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cstein's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Cursing, Outing, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cancer, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Addiction, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
bubbly_lara'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
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Homophobia, Biphobia, Alcohol, Cancer, Death of parent, Grief, and Terminal illness
Minor: Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders
coles14_'s review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Outing, Terminal illness, Biphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Sexual harassment
ageckocalledachilles'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
5.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Outing, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcohol, Racism, Drug use, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Colonisation
Minor: Classism, Colonisation, and Incest
ashleyvharris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Mental illness
Minor: Sexual harassment, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
paperlo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The romance is satisfying and nicely explored and the characters are very immediately clear and developed - there’s no mysteries around who these people are, but they’re clearly presented and fully fleshed out. They each feel like their own little completely realised fictional person from the get go - and more importantly, they’re loveable from the start.
The politics side of the plot isn’t particularly my cup of tea - I think it was very much supposed to be hopeful and aspirational but I feel like instead it just made me somewhat sad about reality - it was a little too like impossible fiction rooted in reality and so did not feel enough like any sort of escape, in the way I like my fiction to feel. I think more than anything it made me just feel jaded, so as an experience it felt a little more irritating than satisfying. Not being from the US and often bored of hearing about US politics, I also really wasn’t particularly invested in the actual political side of the story anyway - I found it to occasionally drag, but fortunately the romance was fun and interesting and more than made up for this.
Being from the UK, the less than favourable glimpses of British politics of it all did mostly amuse me, although I think this book depicts most of the royal family much more favourably than they perhaps deserve, in the finish. Still, it was fun and engaging to read.
I read the story near enough in one sitting, in the space of a day and by the end, I found myself still wanting more of the two main characters, so ultimately I’d count it as an incredibly enjoyable success in my book. It feels exactly like I’ve just read a wonderfully written, unusually well edited fanfic, sure, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing - and in fact I feel that same pleased satisfaction at having been given something so unapologetically romantic and so inescapably queer as good fanfiction gives me. If you go into this book willing to simply give into the conceit of it, you’ll have a remarkably good time.
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness
strawberry_stupid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Terminal illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Biphobia
ka_ke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Outing
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Terminal illness
burnsie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Outing and Cursing
Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
emmawilkins's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, and Terminal illness
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use