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bootrat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Blood, Self harm, and Violence
thenexthing's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Self harm, Stalking, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Gore, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Torture, Medical content, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse
theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Confinement, Child death, and Death
Minor: Kidnapping
allisonwonderlandreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I still love the soundly 2000s vibes of this series, but this plot did read a bit like a CW show. For example, we have the trope of the cool, unpopular/alternative, gorgeous, new girl who is so beguiling as to immediately turn the heads of several boys and be adopted by the edgiest clique. This is how we somehow end up in a different love triangle from the first book. Mackenzie doesn't even want to date anyone with all the chaotic trauma she's carrying around. She's just so effortlessly charming as to lure two witless boys in, anyway. To be clear, that's not her fault in the slightest. It's just a trope that irritates me in teen dramas since I haven't noticed it to have any basis in teen realities. No one's that badass in high school or possibly ever.
Ultimately, this book was fine, just not a standout. If love triangles and witty perfect cool (but not popular, ok?? this is different and edgy!) characters don't upset you, then I think you will be better poised to appreciate Schwab's always enthralling writing and the mysteries she spins here.
Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm
Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault