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kebbe7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Transphobia
sunnydale'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
3.5
the audiobook has two voice actors, and they both do an excellent job. i also like the inclusion of recipes at the end!
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Outing, Transphobia, Grief, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Blood, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Gaslighting, Abortion, Hate crime, Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Suicide attempts:emmashelley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Hate crime
courtneys317's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing
Minor: Toxic friendship
bella_cavicchi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Transphobia, Grief, Outing, Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, and Abandonment
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, and Toxic relationship
nerdy_book_mom'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? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Self harm, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child abuse, and Transphobia
emmagalt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This book tries to do far too much and it suffers because of that. The authors needed to pick one hobby, but there are so many tangents about Lily fencing, playing cello, absorbing facts, as well as Olivia keeping bees that it becomes boring and skimmable.
More than that they needed to pick one trauma. If you try to have a book about murder, domestic abuse, transphobia, suicide, self-harm, abortion, racism in the justic system, etc, then none of the topics are covered with the grace and nuance they deserve. The marginalised characters in the book like Selena and Elizabeth felt like educational tropes pulled from inspirational quotes than 3D people with lived experience.
I felt that the parts about Lily's transition was beautifully written and informative. This book could have been such a positive platform to talk about the love and support she was given to transform as a teenager, and the benefits of being able to act on this choice so young so that she could live as her authentic self for the majority of her life. Unfortunately, this was used as a plot twist to offer motive for Lily's death, instead of a full story about Lily's life.
Finally, the main plot of the book was the trial, but the case and arguments were so weak because too much focus was put on trying (and I think failing) to make the characters seem murky and mysterious.
Such a shame because I always love Jodi Picoult books, but this just didn't do it for me.
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Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Violence, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Death, Deadnaming, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Outing, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Murder, Hate crime, Transphobia, Body shaming, Suicide, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Car accident and Abortion
emily_koopmann's review
3.5
Graphic: Outing, Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Transphobia, Self harm, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Suicide, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Grief
Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol
a_d_maillet's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Self harm, and Body shaming
corriejn's review
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Blood, Dysphoria, Death, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Physical abuse, Outing, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Abortion, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy