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marslotus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Deadnaming, Outing, Bullying, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Cursing
Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content
queenkath32's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Bullying, and Toxic friendship
clemrain's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The first third of the book was painful to get through. The second third picked up. And the last third sped through everything.
It took me a month to finish this, and that included me pushing through the first hundred pages over three days, not reading it for a month and completing the rest of the book slowly over two hours.
There was just a lot going on in this story and it would’ve been much better if the story arc spanned volumes instead of just pages of one volume.
I did not enjoy the characters.
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Death of parent, Biphobia, Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Sexual content
rachelditty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Quotes I liked:
"Was it worse to leave him like that or to tell him he was ust part of a sciece experiment? A baking soda volcano, thrown together last minute, without thought. Without care." (p. 237)
"I could have pushed harder, gotten mom to let me stay home. But maybe I wanted to be judged. Maybe I knew the scale of 1 to 10 didn't even come close to being able to rank what I had done." (p. 244)
"Or I can just be myself, and tell people, 'Hey, I'm Amanda! And I happen to be gay!' Maybe even reverse it. 'Hey, I'm gay! And I happen to be Amanda!'" (p. 262).
"Dad was right. Always choose flying over invisibility." (p. 271).
"We don't get to choose who we love. But sometimes we get lucky and fall for someone wonderful." (p. 280).
"Kinda crazy that I had ever thought I was alone." (p. 291).
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, Child abuse, Deadnaming, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Outing
marshiereads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Outing, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, and Hate crime
farrengreen's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Sexual content
danicampbell0506's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Transphobia, Outing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
livcbrown's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Death, Transphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Deadnaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Outing
christineazopf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Outing
flamesocks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, and Transphobia