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megelizabeth's review against another edition
2.5
I really wanted to love this, but I mostly just felt irritated by it, and, while it was of course very sad, it didn't have as much of an emotional impact on me as I was expecting. It got the 90s vibes and the New York setting spot-on, and I liked the coming-of-age and queer community and resistance elements, but I just couldn't get past how it essentially legitimised predatory grooming relationships, with one being extremely central to the story. The tone was also a bit off and it went back and forth between reading like YA and then really not. Sadly, a really disappointing read overall :(
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
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