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butilikeit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Medical content, and Abandonment
akcurtis'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
3.5
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Domestic abuse
ariel_marie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
bookthief's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
The first half of the book was getting to know the characters and what life was like living in the garden. In the second half of the book was were the action began with Grace being found unconscious. I thought the book could have been shorter since both parts of the story dragged on for a bit to long.
I thought the Howees were a weird but nice family and I did initially have concerns about Leo, as did Pip, but it turns out he was an all right dude. I thought Pips family scenario was sad and rare with her dad having schizophrenia causing him to go mad but I was glad they were all reunited at the end. Dylan gave mixed signals but he was a good lad in the end. Tyler was quite a questionable character from the beginning with her aunt’s history and her mum neglecting her and her jealousy issues with Grace and Dylan.
Overall I thought the actual plot of Grace being unconscious and everyone trying to figure out what happened and who did it was quite anticlimactic since it was obvious Tyler had something against Grace and the investigation was pretty slow.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
fransbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Murder
shannonc8299's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
emory's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Pedophilia
claireisagrisha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Let me start by saying, I read this with my cousin in a book club and I was super busy the last couple of months. So maybe if I had more free time to read and get into the book, then I would've liked this book more.
The mom's name was Clare and I'm Claire, so that was fun. That was where the similarities between us end though.
Check out a drawing of what I think the garden looks like on my Bookstagram! (@claireisagrisha)
The book was overall good.
The ending was meh - I still have questions. And also, if I was Adele, I would've turned in Tyler (I get that she was a kid, but maybe she needs a therapist to talk through her issues.) and divorced Leo (he was overly pushy about his kindness to me).
Graphic: Pedophilia and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicidal thoughts
teaofleaves's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
pippamillerxoxo_'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
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail