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elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Medical content, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Sexism, Abandonment, Violence, Transphobia, Gun violence, Blood, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
bumblemee'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
3.5
I liked a lot of things. Seeing the beauty queens grow and develop their identities, the handling of beauty standards and societys expectations towards girls/women. I think this book can make a lot of teenage girls feel understood and maybe help them reflect on things that are so implicit in a lot of social structures that they feel too normal to be challanged.
The characters grew on me as well. It was interesting for me to realize how I liked them all the more they became themselves. I felt for them and their individual struggles.
I also liked the amount of work that went into the audio production, like the musical elements.
However, I found this book to be a little messy. There was a little too much going on - I didn't mind that it got absurd, but sometimes I thought it tried to do a little too much at once.
Also, while some stereotyping made sense in the context of the satire that is this book, other stereotyping didn't. I do think that the author would've done a few things differently if this book came out now instead of 2011 - which was 13 years ago at this point, holy shit. I don't know if I'm simply not aware of similar books existing over a decade ago or if it was - in some aspects at least - a little ahead of its time.
All in all I'd recommend this book, if you are okay with absurdity.
Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Misogyny, and Transphobia
Moderate: Racism and Sexual content
greenrequiem's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual content, Eating disorder, and Sexism
lindsayerin'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
3.75
Graphic: Fatphobia and Misogyny
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Ableism, Lesbophobia, and Eating disorder
Minor: Abandonment
joann3'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? N/A
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual content, Cursing, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Self harm and Deportation
c_dmckinney'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: Cursing, Homophobia, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Classism, Xenophobia, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Sexism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Outing, Xenophobia, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, and Transphobia
Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, Fatphobia, Racism, Gaslighting, Genocide, Alcohol, Biphobia, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child death, Grief, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, War, Abandonment, Classism, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Blood, Death, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
There is a plane crash and only 13 of 50 girls survive.averygrey24'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
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia and Misogyny
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Racism, War, Body shaming, and Homophobia
sarasreading'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
4.0
It is a wild ride, like a teen action movie summer blockbuster in book form, if that blockbuster was a fever dream that was smarter than you. And honestly, I would expect no less from Libba Bray. If you know the experience you're in for when picking this up, you'll have a great time.
Moderate: Transphobia and Death
bookedbymadeline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Eating disorder, Transphobia, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Islamophobia, Sexual content, Ableism, Medical trauma, Vomit, and Death
Minor: Cancer
monapearl's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia and Sexism