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soggycedar'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? No
3.5
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Hate crime, Sexual content, and Transphobia
Minor: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Outing
awildeasriel's review
- 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
Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, and Dysphoria
Minor: Infertility, Car accident, and Pandemic/Epidemic
pobi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Car accident, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, and Dysphoria
solspringsreads'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Even so, the actual plot of this book is pretty interesting. It somehow manages to be exactly as advertised (vampire archivist!) and not at all what is advertised and then also more than what is advertised. The relationship between the main characters burns incredibly fast and is very intense, and like many other readers, I’m not sure I really… liked the main relationship. Not that I’m even sure that I’m supposed to? It’s complicated.
This is a book about very messy, flawed people trying to work through their chaos together. It’s not trying to be healthy or idealized, and that’s pretty great! We deserve to have messy queer characters figuring out who they are. I really appreciated what this book was doing thematically, even if the execution wasn’t my favorite. This book can also be very emotionally taxing if you, too, are a messy, flawed person trying to work through your chaos. Please check the trigger warnings before picking this one up.
Graphic: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Dysphoria
uranaishi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Sexual content, Transphobia, Medical content, Outing, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident and Alcohol
lipstickitotheman'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
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Hate crime, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident, and Outing