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emweir's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, and Gaslighting
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Islamophobia, and Alcohol
frenchtoast_n_books's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
- 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
I loved so many things about this book: the plot, the main characters, the message, the fact that therapy and love doesn't easily/quickly solve mental health issues and that it is messy, that it shows how messy emotions are, and that it helps those unfamiliar with non-binary people understand what it feels like to be non-binary without spoon-feeding the reader definitions. It allows for further exploration and discovery on the readers time if they choose to do so.
I can't say there was really anything wrong with this book or that there is anything I'd correct... except, maybe, making the side characters a little more rounded. I understand that Ben, our main character, might not focus on these side characters while he is trapped in his own thoughts and wound up in other things. However, I really wanted to read more about Ben's other school friends and read more about their interactions with each other to see their friendship grow to where it is at by the story's end.
I can't say there was really anything wrong with this book or that there is anything I'd correct... except, maybe, making the side characters a little more rounded. I understand that Ben, our main character, might not focus on these side characters while he is trapped in his own thoughts and wound up in other things. However, I really wanted to read more about Ben's other school friends and read more about their interactions with each other to see their friendship grow to where it is at by the story's end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
lauren07's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Eating disorder