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marinabkat's review
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This book has a lot of important insight about queer relationships, abuse, and trauma. At times I found it peculiar and dramatic just for being so. I struggled with the characterization at times--not to say it's week, just that I struggled with it.
There was a line toward the end about lavender carpet that I found very meaningful--and the substantial reunion between Justin and his mother had me misty-eyed on my trolley ride home. The descriptions of vomit are certainly a motif that could be analyzed, but damn, the first half of this book made it difficult to eat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, Mental illness, Homophobia, and Vomit
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