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arlingtonchamberofgay'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
Moderate: Transphobia and Death
Minor: Blood, Deadnaming, and Violence
takarakei'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
4.5
Really appreciate the positive representation of Maritza as a vegan character!
Graphic: Blood, Transphobia, and Death
Moderate: Deadnaming and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death
animal blood is used for some ritualselodiethefangirl'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming
beareadstoomuch'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
4.5
Graphic: Torture, Deadnaming, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Bullying, Death, Grief, Murder, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing and Death of parent
Minor: Deportation
widowrites'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? It's complicated
4.5
It was a struggle to read sometimes, not because it wasn’t good, but because Yads family was so frustrating. It was so hard to read him being misgendered and dead named, but it was part of the story. It needed to happen to explain why he did things the way he did. And oooh boy did I even resonate with him and feeling guilt about hurting family even when it’s their fault.
I figured out the plot twist pretty early on… around the 40% mark, but that’s a feature of YA, so it honestly didn’t bother me. It didn’t detract from the twist, because the character didn’t see it coming.
All in all, I really really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it, even for readers who don’t like YA.
Moderate: Dysphoria, Deadnaming, and Death
marcel_thelobotomist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Death, Transphobia, Deadnaming, and Homophobia
chrisb913'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: Transphobia, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Deadnaming, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Animal death, and Car accident
hexagonal_flowers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Transphobia
Minor: Car accident, Murder, Deadnaming, Racism, Torture, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
jei_reads_sometimes'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, Death, and Murder
toastedoats42'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Transphobia, Dysphoria, and Grief
Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Kidnapping, and Violence