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lasafica_reads's review
- 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
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Homophobia, Police brutality, Violence, Death of parent, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Outing, Murder, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual assault and Fatphobia
powellki'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: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Medical trauma, Addiction, Sexism, Outing, Misogyny, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, and Police brutality
Minor: Sexual assault
cboddie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Terminal illness and Racism
Moderate: Police brutality
spaghettireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Murder, and Cancer
pastelmeganes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Biphobia, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Outing, and Racism
shadesofdivine'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
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, Biphobia, Classism, Death, and Death of parent
jillgoober's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I really enjoyed this from beginning to end except for one little tidbit that kept me from giving it five stars. I won't be specific because it's a big spoiler but the twist at the end just didn't do it for me. I felt like it was unnecessary and it personally didn't make sense why the character would do something like that.
Despite the strange plot twist, this is still an incredible novel overall. Please be cautious in reading this if the topics of terminal cancer and family death are difficult for you.
Graphic: Biphobia, Death of parent, Cancer, Murder, Racism, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Terminal illness
scrubsandbooks'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
I am gutted after this one and it's going to stay with me for a really really long time. Good job, Jas Hammands and an equally good job to the narrator of the audiobook, Tamika Katon-Donegal.
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Death, Racism, Police brutality, and Hate crime
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Homophobia
Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual assault
Content warning: police brutality and mentions of KKK, mentions of COVID/pandemic, death of a parent from murder, death of a sibling from murder, religious bigotry, parental abuse/negligence, cigarette use, underaged drinking. For more warnings, please check the user-submitted warnings on Storygraph Representation: Black, biracial, lesbian, bisexual, pansexualwingspan's review against another edition
5.0
This told me it was a terminally ill grandmother trying to make amends with her family/work over their family history issues. It still didn’t prepare me for the utter destruction of my soul of the hospital scene. If you’ve lost a loved one after they fell into a coma, get the tissues ready.
The sub plots are all over the place but in a good way. I was really interested in the murder mystery but the drama of what happened before Avery was born between her mother and her grandmother sucked me in!
I laughed, I cried, and I wanted to see more of this world afterword.
YA books really know how to educate people, accept them and make your soul hurt afterwards.
Moderate: Terminal illness
aflaine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Death, and Homophobia