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yochananvered's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape
emuewe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Rape, and Suicide
squintyfarmer'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
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Rape, Violence, and Car accident
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
risemini's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
alyssatuininga'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: Homophobia and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
em_hudson03101's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Car accident, Death of parent, and Outing
mmccombs's review against another edition
4.0
Sometimes the look into the future (“and she will regret it” etc etc) felt a little cheesy, but this book is kind of inherently cheesy, so it works. I did have some issues with the future tense constantly teasing something terrible and then nothing would happen (or the thing would happen but to a character we didn’t even know existed), it often felt like cheap emotional manipulation just to provoke a response, but never going so far as to actually reap consequences for the characters/story. I was definitely kept on the edge of my seat, but after crying wolf so many times I eventually felt as if there were no meaningful stakes.
This felt like a very natural continuation from the first book, similar themes and turmoil and small town politics, so in some ways it felt kind of repetitive and unnecessary, but mostly it was nice to come back to Beartown. I will definitely finish out this series and am excited to get to some of Blackman’s other titles.
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Gun violence and Car accident
thankstomylocallibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, Car accident, and Outing
karenperry93'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
4.75
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Car accident, and Alcohol
cesreads'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: Bullying, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Car accident