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linneak's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
passionatereader78'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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Abortion, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy
samburkhouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
riley2399'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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
joan_zyaire's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
brogancha'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
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Abortion, and Death of parent
scmiller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Enjoyed the narrative technique of the novel — characters recounting events in an interview, engaging in dialogue with the interviewer.
I was impressed with how Jenkins Reid’s wrote her characters’ dialogue so conversationally. It was convincing and effortless.
I liked the stark discrepancies and contradictions between characters when recounting events. They were all unreliable in that way and I like how the story leaves the truth unclear.
I have a love/hate relationship with novels that are about music. It’s the same dissatisfaction I feel when watching cooking shows. You can describe it and show it to me all you want but it’s not in my mouth.
I consumed this novel via audiobook and really loved that there was a full cast. It was like I was listening to a play on the radio. It was so emotive and artistically done. Arguably one of the best audiobook narrations I’ve heard.
I found the ending of the band sudden. We all knew it was coming but yet I still found the way it was written anticlimactic and incomplete somehow, and not in a satisfying literary way.
I found the attempt at actually writing the band’s hit song “Honeycomb” and playing it at the end of the audiobook embarrassing??? You can’t write a novel and paint a picture about how extraordinary and talented and huge this band was and then expose my ears to whatever that was and expect me to say, yes, people definitely would have gone crazy over this song. It was cringey.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War
emmie2468'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
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Abortion
maxine_t96's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual content