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danicampbell0506's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Minor: Eating disorder, Body shaming, and War
madmantha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The love triangle still feels a bit forced; I’d love for them to take it in a queer or poly direction in the new series adaption.
I got heavy “gal pals” energy between Tally and Shay in this reading; which isn’t something I remember noticing or feeling when I read this years ago.
This is still one of my favorite books and I’m very much looking forward to continuing to share the series with my partner.
Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Police brutality, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Fatphobia, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent
Minor: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Hate crime, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Police brutality, and Toxic friendship
crybabybea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Death and Ableism
Minor: Eating disorder
jmarsh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Death and Eating disorder
kp_writ's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Medical content, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Kidnapping
booksthatburn's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Tally is an unreliable narrator in a really good way. She doesn’t really lie to the reader, but her narration is so wholly shaped by her worldview that her thought process informs the reader about the world in a really neat way. She’s not infallible, so when her assumptions about her world are wrong it affects what she lets the reader know.
Most of what I love in this series is set up here but pays off later, so to keep it spoiler free: read this series, read this book. I do need to give the cw that there are serious discussions of body image and negative ideation related to bodies, so please take care of yourselves.
Minor: Eating disorder
CW for discussion of eating disorders.