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annsfictworld'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
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Violence
mightyola'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
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Biphobia, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Infidelity, Vomit, and Drug use
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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, Biphobia, and Infidelity
k100dra'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
4.5
Graphic: Biphobia
Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use and Vomit
solenekeleroux'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
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Vomit
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
lukawarm'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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Biphobia
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Outing, and Violence
a_ira'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: Biphobia, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Drug use
icarly'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
2.5
The story itself was super interesting, but I found that some of the parts fell flat.
The bi representation in this book was very good and I appreciated how Gonzales touched on biphobia in a way that happens a lot in the real world.
I also don’t think she faced enough of a consequence for the locker. Only four people asked for a refund? That just seems unbelievable to me.
Also… Broughham. I didn’t like him until maybe the last four or five chapters. The miscommunication between him and Darcy was driving me crazy. I also, somehow, felt like I still didn’t know the real him at the end of the story.
I wish Brooke had a bit more to her character, but I enjoyed her for when she was.
Oh, and this is nitpicking, but I hated all of the Disney references. Chad and Ryan ARE gay, but we don’t need Finn to bring it up at a Q&Q meeting. And the chapters with Disneyland were far too specific to be written by someone who wasn’t a Disney adult.
Ainsley was the best character in this story, and there were so many times where I was happy she was there to make me still want to read it.
Overall, I didn’t love it but I also didn’t loathe it. There were times I wanted to stop reading, but I’m not mad that I finished it. It was Okay.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Biphobia
Minor: Gaslighting
joy_on_the_coin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
But because of the dating advice sprinkled in, I gave it 4 stars. The characters were not always relatable but never unrealistic and not portrayed or written as something other than teenagers and thus in the case of Darcy pretty flawed. The main protagonists were both white, but the rest of the characters were pretty diverse. In the last third some plot lines were not adequately explained or even finished and the plot hat some pacing issues as well.
It’s a cheesy and sometimes cringy romance with overused tropes executed well (being queer myself ) i enjoyed it.
Graphic: Biphobia and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Vomit
lyd41'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
4.25
Moderate: Biphobia and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming and Child abuse