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thepeculiarlibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and War
kylasmv15'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Grief, Body horror, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Mental illness, Abortion, Rape, Alcohol, and Sexual assault
cristina_reading24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Abortion, Gore, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Rape and Abortion
coris_bookshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Torture, Child abuse, Classism, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism and Sexual assault
Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion
doodlebeanz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, and Misogyny
rainbowflamingos's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Cursing
Moderate: Gore, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, and War
readyforit'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? It's complicated
3.5
This book is kind of a hamlet/lion king retelling but again for the never after series, it seems the author is mostly using names and places and vague plot lines. I’d say this plot more strictly adhered to hamlet than hooked did to Peter Pan though. I like this book but I definitely liked hooked better. It’s a slow burn historical romance (light on history, heavy on romance), so all the spice is within the last 40% of the book.
I really liked Tristan’s character, as he’s the kind of morally gray for a good cause that I can get behind! He’s the kind of man who would burn the world or cut off a man’s hand for touching his woman. He’s definitely very possessive. He’s the definition of no grave could hold me down, I’ll crawl home to her. I loved his audiobook narrator as well.
One of the main complaints I have that is I listened along to the audiobook while reading the KU ebook and there are some major differences between the two. Some are minor like sentence structure (which can happen if narrators/editors don’t catch them) but also the ebook completely eliminated 90% of the lion king nods. For example, Tristan calls Simon “little tiger” in the ebook but “little lion” in the audiobook. The very end conflict is COMPLETELY different between the two versions and I’m not sure why?
Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Confinement
Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, War, Ableism, and Suicide
Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Alcohol
There’s a lotta death in this onelacey_w90's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Confinement, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Bullying, Gore, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content
nscheuermann's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I was incredibly excited about the idea of such a popular movie from my childhood to be reimagined and brought to me as an adult. I loved beyond belief the little ways that the movie was brought in to this real world setting, playing on the names, reimagining scenes from the movie, etc. The very steamy sections if the book definitely made for an interesting read.
I listened to the audiobook and the casting for the voice of Tristan was perfection.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Death of parent
rachelmoss2017's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Death of parent