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jennswan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Sexual assault
zombiezami's review
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation, and War
Colorismputtingwingsonwords's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Animal death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, and Medical content
Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment
eharms3'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? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Hate crime, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia
jojo_'s review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, and Misogyny
Minor: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Dementia, and War
laurareads87'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
Minor: War
seawarrior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and War
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Dementia
baponthecob'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? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Transphobia, Islamophobia, and Medical content
Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, and Dementia
booknerdnative's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I want to first say that as a cishet person, I cannot directly speak to the experience of being trans and have tried to be aware of that in my review. One thing I really found influential about this narrative, is being able to walk with our protagonist (who is unnamed at the start of the novel), as they discover their true self. I have read more books with trans folks at the center, in which they are more settled in their identity, & I really appreciated this look into someone finding the openness within themselves to be who they are and embrace themselves fully. This book has a lot of inner dialogue, and dialogue between characters surrounding sexuality and gender that I found to be really reflective and important to the overall conversation. I also really love that this book brings to light the notion that we can still be figuring out who we are even in adulthood. There is no timeline to gender, sexuality, or self discovery.
This book also discusses immigration -the cast is multi-generational, mostly Syrian-American, living in post-9/11 New York City.
It's also full of art, nature, avian passion, and beauty.
It has an epistolary element as well, if that's something you enjoy!
I just think this book has so much to offer, and i really hope that more people read it.
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Grief
Minor: Cancer and Misogyny