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freyabelle16'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? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, and Self harm
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, and Suicide attempt
getbrekked'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? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Self harm, Mental illness, and Racism
Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt
jourdanicus'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
Moderate: Mental illness and Self harm
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Drug use
irlchaosdemon'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Cursing
Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Racism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Homophobia, and Grief
Minor: Drug use and Alcoholism
opinionsofawolf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Self harm and Mental illness
Moderate: Racism and Death of parent
jennikreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm
Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
mar'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Mental illness
Moderate: Racism, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Grief
ohlhauc's review
- 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? Yes
While there is a romance between two women, it very much takes the backseat of the story and is not developed. The chemistry also seems lacking, and it felt like the relationship was a plot twist to move the protagonist, Grace, along. If you're looking for a fluffy, cute, or well-developed romance with clear displays of love, you won't get that. That said, the friendships were well done and the displays of found family were beautiful.
Instead, I'd characterize this book as more contemporary with slight hard-hitting elements. The plot focuses more on Grace reckoning with the expectations she and her family have had for her life as she realizes that life is hard as a black, queer women in STEM. The story then proceeds to look at her response to hardship, as she alternately runs away and confronts her issues, battling to figure out what she wants to do next with her life. These parts do make you think about your own decisions, which can be powerful if you find yourself struggling to know what you want amidst strong public opinion from friends, family, and greater society.
In many ways, this felt like two books. I wished the author would've either leaned into the romance without so much psychological musing or cut it out altogether and focused on the contemporary issues, neither of which fully made sense or were fully developed because they didn't have the same tone and left the motivations of the characters muddled.
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
olivedean'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Cursing
caseythereader'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? Yes
5.0
- Grace and Yuki are such wonderful characters, queer people who are allowed to be their weird messy selves (and who are allowed to get help when the messiness gets to be too much).
- Honestly, so much is packed into this small book that I could never properly cover it all here. Just know that I squeezed the book to my chest and cried when I was done with it.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Vomit