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kittara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
smellymiche's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abortion
ericventura531'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
3.75
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Alcohol
Minor: Hate crime
Talks about loss of a mom and sibling. Lots of partying with alcohol and weedtaylorsevalia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Car accident, and Outing
Minor: Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Classism
keraashley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
emw29'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt
linnea1801'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: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
bumblemee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Das Buch war schnell zu hören (unter 9h) und irgendwie hat es mich komplett eingesogen. Liegt z.T. wahrscheinlich daran, dass es im Sommer spielt und ich es im Sommer gehört habe, was die Stimmung einfach unterstreicht. Es ist jedoch kein locker leichtes Buch, im Gegenteil. Für leichtherzige Sommervibes sind andere Bücher besser geeignet. Es fühlt sich an wie eine authentische Zeitkapsel von 2006 und wie die vereinzelten queeren Geschichten, die vor so 10 Jahren oder so rausgekommen sind oder die als eigene Texte auf Fanfiction-Seiten veröffentlicht wurden. Ich denke, dieses Video wäre nicht so durch die Decke gegangen, wenn sich nicht so viele Menschen darin gesehen hätten und diese Menschen werden sich demensprechend auch in diesem Buch sehen. Gerade eben Personen, die in den 2000ern und frühen 2010ern als queere Personen aufgewachsen sind.
Ich verstehe, wenn Leute sagen, die Beziehung der beiden sei problematisch, v.a. aufgrund von Sonyas Verhalten. Ich muss sagen, dass ich Sonya als gut geschrieben empfunden habe. Ihr Kampf mit sich selbst wirkt realistisch auf mich.
Im Zuge dessen glaube ich nicht, dass es dem Buch gut tut, wenn es als "Romance" verkauft wird, weil das nicht wirklich stimmt. Dafür liegt der Fokus meiner Meinung nach zu sehr auf Identitätsfindung und schon der Erzählung einer Beziehung, aber eben keiner, die besonders swoonworthy verläuft. Zu großen Teilen fühlt es sich eher authentisch als schön an, dieses Buch zu hören. Mir ist an einigen Stellen wirklich das Herz schwer geworden.
Coley habe ich sehr geliebt. Sie ist toll und erinnert mich total an Protagonistinnen, über die ich als Jugendliche gerne gelesen habe - Becca aus Lucian zum Beispiel, ich habe jetzt wirklich Lust auf einen Reread.
Ich kann außerdem das Hörbuch echt empfehlen, die Sprecherin macht das richtig gut und ihre Stimme passt zu Coley, finde ich. Es kann sogar sein, dass ich das Buch auf diese Weise besser fand als wenn ich die Printversion gelesen hätte.
.. Ich werde dieses Review hier nun abschließen, weil ich das Gefühl habe, viel zu diesem Buch zu sagen zu haben, das aber nicht gut formulieren zu können. Es hat auf jeden Fall einen Special Place in meinem Herzen irgendwie.
(Was mich allerdings tatsächlich etwas genervt hat, war, dass auch in der dt Übersetzung nie das Wort "Mädchen" verwendet wurde, sondern immer "Girl". Was im Zsmhang mit dem Song/Titel Sinn ergibt, aber es wirkte manchmal einfach, als wolle jemand gewollt cool klingen.)
Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Hate crime, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit and Abortion
_jessyp'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? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide
noellelovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings: Homophobia, self loathing, bullying, depression, mourning, strong feelings of rejection, violence, drug/alcohol use/abuse, abandonment, and a hate crime.
Mention of: self-harm, suicide, suicide attempt, teen pregnancy, and abortion.
When I first saw that there was going to be a book about the story we saw in Hayley's video, "Girls Like Girls" I was excited and ready to see where it took us. I was not expecting to go through as many emotions as I did. This was a one sit read but there were times I had to pause because, my eyes were so full of tears, I couldn't see the words anymore.
This book gives us such a beautiful, real, and emotional summer read. It felt like we really got to see depth, and backstory, from every character except a mean girl...and let's be honest I really didn't want a reason to feel sympathetic towards her anyways.
We primarily follow Coley and see the summer through her eyes but we also get glimpses into Sonya's mind, and heart, with the addition of her LiveJournal posts. I loved seeing the difference in emotion from Sonya's public vs private posts...you could really see how much she desperately tried to maintain the persona she has publicly...which is really leading her to suffer and keep her from real happiness.
Though it was very hard to watch Coley be hurt by Sonya it also felt incredible realistic. Sonya's grown up in a small town where everyone knows everybody, she's crafted this persona that goes with the status quo and she's seen how love can end, hurt, and destroy people.
Both Coley and Sonya believe they aren't worthy of love and attention, they both see love as something that eventually sours and leaves you all alone.
This book reads like a novella, it flowed so smoothly...I was not expecting to read this in one sitting. I really thought I was going to read a few chapters per day and maybe have it finished in a week or so...but it was entirely too good to consider putting down before the end.
Ugh I just need everyone to read and experience this book 😭
Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy