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seanwane's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Drug abuse, Ableism, Violence, Drug use, Death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Addiction
li_reading's review against another edition
0.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Suicide, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Rape and Self harm
miavlb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Now the characters…I have very mixed feelings about them. I do feel bad for the main character Neil for going through so much abuse and other traumatic things throughout his life, but he does give me edge lord vibes. The other characters, such as Kevin and Andrew, have also experienced traumatic things in their lives and also give me edgey vibes. I know if I read this as a teenager, during the peak of the tumblr era, I would have ate this up. I know this series is a trilogy, so I believe more character development will happen in the later books if I decide to read them. I do have a slight problem with Nicky’s character. So far he’s the only confirmed gay character, he’s written as sort of predatory toward any good looking man, especially Neil. He even forces Neil to kiss him while Neil is drugged up, which rubbed me the wrong way. I understand the not every character has to be morally good, but having the only confirmed gay character act like that was very concerning. There was also other things that could be very triggering to readers, such as the use of slurs and mentions of suicide, so I advise people to look up trigger warnings before reading this book.
Graphic: Child abuse, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cursing, Homophobia, Ableism, and Bullying
Minor: Vomit and Suicide
elliiecrne22's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Violence
the author is shit and uses the worst plot points imaginable for shock value. she's also just fucked in the head. this whole series is fucked up.hannahwillacy's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, Drug abuse, and Addiction
lindsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Homophobia
a_ira's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Violence
Moderate: Death and Homophobia
Minor: Ableism
adelinereads'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
3.0
However, one person in this team has a past with Neil, but he doesn’t seem to remember him and it’s vital that he doesn’t, because then Neil has to leave, he can’t be found (this part gave me some captive prince vibes hahah)
I enjoyed the book and actually couldn’t put it down. I read it in one day. But was it good?? I’m not sure, it was okay haha.
• I actually liked the sports parts a lot!! I don’t like sports irl but it was so fun reading about the practices and games, how the characters developed and struggled.
• the otp for this book feels so wrong to me. I actually thought that the pairing was with another guy haha. I’ve seen fan art but didn’t remember the names, so I knew that the first book probably would build up this romance - and I guessed the wrong guy while reading?? I just can’t see Neil with his otp.
• I just can’t see this group of people as real friends?? Neil met this other group of people later on in the book and THAT feels right to me. The dynamics between the “first friend group” was kinda odd but interesting.
• there is some old slurs and jokes that are NOT okay in this book. And I feel that the story doesn’t try to tell us or learn something from it, it just accepts for example rape jokes as a normal joke? When it could’ve been a teachable moment that tells the readers that ‘no this is wrong’.
• There is this person who has some diagnosis or illness, i don’t know what because the author never specifically tells us. But he takes medicine - and sometimes he stops taking them, and the author and other characters call him “sober”? That is kinda weird? I don’t know if we will have more information about this in the other books, but yeah, what do they mean with sober from his medicine? Not taking your medicine seems really dangerous and to give the narrative that he’s “sober” and better of without them seems weird?? Haha maybe I didn’t understand this part of the book at all.
Moderate: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicide
Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Rape, and Ableism
thewildmageslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Drug use and Addiction
Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Alcohol, Violence, and Drug abuse
Minor: Murder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide
e113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Ableism, Death, and Death of parent