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dubious_little_creature's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Medical content, Death, and Terminal illness
tinytrashqueen'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness
mylovelybookstack's review
- 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: Medical content, Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
julelaurine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Medical content, and Homophobia
bruhbruh'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
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Excrement, Grief, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
fenouil's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Alcohol, Grief, Hate crime, Medical content, Terminal illness, Homophobia, and Violence
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
That being said, Shaw also includes a lot of details about the 90s in general, so much so that it sometimes overtakes the rest of the story. Both Ben and Adam didn't have disntinct enough voices for me, so their narratives often blurred together and I forgot who was who.
All in all, know this is a pretty heavy book going in, but still such an important story to tell.
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, and Homophobia
Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, and Medical content
Minor: Outing, Sexual content, and Alcohol
shamelesslyash's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
So many young queer people these days don't know their history. There is a whole generation gone that can't help them navigate the LGBTQIA world. Queer Elders are few and far between. We needed this book now, more then ever.
Graphic: Terminal illness and Chronic illness
Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime, Medical content, Outing, Death, and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Outing
thesawyerbean'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
4.25
Graphic: Medical content, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Outing, and Physical abuse
literarycavy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, and Homophobia
Moderate: Medical content