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the_amused_forest_gnome's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Sexual content
adiloretto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
"It’s like some of us are chasing after our nightmares the way other people chase dreams."
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Chronic illness, and Death
katlanmechele's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I had so much to say about everything. About everyone. I annotated the mess out of this book. The characters are perplexed and sometimes you root for them, and sometimes you want them to get what the hell they deserve. As we tend to do with people in our own lives. The story explores so many different avenues of life. You root for these people to grow and learn as you would a brother or a sister. Billy is complicated, Daisy is arguably even more complicated. But, the real star of this book for me is Camilla. She represents in many ways the woman we hope we never have to be, and in other ways the woman we hope to become. She sees people for who they are. Past her own pain and disappointment, she can see you. She is the true anchor of this story and she made me cry several times throughout this book.
To me, Daisy and Billy represent two people who love the idea of each other. But, bonding over brokenness doesn't make you soulmates. It just makes you two broken people who understand each other. It is not always the person that you are attracted to, but what they bring out of you or what they see in you. For Billy, Daisy represents a freedom he thinks that he wants. A freedom the thoughts in his mind have convinced him he will never have. Even if he gave it all up, he'd always wonder about what who and what he left behind. For Daisy, Billy represents a man who saw her and didn't want to run at the first glimpse. He knew her in ways no one ever has, and she was able to tell that he knew her without him having to say as much. But, sometimes people can see you so clearly, because they recognize that darkness from a mile away. It once lived in them. The semi-truck doesn't have to flash it's lights at them for them to know, it's headed straight for them.
You watch the characters fight with themselves, with those they love, and with the things they think they're unworthy of. In the end, I believe it's a story about being bold enough to love people as they are. Your heart will break, mend, and leap for the characters in this book. They remind us that most of us just want to be seen.
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, Abortion, Addiction, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Grief
haileyeh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Addiction
Moderate: Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Infidelity
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War, Death, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual content
seismicality's review
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, and Infidelity
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Mental illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Abandonment, and Misogyny
kjm19's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It’s interesting hearing about all of these people with dreams and everything gets tangled with love and drugs and their relationships with themselves and how those aspects just make it impossible… How all of these people fall together and then have no choice but to walk away in spite of what they want and what they could have all together. It’s heartbreaking in some ways, but reassuring that you’re not the only one going through life as a victim of circumstance. It’s a human experience and we’re all humans (even rockstars).
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Abortion, Addiction, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, and Mental illness
Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship
ericaco0's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I truly thought the characters were real. Felt too realistic to be fiction.
I loved the reflections on love and rock and roll.
I thought it was a great book.
Graphic: Addiction
Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Grief
cdt96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Vomit, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Addiction
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Vomit, Abortion, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, War, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
lilacfoxes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Abortion and Eating disorder
Minor: War and Suicidal thoughts
sierrabedwell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Death, Abortion, Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, and Death of parent