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torla's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, and Gun violence
Moderate: Classism, Slavery, Child abuse, Ableism, Sexual assault, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
ghostlyprince's review against another edition
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide
parasolcrafter'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
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism and Drug use
books_and_ghosts'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Stalking, Suicide, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Ableism and Incest
Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
valereads's review against another edition
I was really looking forward to this book so I was disappointed to find I did not like it at all. I struggled through as long as I could but at the end of the day I don't want to waste my time on a book I don't like.
I was really uncomfortable with the ableist portrayal of a mentally ill character in this book and I hated the way it associated mental illness with violent people. It also contained the harmful stereotype that mass shootings are committed by bullied, mentally ill people from broken homes.
In addition to this the main character felt really underdeveloped. Despite spending 1/3 of a book in his head I couldn't tell you much about him other than the fact that he is the only Black boy in his class, he doesn't like most people and he sees ghosts. Oh, and he's gay but that isn't even brought up before 32%. We know more about the shooter/ghost that Jake - we even know he's gay before we know Jake is.
On the plus side it had some very chilling and scary moments but they did not make up for everything else.
Content Warnings: suicide, mass/school shootings, graphic violence, bullying, homophobic violence, references to animal abuse
Graphic: Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Homophobia, and Bullying
Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence