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kgreiner3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Trafficking, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
mindelan's review against another edition
Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Slavery, and Drug use
jenno's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Rape and Violence
kaitthelibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Violence, and Cursing
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, and Slavery
Minor: Abortion
espressoreader's review against another edition
This is not my cup of tea.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death of parent, and Drug use
Minor: Rape
meaghanslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
It really felt the author was trying to do too much. Especially with trying to change the writing styles to poems when Sunny is being beaten up.
I did not get the ending at all, I was hoping it would redeem reading this long book, but it fell very flat.
I think maybe this book was more written like it was ready to be a screenplay for a movie because some parts felt so choppy.
I feel like the book could have been good and had such good reviews but I’m very disappointed because it was so long and I just don’t get what the purpose of the book was at the end.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, Rape, Slavery, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, and Classism
_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Rape, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy
mariemaistrop's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Abortion, Addiction, Violence, Rape, Suicide, Drug use, Death, and Blood
alittlebitnish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
I also loved the description of the beaches of Goa. this is mainly bc i’m natively from goa so seeing canacona mentioned was nice.
But that’s where what i liked ends.
Did not care for Neda, she screamed pick-me and just lacked anything that would show her own personality. Also, the fact that this book is written by a women and she was the only female character (a terrible one at that) is so disappointing.
Sunny is an overgrown man-child who has convinced himself of his ideas of grandeur when he does nothing. He can claim it’s because of his father and all other complications but it’s just him. Atleast dinesh had more of a character and will than sunny despite coming from similar backgrounds and families.
Scenes from the jail were traumatizing to say the least. The dehumanization of Prem and the descriptiveness of it was so unnecessary. At no point did it add to the story in a sense where it all ties together.
idk why in the last 20% of the book a new character is introduced and we are given his entire story. But, nothing actually connects to the 80% of the previous part.
The ending made no sense to me. Ambiguous endings can be great if done well but this was just not it. Felt like the book was dark for the sake of it. Just not for me at all. Took me too long to finish because just did not engage me, it felt like a chore at times to get through it.
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Rape, Classism, and Homophobia
quiettalker's review against another edition
Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Torture, Murder, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Drug use, and Rape
Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse