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beccamarier'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
2.5
Graphic: Body shaming and Panic attacks/disorders
tanviuma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, Vomit, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Biphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Outing
ladybergart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Unfortunately this my expectations were a bit too high.
I really enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book. The were written in such a sensual, poetic, clear cut way. And then the writing veered off.
Her issues with her mother, which where such a central motif at the beginning of the book and who is also the cause for her eating disorder, so that her psychiatrist challenges her to not contact her mother for 90 days, stay as good as unaddressed.
The blurb also put heavy emphasis on the "pedaling into nothingness", but it hardly mentioned more than three times in the book.
The characters are really rich and colourful and "rubenesque" and formed- until the last 1/3. It feels a bit rushed and shallower (?).
And the way the last two chapter develop, it's just frustrating.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
arys_library's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, and Outing
Minor: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, and Religious bigotry
keandrade04's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia