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jenarae'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Self harm
fenr1r's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
My critiques/questions abt this book pasted from my GR review
Also why wasn't Renee with them for the little Christian thanksgiving dinner? Why did Neil let Andrew be by himself at Nicky's parents house?
Why hadn't Bee already called in for Andrew to be put in rehab? I just don't understand. I am stupid, so I probably passed over where it was explained, but so many things just don't make logical sense.
Since this book is about a made up sport I'll give it the benefit of the doubt but there is no explanation offered to whatever drug Andrew is on, how and why a drug that induced something similar to a manic state would be given to him, and why it would be court ordered that he's on it. A friend told me he has bipolar depression, okay, and since he beat these dudes almost to death, having him on meds he is now seems... dumb. Instead of putting him in something similar to a manic state in which he is obviously still dangerous in, focus instead on slowing him down and actually... balancing his mood. Which like, the healthcare system is shit and treats disabled people horribly, I know, I just don't understand what even an ableist government gains by doping Andrew up to where he's just being an annoying asshole all the time, only for a certain period of time, then having him go through rehab because whatever he was on was clearly highly addictive.
Idk,,, as a mentally disordered person I just gotta rule this one off as too little research done or something. Instead of appearing like a well written character who's lived through so much trauma and his brain actively working against him, it just comes off as shock value. "Look at this ruined crazy unhinged damaged unable to be fixed boy who does crazy things!!"
ALSO GIRL HOW IS 5FT TALL OVERLY MEDICATED ANDREW SOME KIND OF PROTECTOR AGAINST A LITERAL ORGANIZED CRIME/MOB GROUP THAT HAS JUDGES AND PROSECUTERS ON THEIR PAYROLL???? IT DOESNT MAKE SENSE . WHY IS RIKO SO SCARED OF AN ILL LITTLE MAN? </spoiler/
Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Gore, Homophobia, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Addiction
TW list [as much as i remember]; rape, child abuse, physical/emotional abuse, toxic relationships, normalized bad coping mechanisms, homophobia, religious homophobia, drugs/alcohol, death, grief, torture, gore, violence, ableist portrayal of mental disorders, ableism, slur usage/casual ableism [r slur]natnat_7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Stalking, Violence, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, and Torture
Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Sexism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, and Religious bigotry
otbval's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Religious bigotry
rmaiaco'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, Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Torture
Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Self harm, Rape, and Torture
elskabee's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, and Addiction
Minor: Child abuse
If you have read the content warnings then you know there is rape in here, it's handled pretty delicately compared to some of the other stuff and there are no detailed descriptions. Regarding torture:violet_oops'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
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
dododenise'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
4.5
This book kicked me in the stomach on a regular basis. It literally made me feel physically sick and made me cry. It had such an emotional grip on me.
I was so invested in the characters I felt all their pain with them and it just kept adding up. Finding out about their absolutely awful pasts and then the present which just kept adding more trauma on the pile. I want to give all of them a very strong hug and adopt them.
This isn’t at all what I signed up for when I started reading this series, going in solely after seeing cute fanart, but my god I’m invested and can’t wait to start the next book.
Unfortunately still inappropriate use of the word “powwow” and the r-slur.
Graphic: Rape and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
Minor: Car accident and Cultural appropriation
mrx99'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? It's complicated
4.0
Though I just flew about the chapter with Andrew because it just hurts too much
Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence
lil_no_v's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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: Blood
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape