
daijahsbookworld's review against another edition
5.0
okay ik this book is so angsty and dramatic and messy but it resonates with my angsty, dramatic, messy soul consistently
July 2021
Read for Tarot Readathon 2021: Queen of Wands
This book was just perfection and I just adored the characters and the themes throughout it. It made me so emotional and for being a high school romance, I feel like it dealt with everything perfectly. The end also was written so well and I just loved every moment of it. I couldn't put it down.
Graphic: Drug abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide
marie_thereadingotter'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? Yes
3.75
I can see, to a point, where the good things come from. A girl who doesn't "let" trauma control her. I can see how that would offer praise. But, at the same time, I can see how this could be slightly offensive to people who've lived that trauma. It's a nice message, but I don't think it was handled as well as it could have been. Especially with how quickly she was able to be intimate with someone else. I know healing is different for everybody but I also think that it should have been handled differently.
I liked the dual narrative, but I think it left the reveal of the secret admirer less mysterious. Though I don't think that was really anything more than a MacGuffin in the first place. It wasn't supposed to be a mystery, but then I wonder what the point was.
I liked how things were handled when it came out who did the crime, and how the characters made mature decisions. I dislike how in a lot of these books when things like this happen, the characters "deal with it themselves" when a crime is committed, rather than going to the cops the way they should. And they went to the cops and handled it the way it should be.
I liked that Ava and Lee took time apart after everything as well, it helped them both find their feet so to speak. But I wish Ava had a POV epilogue. It felt like after everything it was more about Lee than Ava.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape
Minor: Bullying