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55 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
4.25
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Pregnancy, and War
Did not finish book.
- 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: Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and War
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Classism
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
God, I wanted to love this book so bad! The Holiday but gay, and in novel form?? Sign me up!
Unfortunately, it missed the mark for me in the pathos department. It’s as if the stakes were told, but not shown nearly enough. And the whole thing has an undercurrent of pro-default-capitalism that I hate. Aside from the romantic storylines, each of our two protagonists has sort of a B-plot wherein they help people... be entrepreneurs, I guess? I'm all for the creative endeavors but there’s something about it where they are trying to Make Profits and somehow those methods endear them to a community more than anything else they do.
Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol
Moderate: Dementia
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, and Grief