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capyval's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Up until that moment I thought the book was a bit boring, and cheesy, I disliked the stalking for love thing, and in fact it didn't make much sense to me that the protagonist would fall that hard for Rhiannon (which doesn't have a likeable personality, in my opinion), but also I thought the book was alright. I was probably going to rate it 3.5 But no, that chapter was... Disgusting. Not because that day-life was disgusting, if not for the utter fatphobia. According to Levithan, obese people are: lazy, slow, they don't have an interesting mind, they look very ugly, they are a failure.
I guess this author needs to inform himself a bit more next time.
It's all a shame, because I liked other books by him, in fact I still have a few more unread books he wrote waiting in my bookcases, but... I don't feel like touching a book he wrote ever again. I'm disgusted at him. So much for diversity, huh?
Despite all, I finished the book, but I only saw myself rolling my eyes at all the cheesiness.
I'm giving this a 1 instead of a 0, because I only started to hate the book at about 85%
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Stalking
thedreammachine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Self harm, Violence, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Vomit, and Dysphoria
dreamerfreak'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
3.25
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol
deestreet'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
2.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Dysphoria
b0wt13s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
the discussion of gender, particularly a’s gender, were very ahead of ”every day”’s time, and i was impressed by that. nonbinary and genderfluid identities weren’t the talk of the town in 2012 the way they are today, but i found david levithan put them into words very nicely.
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Transphobia
the fatphobia/body shaming occurs whenjuanrubin'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
1.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Vilely fatphobichelen777's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Minor: Drug abuse and Fatphobia
meesheltx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
1.75
One of my main complaints was the fatphobia. It was really abhorrent.
Graphic: Fatphobia
k8lynn'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
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
d00rframe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol