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unusuallyy's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Child death, Death, and Body shaming
Moderate: Murder, Gore, and Physical abuse
Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness
sherwoodviking's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Ableism, Gore, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Murder
nineinchnails's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i love the premise and i think the pacing was perfect for me. it felt a little slow in the first half (or longer im not quite sure) and then picked up fast like the calm before the storm. i do wish there was a little more development with the characters - at some points i was having a hard time figuring out who was speaking, too - but it wasn’t a massive issue with this since it still holds up quite well. it’s darker than i expected for a children’s book, but that’s what made it so hard for me to put down. the overall message was pretty bleak but i think the ending helped a lot.
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Murder, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Blood, Fatphobia, Gore, Child death, Death, Animal cruelty, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Excrement, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Vomit
Minor: Death of parent, War, and Racial slurs
mak_kam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, and Child death
gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Reminiscent of Peter Pan and the lost boys and some really good character analysis of humanity as a whole when faced with struggles. How we try to achieve this collective control at all times but quickly fall down to hysteria and paranoia when faced with the unknown.
I felt like this was a really interesting look at life with an island of stranded boys and how they try to survive the wilderness.
I know a lot of this probably went over my head and that reflects in the rating as I didn't understand all the themes, but I'm glad I read this.
Graphic: Violence, Death, Fatphobia, Child death, Abandonment, Stalking, Murder, Body shaming, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Torture, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Gore, Bullying, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Bullying, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Torture
bluelizzz'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
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Violence, Fatphobia, Death, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Stalking, Mental illness, War, Torture, and Vomit
booknerdz28's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, Child death, Gore, Bullying, Animal death, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse
crazytourists_books's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I've seen a few reviews that people read this book during their school years; I would never, ever, ever let a child read.
Graphic: Death, Body shaming, Child death, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence
caku's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Violence, Animal death, and Physical abuse