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elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
bumblemee'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
3.5
I liked a lot of things. Seeing the beauty queens grow and develop their identities, the handling of beauty standards and societys expectations towards girls/women. I think this book can make a lot of teenage girls feel understood and maybe help them reflect on things that are so implicit in a lot of social structures that they feel too normal to be challanged.
The characters grew on me as well. It was interesting for me to realize how I liked them all the more they became themselves. I felt for them and their individual struggles.
I also liked the amount of work that went into the audio production, like the musical elements.
However, I found this book to be a little messy. There was a little too much going on - I didn't mind that it got absurd, but sometimes I thought it tried to do a little too much at once.
Also, while some stereotyping made sense in the context of the satire that is this book, other stereotyping didn't. I do think that the author would've done a few things differently if this book came out now instead of 2011 - which was 13 years ago at this point, holy shit. I don't know if I'm simply not aware of similar books existing over a decade ago or if it was - in some aspects at least - a little ahead of its time.
All in all I'd recommend this book, if you are okay with absurdity.
Graphic: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Racism and Sexual content
c_dmckinney'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
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and War
Minor: Ableism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
There is a plane crash and only 13 of 50 girls survive.sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Outing
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Death, Xenophobia, Vomit, and Islamophobia
alisonvh'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Sexism, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Eating disorder