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samsearle'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Bullying, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm
yellowbinge'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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Drug use
maijaka'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
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Mental illness
Moderate: Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, and Drug use
nats2643's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Annabelle was ridiculously juvenile. As a single parent, I found her utterly unrealistic. She is so divorced from reality, it's like her son just materialised and she has no knowledge of him at all. I get that she babies him, but really refering to the toilet as "go potty"? I find it incredulous that anyone would say that to a teen...let alone a mother desperate to reconnect.
I couldn't like or care about any of the characters. I listened to the audio book and I wonder how much of this dislike of the characters was caused by the narrator. In particular, he gave Annabelle a very high girly voice which I found childish and pathetic.
This was a slog, one of those books where I felt I was being told what to think or feel rather than actually experiencing it.
Plus the sudden miraculous recovery of all the major characters was just ludicrous.
Moderate: Addiction and Mental illness
zlinkous'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: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
phoebe_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Self harm
lauramotta'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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug abuse
Minor: Self harm
rays_bookclub'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
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Death of parent
sunritz'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: Death of parent, Self harm, and Mental illness
stalfos'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
4.5
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death of parent, and Mental illness