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Layne Fargo

4.22 AVERAGE

oliviaslibrary's review against another edition

2.75

emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel like there were several times I thought this book could’ve ended. I probably would’ve put it down sooner if I hadn't been listening to the audio, which made it better due to the full cast. Overall, very dramatic but mostly enjoyable

abigail_gandy's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

chfurst's review against another edition

3.5

tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Like a soap opera.

jxd_e's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense 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

kappa_79's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative 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: Yes

This book deserves the 5 stars

I don’t think this is an overhyped book tok rec…it’s appropriately hyped in my opinion.

This documentary-narration style is a vibe! Specially when it’s turned to a multicast narration in the audio. You can feel the different points of view and they do not overwhelm at all, they provide life and character to the story.
This story is rich and full of nuances and shows just how much “growing up” can change a person.

I have to give a shout out to Johnny Weir. His performance was the BEST part of this book!