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gracescanlon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
valmai's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
kitty03's review against another edition
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Homophobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death and Grief
bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
“what quantity of truth resides within a story’s details?”
so i read this book a few years ago and decided to re-read it after watching the hulu series with my partner who was continually asking me how events went in the book and of course i could not remember. i’m here to say that series is almost identical to the book!
i enjoyed my re-read. i think Schaitkin wrote this novel to say something about wealth and privilege and the assumptions we make about others based on race and class. how so many white people want to feel distinguished from other white people, want to be perceived as “the good white person.” the author writes so poignantly about the inner workings of humanity, the ways in which we are terrible beings, our darkest thoughts brought to life
i’m really curious what others think about this novel!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia and Stalking
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