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imds'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
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment
jessiiiru'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
5.0
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Death of parent and Outing
fanboyriot'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
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
3readingcircus's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing
Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Death of parent
angelfireeast24'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
3.75
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Outing, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol
zefancifulreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I was looking for some escape with this read and I really loved diving into Conrad and Alden’s world.
The slow burn was superb and the pacing and tension was just right. Often with road trip stories, it seems to rush in the middle to get to the climax but this took it’s time and built masterfully.
I definitely will be rereading this again. It was a joy.
Moderate: Outing
Minor: Mental illness and Death of parent
linnea1801'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
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent
bookcaptivated'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
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, and Outing
Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Medical content, and Death of parent
sam_rami's review against another edition
4.0
cute comforting why did my ass think this was like spicy the red tabs were unnecessary for fade to black my ass needs belp now ym anyway i love them they’re so cute i’m totally reading the sequel.
I stopped trying ti be a fancy ass reviewer (i’m not being paid)
First read: 3.75 stars!! (i rounded up lol)
So this book was a ride at first I was sorta scared getting into it but the plot and the road trip and just everything was amazing! There was beautiful character development in this book and the story was great. The romance was beautiful it definitely pulled at my heart strings! The fact that they had a neuro-divergent MC is great and the non-binary rep was an added touch. I genuinely enjoyed both characters as they were both well written and just wonderful, though Conrad did get on my nerves in the beginning i do not know why.
This is a story about two enemies who play Odyssey a fantasy card game and stream it with their other friends, they have to go on a road trip together to a convention to play at a tournament filming content and falling in love along the way, they both need to win this tournament badly but when they start to fall how will they accept defeat?
When reading this it felt pretty medium paced with it going fast in some parts and a good pace in others, for example the falling was pretty quick, in the sense that you as the reader are made aware of the characters feelings for each other pretty early on. But it made sense in this plot line though I’m not sure many people would enjoy that. I genuinely enjoyed the gaming parts and enjoyed this book, i skipped out on doing math to read sooo yeah anyway this book is great!
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Outing
Minor: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Death of parent
nutm3g'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: Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol