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beetlemortis'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
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicide, Physical abuse, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Outing, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping
Minor: Homophobia, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, and Fatphobia
bunny_bee_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Homophobia, Bullying, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, and Blood
miagw962's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
"Life does not have to go how you think it will," Tomasz says. "Not even when you are very sure what is going to happen."
Let me start by saying I love love love Patrick Ness - I love him and I love his books so much. Loved the Chaos Walking series and loved his standalone novels even more. I had heard really good things about this book, moreso than the other ones he's done so I was super pumped. And yes, it was pretty cute and interesting and easy to read and well-written. It did not, however, hit as hard as the rest of his novels have for me. It might've had something to do with the eventual
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Suicide
bennybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Death, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Gore
me_like_book's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship
scout_jones'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
3.75
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Outing, Child abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Xenophobia
talonsontypewriters'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Child abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Vomit, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Outing, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Fatphobia, Car accident, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Homophobia
Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Bullying, Xenophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Misogyny, Ableism, and Excrement
Graphic drowning and unreality. Attack by animal. Smoking, underage drinking. Joke about teacher/student relationship, description of character as "concentration camp guard."graciejames's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Child abuse and Kidnapping
no_this_is_patrick'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Moderate: Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Child abuse
Minor: Fatphobia
phoehems's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Regine and Tomasz are amazing. They are deep interesting characters. Regine's personality keeps you guessing about her background. Tomasz is just so endearing. All the characters have tragic backstories.
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Alcoholism