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shoohoob'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Grief, and Kidnapping
cosmicwillow'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
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Kidnapping, Violence, and Death
bookishmillennial's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
- speculative science fiction
- set in New York City
- follows main character 23-year-old messy bisexual April as she takes a video of a “Carl,” a 10-foot Transformer wearing samurai armory, and then goes viral
- more Carls pop up all over the world and people begin having similar dreams, which they decode together
- April navigates viral global fame and figures out her relationships along the way
- cw: violence, death, biphobia
- 2nd book picks up a few months after the 1st & April’s friends (Maya, Andy, Miranda) find clues about April’s current status
- Audiobook has a conversation wth the author (that is allegedly not in the printed version!)
Graphic: Biphobia, Violence, and Death
mangofraiche'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
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Vomit, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
casira'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
4.25
Graphic: Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Classism, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping
Minor: Violence and Gun violence
szote'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: Body horror, Addiction, and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping and Racism
lizziaha's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Blood, Death, and Addiction
Minor: Classism, Colonisation, and Grief
grammarnerd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Violence
chaoticnostalgia'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
Graphic: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Sexism, Confinement, and Addiction
Moderate: Stalking and Blood
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Animal death
erika_t's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, and Violence