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sprinumter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Physical abuse
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Violence
soupsswagreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Suicide and Drug use
Minor: Sexual assault, Death, and Drug abuse
rosinawrites7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Classism, Colonisation, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Suicide, Terminal illness, Racism, Physical abuse, and Misogyny
burn_the_letters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content
miaaa_lenaaa's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
<<SPOILERS>>
No wait i wish we had some from iceland after he gets sent there?? Oh and also i hate it when books reference Shakespeare, it high key makes me quale with anger and idk why xx
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Xenophobia
rhubarb_the_herb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The book spent quite a while at the beginning just world-building, and the world was definitely interesting, but very facts and information dense. This made the book a little cumbersome. It is very much a 'telling' as opposed to a 'show' book, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but made a substantial amount of concepts feel like they were there for the shock factor
This along with the world-building means that for a good portion of the novel, there is not plot or character development leading to some superficiality in characters and underdeveloped traits particularly in some side characters. Additionally the book introduced concepts that were interesting and relevant but then did not take them any further
Furthermore, the pace is janky and uneven jumping across time irregularly and unnaturally which affects the flow of the book.
The ending and events preceding it came a little out of nowhere
I could see the themes and I liked the concepts of choosing happiness and comfort or freedom questioning whether a happy and pleasant society can coexist with complete personal freedom and thought. I did not vibe with the execution though.
Overall, themes were good but reading this felt a it like an unpleasant fever dream.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Suicide
nebubabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion
bluejayreads's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent and Self harm
Minor: Suicide, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, and Body shaming
worm_book's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Body shaming, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicide
madmilliner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit