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slimejules's review
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Vomit, and Abortion
mynameisrebecca'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: Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, and Car accident
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pregnancy
louiepotterbook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
readbycarina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Bullying, Infidelity, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
icieri's review
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy
vkitoria's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
first of all, it's very much a taylor jenkins reid copycat. think evelyn hugo + daisy jones, but about a pop group in the early 2000s. TJR herself gave this book a good review but idk... it seems to weird to not even put her in the acknowledgements when this book is clearly heavily inspired by her work. ESPECIALLY evelyn hugo.
besides that, there were a lot of aspects that just didn't work well. the pacing was super weird, and i felt like none of the other girls in the group felt real. i think that the girls' career as gloss should have lasted at least a couple more years, and that would have helped with pacing immensely.
the writing was good, and the issues that the book dealt with felt relevant to the subject matter, but i wouldn't go around recommending this to anyone. i'd just tell them to read TJR instead.
Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicide
mariahcervelli's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, and Infidelity
avabudavari's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Outing
maggies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
There was a lot to recommend it at the start, great writing and an interesting premise, but ultimately it lost its way pretty quickly. Perhaps because there was so much going on that none of it could actually be afforded the proper attention and care? Sure, that can be taken as a reflection of real life, but doesn't make for a particularly enjoyable book, in my opinion.
Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Addiction, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Car accident, and Outing
uwbadgergirl'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Abortion