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paocmanfra's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Gun violence
katesant's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Gun violence, and Grief
Moderate: Chronic illness
minisaucisse's review
- 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
Writing impeccable and diverse, broke my heart and rebuilt it, made me feel things I could never feel while still being safe. Thank you for that amazing time. Try not to read it in one sitting, the characters need to grow at their own pace
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Medical content, Cancer, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
itsbumley'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
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
michelleabdanan's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident and Domestic abuse
riverrliam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Cancer, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Vomit
faelyn_x's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Feeling: existential and cyclical.
Graphic: Death and Gun violence
cghegan's review
- 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
Graphic: Car accident, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and Medical content
Moderate: Ableism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Classism, Chronic illness, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide and Cancer
eri_off_the_shelf'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
4.25
Graphic: Car accident, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Medical content, and Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Death
Minor: Alcohol and Abortion
rosa_lina96's review
- 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
2.75
(I also feel like the author was suffering from the same kind of disease John Green suffers from on occasion: the "no-one-in-their-right-mind-talks-like-this-in-real-life-itis". Stop making what are supposed to be college-aged adults talk like 19th century poets, please, it's incredibly disconcerting.)
That being said, the writing style is lovely, even if parts of it were a bit too overly complicated for my tastes. It's a fascinating look into the process that goes into making video games, and some of the more philosophical parts of the book were enough to grab my attention and hold it. Marx was really the only consistently likeable character for me, and
All in all, it wasn't a book that I had to fight my way through and was still an enjoyable read, but at the same time I can't quite see it as anything to rave about.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Suicide
Moderate: Car accident, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Medical content
Minor: Toxic relationship