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cpoersch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Homophobia, Gun violence, Grief, and Gore
karachapp's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
booknerdbetty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Transphobia
becksreadsbooks's review
- 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: Car accident, Death, Violence, Murder, Homophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia
Minor: Deadnaming
thebakerbookworm'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
3.5
That being said, there is A LOT of graphic violence in this book, and that is not my thing. Maybe I shouldn't let that affect my rating, but I did, though I was able to tune out the violent parts or skip ahead. The villains felt a bit like caricatures to me, and I think this was because our two main characters are very morally gray. But we're still supposed to root for them, so the villains have to be worse than these morally gray characters—and the only way to really do that is make them caricatures and make them do things that are irredeemable. Also, I figured out who the big bad was pretty early so that reveal was not a surprise.
Back to our morally gray main characters—they made me super conflicted. On the one hand, they're written in a way that makes them endearing and likable despite the terrible things they've done, and they do have growth and development throughout the course of the story. But I'm not convinced that they're actually good people by the end...I guess I just wanted them to take more responsibility for their actions and actually deal with the consequences instead of just seeking revenge as a way to redeem themselves.
Also none of the side characters get any real development and that is always a disappointment to me.
Anyways, this book does make you think and is great for conversation; I think I would have liked it more if it had been more character-focused instead of action/violence/plot-focused, but that's probably on me because the book wasn't pretending to be anything else.
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping
Minor: Cancer, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical content, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Transphobia
lorinew1's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Outing, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Vomit
wai's review
- 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: Homophobia, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Gore, Cursing, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Torture, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Death
Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Car accident
Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Medical content