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Stranger Things. Wszyscy mówią na mnie Max by Brenna Yovanoff
6 reviews
hiddenfallacies'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
3.0
Runaway Max suffers the most in the moments where it retells scenes from the show with minimal additions or changes. It also heavily depends on readers having previously watched the second season for context, keeping descriptions bland and forgetting to link together plot points. The novel also tends to repeat the same terms and thoughts over and over rather than coming up with different ways to portray Max's shifting mindset.
Overall, this is worth the read if you love the character and simply want more content of her. Just be prepared that the depth and quality of it is not the same as the show's.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, Bullying, Racism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Abandonment, and Classism
bernard_black's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse
jesserebekah'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism
123urmom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, and Violence
Billy and his father are very very abusive and bigoted. Be safe please, I loved this book but it is very triggeringraqo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Racism
qi_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
objectively how good is this? it's actually not badly written so i'll give it that. the author didn't rely too heavily on the shows plot however, this is the only one of the stranger things books that place during the time of the show so i guess i understand why she felt the need to include crucial scenes for max's character. but, i did find those segments a little boring. only when she started to elaborate upon that was it much more engaging.
tw: broken families and children of divorce are clearly a driving topic so if that may be distressing maybe give it a skip
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse