Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang

15 reviews

chrisljm's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• 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

3.75

need a henry in my life

so many things are left unanswered, like why anna became invisible and why it just conveniently stopped? also unclear why her aunt was so cryptic. it was made to sound like a plot point but at the end of the day it meant nothing.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical content

readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Thanks to Harper360 for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review. 

Dramatic and compelling, this is a speculative novel that follows Alice Sun as she discovers an unexpected ability to turn invisible and decides to use it to pay for her expensive school fees. Alice and Henry's rivals-to-friends relationship was one of my favourite aspects of the novel and their budding romance was sweet, though I would have also been happy if they remained platonic friends because this seemed like a more interesting and dynamic aspect of their relationship than the romance to me. This book spends a lot of time reflecting on the classism and toxic social hierarchies that can exist within fee-paying schools and does a good job of critiquing the entitlement and prejudice of the wealthy and powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Classism

Minor: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Jesus I wish I knew were to start the praise for this book but I guess it took over my heart and head so much I don't even know how to think anymore. 
Alice's struggles, everything felt so real, so relatable. How power and need corrupt you. 
One of my favorite reads of the year and probably forever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

mysterymom40's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

recall of an incident when a family is robbed and the mother is injured with a knife; kid is roughly kidnapped and there is some violence when a character tries to save them

shector1's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail