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alyshkalia's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Outing, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Bullying
Minor: Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol
valpyre's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
4.5 stars
[spoilers ahead]
this was a really sweet listen, actually. i think it struck a pretty good balance between regular teen issues and the structural bigotry and oppression liz has had to deal with throughout school (and life, assumedly). it was really nice to hear liz coming into herself. some parts were really frustrating but only by design, because i felt so much for liz -- the forced outing didnt sit well with me at all (pretty much everything about rachel felt that way). the ending was lovely, although i kinda wished for a little epilogue just cause!
Graphic: Outing
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
relin'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
theno1bookaddict'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
3.0
Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, and Racism
tahsintries's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Outing, and Racism
journeythroughthechapters'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? It's complicated
5.0
I cried! I sobbed like a baby. And I loved this with all my heart. The reason this hit so personally for me was because there is a moment when our main character blames herself for not seeing a particular thing that happen. I don't want to spoil the book but it has to do with being a carer and that is something I definitely relate to as last year both my parents were diagnosed with cancer. But this isn't about me it's about the book.
Things I loved
- The Characters: all the characters were typical teenagers in their last year of high school. And I found that very comforting. I'm out of my "young adult" years but I still like reading a YA contemporary every now and then. But regardless I thought Liz our main character showed amazing strength throughout the novel. She's strong, kind, caring with the weight of the world on her shoulders. She has a beautiful heart which I felt really connected too.
- The Friendships: if you love a book about friendships with a side of romance I think you might enjoy this. This book explores current engrained friendships, old friendships, new friendships so what I'm saying is if you like stories about friendships read this.
- The End: obviously I can't spoil the end but what I will say is I think the second half of this book was amazing. I was getting 4 star vibes up until the end of the book. And here we are with a 5 star book and one that will sit with me for a long time.
Things I didn't love
- The Pop Culture References: this was the only thing I didn't love about the book. There was too many but I understand that contemporaries sometimes just need to include them but I wish there was a few less references.
Overall this was so enjoyable and easy to read. It made my heart happy and that's all I can ask for.
Representation
POC (main character), Bisexual, Anxiety, Lesbian
Content Warning
Lose of a parent, Public Outing, Homophobia, Racism, Panic Attack
Graphic: Outing
Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Homophobia
cosmicsapphic'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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Outing, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Grief
booksandmo'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
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Biphobia, Bullying, Grief, Medical content, and Outing
maddy_s'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? No
2.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, Racism, and Medical content
Minor: Car accident, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Vomit
zabeishumanish'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
4.5
The audiobook reader has one of the most fabulous reading voices I've heard and did a great job performing every emotion under the sun.
Graphic: Outing
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism