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scmiller's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Racism, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Death of parent, and War
abi_laura's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Colonisation
1intothewoods1's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death and Racism
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Islamophobia, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
sakisreads'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism
vedpears'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This is the first book by this author that I read but the voice is so strong and the story told so well, it has me very interested in their other works too, now.
The only reason it isn't a "5 star" for me is that I wish we got to know a little more about Athena & the times we are going through Twitter/ IG/ GR feeds seems a wee bit too much and neared the point that it detracted from the story being told.
I did skim through a couple other reviews that said Athena was clearly a stand in for the author and that was why they rated it so poorly, it really seems to underline exactly what the book was saying about Athena Liu and her detractors.
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Minor: Excrement, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
jakepasseri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Abandonment
Minor: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation
fiona_apples's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation
Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault
Minor: Eating disorder and Death of parent
alysereadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Gaslighting, and Colonisation
norwegianforestreader'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War
bookswithlauren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism