Reviews - Ziggy, Stardust and Me

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687 reviews for:

Ziggy, Stardust and Me

James Brandon

4.1 AVERAGE

kraigers737's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

kathleenboggs's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

damn_dorothea's review

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shannonigans322's review against another edition

2.5

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

This book has been on my TBR for several years, meant to fulfill a challenging entry in the Alphabet Reading Challenge. I finally got to the audio at the start of this year and...found it somewhat lacking. While I did appreciate the queer and Indigenous representation, this book was, overall, a pretty big bummer. Huge CW for homophobia, racism, alcoholism, and abuse. Maybe the romance genre has spoiled me, but I found myself left wanting a more conclusive happily ever after.

Content Warnings

brooke_19's review

3.75

emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

krista_v's review

Dnf :(

arianalcaraz's review

5.0

I don't know if it's a "good" book, I don't care either. It's not for everyone and I don't think I could recommend it to anyone I know, if maybe my sister. But this was made for me and I love every bit of it. Thank you, James Brandon.

ronnie_reading's review

5.0

beautifully written. i cried.... a lot

delvie's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was okay. The first third was a little cringe with the 70's lore dump, the second was great, and the third was a little campy like the author knew they had to wrap this movie up and leave the reader with some "feel-goods" despite the main characters being surrounded by hostile environment/characters up until that point.

1. I think I would like this book better in print. The audiobook narrator did not do it for me.

2. I don't think I would have liked this book very much at all if it didn't take place in Creve Coeur, but because it did, I felt obligated to give it more of a chance than I would other books similarly presented.

gabxa5158's review

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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