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Graphic: Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation
Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship
Minor: Death, Medical content, Death of parent
I didn't really like most of the characters, except for Martha Dung. She was cool and likeable. I did not like Eden, who felt very Mary Sue to me. She has no flaws, does nothing wrong, and just gets beat on by the other characters for the whole book, until the end where she shows how much more virtuous she is than them
And that's another thing that I didn't like in this book. Every so often, the "virtuous" characters mention how insane and inconsiderate everyone else is, because what about the plight of the homeless, or the plight of the native Hawaiians, etc. But it kind of felt like those mentions were perfunctory. "One second, just gotta quickly fill the activist-inspired checkbox - ok great, now back to the story." The book ends up doing the same thing as the super rich assholes on the narrative - marginalizing people. Only Eden, who herself is well off and a DOCTOR that is best friends with NOBILITY and jet-sets across the globe at a moment's notice, is the one that briefly mentions how various groups of people are affected by the actions and decisions of the ultra-rich. Do we ever see any perspective from those people she is talking about? Do they ever talk about their own issues with their own voices? Are those issues ever even directly portrayed? No, on all counts. The most we get is a native Hawaiian hotel worker or something who is nice to Eden because she's "not like the other (rich) girls," and who is only briefly included so that Eden can realize that she, too, experiences racism/colorism/classism. Blehhh!
The story was not new and different enough to be fun. The call outs were not real enough to be meaningful. The characters were flat and tedious. Disappointed.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Racism, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity
Graphic: Cancer, Death
Moderate: Racism
Graphic: Addiction, Racism, Vomit, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Abortion
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Abortion
Moderate: Addiction, Death
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Abortion
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Classism
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation