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rafacolog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Murder, Torture, and Bullying
kellysbookverse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Rape, and Homophobia
Minor: Self harm and Vomit
shivani_reads's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I read this within 24 hours and went straight on to the sequel. And no, I couldn't tell you why. Seriously.
This book is unhinged. The characters should all be in therapy, on a psych ward or in prison, there's literally no in-between.
The plot is outrageous and unrealistic on multiple levels, and boy is there some problematic stuff in here 😬
...And yet I could not put this down.
These broken young people and the DRAMA of it all. I have absolutely no clue what this sport is supposed to be that their lives all revolve around - I'm just here for these messy, fucked up dudes (and especially whatever the hell seems to be brewing between Neil and Andrew 👀)
This felt like an anime in all the best and worst ways. It's edgy, it's cringey, and it's objectively pretty bad in places... But I cannot get enough of it.
Do I recommend it? Absolutely not. But is it a new guilty pleasure that I'm about to make my whole personality? 100%.
[If you do venture into this chaos, PLEASE check the trigger warnings, because it is A LOT.]
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Murder
crabinspace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Drug abuse, Death, and Drug use
Minor: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, and Child abuse
andrhyshend'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
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Self harm, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Cursing, Addiction, and Blood
queenneffy'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
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, and Physical abuse
soso_soor2389'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Murder, Car accident, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization
cait'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
Minor: Child abuse, Torture, Grief, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit
vivasher's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Suicide, and Drug abuse
alibrarymouse'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
5.0
Plot gets a bit wild at times and it’s all super quickly paced. However, the perspective really makes it work and gets readers into Neil’s mindset. Sure we don’t exactly learn a lot about others, but Neil’s an exceptionally well-done unreliable narrator, so of course we wouldn’t. Overall, this is a book that’s easy to binge, but definitely check content warnings for it and others in the series because they’re intense.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence