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sizzlesteaks's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Alcohol, Car accident, and Bullying
Moderate: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship
yochananvered's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexism, Death, Car accident, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape
eleasofia'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Rape, Drug use, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
mysyf'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
Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Death of parent, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Death
Minor: Rape
risemini's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Homophobia
mmccombs's review against another edition
4.0
Sometimes the look into the future (“and she will regret it” etc etc) felt a little cheesy, but this book is kind of inherently cheesy, so it works. I did have some issues with the future tense constantly teasing something terrible and then nothing would happen (or the thing would happen but to a character we didn’t even know existed), it often felt like cheap emotional manipulation just to provoke a response, but never going so far as to actually reap consequences for the characters/story. I was definitely kept on the edge of my seat, but after crying wolf so many times I eventually felt as if there were no meaningful stakes.
This felt like a very natural continuation from the first book, similar themes and turmoil and small town politics, so in some ways it felt kind of repetitive and unnecessary, but mostly it was nice to come back to Beartown. I will definitely finish out this series and am excited to get to some of Blackman’s other titles.
Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Death, Rape, and Suicide
Moderate: Car accident and Gun violence
karenperry93'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
4.75
Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
cesreads'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: Death, Car accident, Bullying, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
superciliary'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: Violence, Car accident, and Homophobia
Moderate: Death, Sexism, Rape, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Outing, and Drug use
Minor: Child abuse
lindsay_kay'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
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Rape, and Violence
Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury