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All this said, I nearly didn’t get to the mid point of this book. The first half I found slow and difficult to read. I felt, at times, that the author did not trust the reader as certain points were repeated with a heavy hand. Additionally, Molly’s social awkwardness plays a key role in this book, but it also feels over done to the point of caricature.
I’ve seen other readers speculating on whether Molly is autistic. There is no point in the book where Molly is identified as such, and that’s honestly a good thing. It would be a very poor representation of an autistic person.
As such— I give this book 3.5. While readers might have to weather the first half of the book, the second half is a great read and incredibly fun.
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Murder, Classism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Murder, Abandonment, Deportation
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use
Minor: Bullying, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deportation
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use
This writing style, this style of writing about neurodivergent/autistic people has been so overdone and to me it's nothing less than dehumanising. As other reviewers have pointed out, we're supposed to believe this takes place in the present (which I couldn't believe throughout the whole book) and still, not one character thinks "Hey maybe Molly isn't just quirky & annoying, maybe there's some autistic traits here".
I have friends who have autism, you probably have too and it serves none of us if they keep being portrayed as these quirky people who have no clue how to interact with others and seem to have completely different thought patterns — it just divides us even more.
The writing style distracted me from the whole mystery but honestly it wasn't life-changing either.
Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Racism
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Torture, Abandonment, Deportation