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username330's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Genocide, Violence, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Death, Blood, Confinement, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Bullying, and Gore
Minor: Medical content, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, and Gaslighting
richofficer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Child death
Moderate: Bullying, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Homophobia, and Child abuse
Minor: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault
thatswhatshanread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Yes, it’s a fast read, and no, it doesn’t glorify school shooters. But everything else about it was so wrong, and didn’t do real life mass shooting survivors and victims any justice. The lack of research on the subject is obvious, which is incredibly disheartening. To me, the book just seemed like a grab for money.
The characters were so one-dimensional, and the familial relationships were confusing because of their lack of depth one minute, and their dialogue being the opposite the next minute. All of the different POVs could’ve honestly been the same person. That’s how little each character differed from the next. None of them stood out except for the school shooter, who was also very cookie-cutter evil from start to finish, giving in to every stereotype, written very lazily IMO, which really diminished the severe gravity of an event like this. None of the characters faltered from their specified roles, unfortunately rendering most of the story rather forgettable.
Also, the town the story is set in is called Opportunity, and was name dropped beyond proclivity. Which just angered me even more. The writing in general was just not great.
Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Car accident, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Cursing
mokiethe_dog34's review against another edition
- 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: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Blood
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Car accident
sj_booksgram's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Grief, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Death of parent
miandi'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Outing, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, Dementia, Death, Confinement, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
ameoba'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
5.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Vomit
lay777'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, and Gore