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scmiller's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Enjoyed the narrative technique of the novel — characters recounting events in an interview, engaging in dialogue with the interviewer.
I was impressed with how Jenkins Reid’s wrote her characters’ dialogue so conversationally. It was convincing and effortless.
I liked the stark discrepancies and contradictions between characters when recounting events. They were all unreliable in that way and I like how the story leaves the truth unclear.
I have a love/hate relationship with novels that are about music. It’s the same dissatisfaction I feel when watching cooking shows. You can describe it and show it to me all you want but it’s not in my mouth.
I consumed this novel via audiobook and really loved that there was a full cast. It was like I was listening to a play on the radio. It was so emotive and artistically done. Arguably one of the best audiobook narrations I’ve heard.
I found the ending of the band sudden. We all knew it was coming but yet I still found the way it was written anticlimactic and incomplete somehow, and not in a satisfying literary way.
I found the attempt at actually writing the band’s hit song “Honeycomb” and playing it at the end of the audiobook embarrassing??? You can’t write a novel and paint a picture about how extraordinary and talented and huge this band was and then expose my ears to whatever that was and expect me to say, yes, people definitely would have gone crazy over this song. It was cringey.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and War
lucy_readsbooks13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
7HoEH made me cry like crazy, and while this is emotional, it didn't push me river the edge.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
Minor: Cursing, Car accident, and Pregnancy
roobes_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Terminal illness, Abortion, and Pregnancy
mmpatt14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
walkie_check's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
josoko's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
weepingstones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abortion
wrensandroses's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent
Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Blood, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
shlymiller'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
mermaidsherbet'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail