_rowantree_'s review against another edition
Graphic: Blood and Bullying
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, and Child death
Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Incest, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Homophobia
miathebooknerd's review against another edition
Moderate: Racism and Ableism
anilein'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Death
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Vomit, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Violence
sneakyhobbit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
1. The writing style. The main characte of Zoey is meant to be 16 but she thinks and acts like a 13 year old. Quotes which show the writing style can be seen further below.
2. Slut shaming and pick-me girl energy. Zoey is constantly insulting other women. This is meant to be a book for pre-teen and early teen girls and provides them with a terrible role model. Quotes showing this are below:
"Kind of like those girls who have sex with everyone and they've that they're not going to get an STD that eats your brain and stuff. Well, we'll see in ten years, won't we?"
"Yes, I was aware of the whole oral sex this... Of course there are girls who think it's 'cool' to give guys head. Uh, they're wrong. Those of us with functioning brains know that it is not cool to be used like that." ~ so many things wrong with this quote
"Actually, she reminded me of a young version of Sarah Jessica Parker (who I don't like, by the by - she's just so... so... annoying and unnaturally perky)."
"Well, I guess being the next Nicole Kidman wouldn't be bad (not that I plan on marrying and then divorcing a manic short guy)" ~ might as well shame short guys while we're at it
- "I lined [my eyes] with a smoky black shadow that had little sparkly flecks of silver in it. Not heavily like those loser girls who think that plastering on black eye-liner makes them look cool. Yeah, right. They look like scary raccoons."
3. The LGBT+ (or lack thereof) representation. There's only one LGBT character and he's the embodiment of a gay stereotype.
4. She's an OP mary-sue
Spoiler
She's been a fledging for maybe a few weeks and has already learnt that she has power over 5 elements, likes the taste of blood, gets extra tattoos, and has a coloured in forehead tattoo. This is book 1 of 8. I can't even imagine how much worse it will get.5. The r****d slur is used multiple times
The only reason is got 1 star instead of 0 was because the concept of the world was kind of interesting. It doesn't make up for all of the other issues though.
Moderate: Ableism
The book uses the r****d slur multiple timesindiawilliamsrakestraw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Ableism, Alcohol, Sexism, Blood, and Death
honeybakedreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Minor: Classism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Ableism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Cultural appropriation
msradiosilence's review against another edition
First of all, way to whitewash your main “native” character. Very SMeyer of you. How is it that the other POC character (Shaunee, a black woman) is allowed to have ‘mocha’/‘chocolate’ skin but Zoey goes from ‘tanned’ to ‘pale white’ hm? Sounds very…cultural appropriative, no?
For a book that has a gay character and a black character in the main cast, this book was *checks notes* fatphobic, transphobic, racist, and slut shame-y all in the first 8 pages! And it only gets worse!! This is why I fucking DNFed, because there is much better shit out there.
The writing was annoying as fuck, Zoey was super judgmental and annoying as fuck, all the other characters were shallow and annoying as fuck…did I mention how annoyed I was with this book?
I read it back in middle school (and bc of the blow job scene in the beginning was subsequently banned from reading it) but as an adult I’ve been going through a nostalgia period and this was one of the books I wanted to revisit. Honestly, thanks Mom and Dad for sparing me from the rest of this series.
Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Sexual assault
nyctxnthus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Ableism
booktrotting'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? No
Graphic: Body shaming
Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Fatphobia
helenoodle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
anyway, fun fast vampyre (not vampire, dont get it twisted) teenager is Special and Different fiction.
Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, and Stalking