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iris14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Alcohol
gentleprocrastination'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol
golden_like_dior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria
iiselin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide
Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol
reesekausch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, and Alcohol
literarymuses's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
However, while reading this book I got the feeling that some of these characters weren’t written with the concept of how they were portrayed on screen in mind. There were just scenes or lines some of them would say that felt out of touch with what we as an audience know about these characters already (assuming you’ve seen the movie before hand, since this is an adaptation off of the movie). Like I read scenes and couldn’t stop myself for thinking “did this author pay no mind to how these characters were portrayed when writing this?” Then there were some of the scenes that were edited down or changed from what was in the movie that wasn’t my cup of tea. For example the iconic desk set scene goes from a shitty birthday present becoming an airplane during a bonding moment to just Todd sulking and yelling. Rightfully so but you lose the connect Todd and Neil had by doing it that way. I understand that might have been how it was originally written in the original script but wasn’t a fan of it. And please don’t get me started of book Knox, who somehow is worse than movie Knox.
Overall, I enjoyed this book simply because I enjoyed the movie. That being said it’s really a 3 in my eyes, but bumped to a 4 because of what it is.
Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
ttumbletree's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Vomit
alayna_ummm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Blood, and Alcohol
li_reading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief
olivehq's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault and Suicide
Minor: Vomit and Alcohol