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marjoleinvanderspoel's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Racism
Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Abortion
iridescencedeep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Writing is gorgeous. Murky. There's tension in every conversation. Lots of meaning in the small details, in these people's lives, or maybe Taylor is just imagining it. Sex, sometimes meaningful but mostly otherwise. In another sense, always meaningful, because what else could have meaning.
^ That's the vibe, with a slightly higher density of five dollar words.
(personal note: date started is approximate)
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual content
alyssaakdefusco's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion
simplyamysue'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Drug use
Minor: Abortion
kleinekita's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Abortion
Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping
chadedarby's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
bootsmom3'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Classism, Death, Misogyny, and Grief
Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Abortion
ricreyes's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Violence
emma_ekb'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
brandon taylor has such a way with words. the way he captures emotion and friendship and love and lust and anguish and grief, and the way all of those feelings interact, is tangible. what’s interesting about this book is i didn’t necessarily LIKE the characters, but they felt real to me, and i couldn’t help but empathize with their struggles. even characters i thought i didn’t like at all at first, like Timo, i eventually came around to seeing them as these super three dimensional beings - like real people! not sure this is making sense but it’s what i feel. my favorite characters were definitely fyodor, timo and fatima… though i liked seamus’ arc as well.
as someone who grew up in iowa city, i also LOVED all the iowa city references. the bread garden, the ped mall, the quad, the hawkeyes banners…. definitely made my little heart happy
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment
Minor: Drug use, Abortion, Homophobia, and Racism
fenouil's review against another edition
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Sexual violence