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dyagan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Car accident
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cancer and Suicide
jordanbro1993's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse
kira98's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jellyjello's review against another edition
emotional
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Heartbreaking. You can’t help people who don’t want to be helped. Good book about leaving with someone with an addiction
randiymkje's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
megss's review against another edition
4.0
“Maybe people just use different things to fill up the emptiness. Until it becomes less about feeling empty and more about feeding something else.”
kailey222's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
rsanwal's review against another edition
2.0
Quite generic/cliche with the plot and character development (high school drama, pretty one dimensional characters that act as plot devices to serve the growth of the main character). Touches on more social issues than it can handle at a reasonable level, resulting in many of them being explored at a very shallow level or served to you very directly (save for the main topic, addiction). Overall, felt like a high school drama that I have read/watched many times before with topics that are probably better handled/explored in other books. I might only recommend this book to a teenage audience (13-17).
cliona14's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- 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
3.75
This is such a hard book to rate. I had high expectations after reading Kathleen Glasgow’s other books and initially was let down. I feel a very strong divide between the first three quarters and the last quarter approximately. The prior seemed very slow and surface-level, like any run of the mill YA novel (which also wasn’t helped by the online poems post type things). The latter end however is very compelling. The pace picks up, I became seriously invested in the characters and interested in the visceral depiction of addiction and substance abuse. One aspect I liked throughout the entire book was how addiction is described and lived through the sibling of an addict. Overall it was a very good read, but it does not compare to Kathleen Glasgow’s other work, if that is something that matters to you.