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whimsicalish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Although, spoiling the twist in the second chapter is a very odd choice. It straight up tells you what happens... in the second chapter. Why would you do that? You removed any and all suspense leading up to that moment. I don't want a book to tell me what's going to happen. I want to experience it myself.
All of the characters feel like caricatures. They don't feel real like real people. The main character, Louise, does start off human and relatable. Sadly after the second half of the book, she's just as exaggerated. One dimension characters. One is popular and everyone wants her. One is socially desperate. One gets attention with his homophobic slurs and sexist jokes. And ultimately everyone excuses it because they're all rich and vain, stepping on each other to be number one.
And it's perfectly fine to write a book with shitty people. Shitty people exist. But when they are all uninteresting and have the same basic personality, it's boring. At a certain point, I do not care what happens to them. I don't want them to succeed.
The ending was completely unsatisfying for me. I don't understand why this went the direction that it did. The writing wasn't great either. Odd breaks in scenes and the strange invisible narrator telling me what is happening in the story that I am reading. Some questionable choices here.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Death, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use
Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny
scytheria's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
emilo'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
4.0
Graphic: Murder
Minor: Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Racism
izypup'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Drug use, Alcohol, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
esophagus18's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Gaslighting