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Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
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Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Ableism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt
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Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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sad
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A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
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Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment
I am starting to wonder if there aren’t bad books, just not well timed reads? Either way this was one that I picked up at just the right time. 3.5
“I have worked on myself since being a kid. I now carry myself, for the most part, like I am socially apt and confident. I am, in many ways, socially apt and confident. I started mimicking the behavior of confident people when I was a teenager, and I have worn that mask so long now that my face is melding with it. There are parts of me I wish I could train out that I can’t. You can train a dog not to bite, sit on the furniture, or piss in the house, but you can’t train them to become birds. I don’t like a lot of unalterable things about myself. Even when I’m not viewing footage of me on YouTube, I always feel sort of tortured as my own spectator. I want to boo, cringe, and splat rotten fruit at my own head until someone closes the curtains. I want to heckle that I wish I were someone different. I hate my voice. I hate the words I choose. I hate my instincts and the way I think. I hate that I am self-absorbed enough to hate myself in detail. I think I am a bad person. I feel self-loathing so deeply I think if I cracked myself open, I would see the physical manifestation of it calcified in my bones like a geode. I feel sad watching myself as a kid. I was a weird, disoriented tadpole, and now I am this warty toad. Part of why I watch the videos is to see how it happened. I want to pinpoint when my little tadpole body grew big ugly toad legs and ribbited.”
“I have worked on myself since being a kid. I now carry myself, for the most part, like I am socially apt and confident. I am, in many ways, socially apt and confident. I started mimicking the behavior of confident people when I was a teenager, and I have worn that mask so long now that my face is melding with it. There are parts of me I wish I could train out that I can’t. You can train a dog not to bite, sit on the furniture, or piss in the house, but you can’t train them to become birds. I don’t like a lot of unalterable things about myself. Even when I’m not viewing footage of me on YouTube, I always feel sort of tortured as my own spectator. I want to boo, cringe, and splat rotten fruit at my own head until someone closes the curtains. I want to heckle that I wish I were someone different. I hate my voice. I hate the words I choose. I hate my instincts and the way I think. I hate that I am self-absorbed enough to hate myself in detail. I think I am a bad person. I feel self-loathing so deeply I think if I cracked myself open, I would see the physical manifestation of it calcified in my bones like a geode. I feel sad watching myself as a kid. I was a weird, disoriented tadpole, and now I am this warty toad. Part of why I watch the videos is to see how it happened. I want to pinpoint when my little tadpole body grew big ugly toad legs and ribbited.”
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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mysterious
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A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
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Character
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dark
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Plot or Character Driven:
Character
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Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No