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dalek_caan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Outing, Transphobia, Homophobia, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Cancer, Deadnaming, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
kmayatte'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: Homophobia, Deadnaming, Violence, Chronic illness, and Transphobia
Moderate: Gun violence, Bullying, Medical content, and Cursing
sophiafaurs'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
4.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Transphobia, and Medical content
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Outing, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria
eve_o's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia and Outing
Moderate: Deadnaming and Homophobia
kkenna7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
It took me a bit longer than usual to buy into this story. I almost gave up less than 100 pages in but I’m so very glad I pushed through. Each character is developed so well throughout the story you connect with each of them, even if they’re a smaller part of the story. Poppy was delightful from the very beginning and her story was well-written all things considered. While I did find the misgendering/deadnaming towards the middle and end to be a little uncomfy, I understand why that author wrote it in that way and I’m in no way an authority on whether it was proper or not as a cis person so I did my best to let it challenge me and move on.
One thing in particular I found so odd was the random bursts of nearly-sex scenes between Rosie and Penn? Maybe I’m being silly but it came out of nowhere once or twice, had nothing to do with the story whatsoever, and then never showed up again. Almost like the author decided halfway through she wanted to write a different story entirely. This is a reason I knocked off some points in my rating, as previously mentioned.
Overall, the book was enjoyable, the characters were lovable (even when frustrating) and I found myself absolutely rooting for everyone. There’s a lovely ending which I know some think was too “fantastical” but I think that’s kind of the point of it all anyway so I quite liked it. I wish I’d remembered StoryGraph’s notes feature earlier in my reading since I read a library copy and I couldn’t annotate. My review would’ve been more specific. Just know it’s worth the read, struggle though some may.
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Deadnaming, Hate crime, and Medical content
sometimes_samantha_reads'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? It's complicated
4.0
One thing I struggled with was the name of the protagonist. It bothered me that once the dead name was shirked by the protagonist, other characters would consistently dead name them. To be fair, it was shown in a very real way, mainly used by parents of the protagonist who were learning, but still. Same with the use of particular pronouns. There was a lot of floundering with them which seemed annoying to me because the protagonist claims their name and pronouns at a very particular point in the story and the name and pronouns are not used consistently even after they expressly asked for them.
Eventually it all worked our as the protagonist identified with both male and female pronouns, but I was annoyed that when they asked for she/her pronouns, it was often met with "he, well now, she".
Otherwise I truly did enjoy the book!
Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Transphobia, Hate crime, Medical content, Outing, and Vomit
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Gun violence
toorsdenote'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
4.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Murder, and Transphobia
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Gun violence, and Medical content
Minor: Abortion, Blood, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and War
swaggyfrog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Outing, and Transphobia
Minor: Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Medical content