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Long rant coming up:
First half was a 1 star tbh. If you enjoy Facebook motivational quotes on random nature backgrounds this might be for you. I hated the writing style, eyerolled at every pseudo-deep chapter conclusion that were like every fucking page after we were introduced to yet another cliche character who will probably be forgotten for the rest of the book. Not that I could tell the hordes of icehockey playing teenage boys apart but whatever. The author writes like he doesn't trust his reader to understand a single word if he doesn't drive it home with several repetitions and idiotic meaningless punchlines a la "it doesn't take much to let go of your children - it just takes everything", "she doesn't tell him that she's proud of him - he doesn't tell her he already knows" and so on. Also in case you didn't get it by the fiftieth time: ICEHOCKEY IS LIKE SUPER IMPORTANT IN BEARTOWN!
The only story I was actually invested in were Benji and the bassist and the only reason this book gets two stars from me is the handling of the rape. The way this affects the victim and the way the community deals with it (or not) is written in a sensitive and imo realistic way, which not that many authors get right.
Listened on Spotify (german translation) for the popsugar reading challenge "a book about about an athlete/sport".
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Minor: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Death of parent
Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Grief
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria
Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence
Minor: Eating disorder
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria
Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Stalking
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Vomit, Grief
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Abandonment