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nicolinebl's reviews
255 reviews
5.0
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Death and Cannibalism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, and Body horror
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, and Stalking
Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Body horror, and Child death
Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Infidelity and Gaslighting
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Better thought out and with scenes that really hit. I still got some enjoyment out of reading this book, but the movie was just so much more emotional. The characters more loveable.
And there were some weird scenes written in here to be honest. Like the part with Knox and Chris and the scene where Keating shows questionable photos to some teenage boys. The movie came first and had some great scenes that weren't put in the book but they added these weird and uncomfortable ones??? Like, just no.
Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Stalking, and Grief
Minor: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Violence, and Religious bigotry
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, and Gore
Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Death
Minor: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder
Did not finish book. Stopped at 53%.
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm not quite sure how to describe what I thought of this book other than it feeling like taking a road-trip, getting to know the characters through observing and listening to them. It is a book that is very much about its characters and their actions. It's not a wild adventurous story but I was still on the edge of my seat, curious where the story would go. This is the second book by Sally I've read and her characters tend to be quite pretentious, not sure if that is on purpose or not. I do like the philosophical and intellectual conversations they have with each other though.
Graphic: Self harm, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Infertility, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Drug use, Sexual assault, War, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Sexism, Racism, Rape, and Misogyny
- 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
3.75
But honestly, it's been a while so I had to get used to that. And when I got over myself, I quite enjoyed the book. Look, Dana was an a very annoying best friend imo. The homophobic people from Georgia weren't the greatest either (fuck Jessica!). But my goodness, I loved BTB, Mary Carlson & George. Not everything about this was the greatest like the plot basically being her having to hide her gay which just gives us some miscommunication and lying to have a plot. But I enjoyed the ride.
Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Ableism
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Outing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Miscarriage
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The story itself: I loved that it was basically like the bachelor but with a very great, very gay twist. Very engaging for most of the book, but got a little boring around 65% in. Got interesting again very quickly though :) And to be honest, I love when it takes a bit more time before they actually get together. I love the pining for each other without daring to make a move because "no way they like me". So I was a bit sad they got together so quickly lol. But that's definitely not a big issue to most people, probably!
Graphic: Homophobia, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Mental illness
Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, and Vomit
Minor: Racism and Bullying