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dreezy's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, and Abandonment
atlantae's review against another edition
0.25
I am genuinely baffled that anyone read this and thought it was good. Baffled. The writing style is extremely childish (think all caps when a character IS ANGRY and descriptors like “…she said, depressed…”, the characters are one-dimensional and the plot is as predictable as the alphabet.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love a fluff book. This book is clearly supposed to be a bit of fun and I was prepared to judge it as such, but it fell far below my expectations. I have never read anything that was more desperately crying out for the help of a competent editor. The main character was clearly a self insert, which is not inherently a problem, but the author was obviously using her to live out personal fantasies rather than write an engaging story. Why were there two hundred pages of rowing in a book about a cooking show?? Oh right, the author rows herself.
I knew from the first page, when the five year old was reading Dickens that it was going to be stupid, and it really did nothing to change that belief for the next 389 pages. I only finished it because it stopped me from going on twitter for a couple of weeks, so thanks for that.
Can’t believe such an interesting concept was fumbled so hard.
*Plus 0.25 stars because the author took a chance on an herself and that’s cool*
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicide
fire_wolf'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming and Suicide
Minor: Vomit
nienav's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
rockstar6206's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide
fightmeimsmall'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? No
4.75
One small complaint was that whilst this is very much a book about science and chemistry specifically, I don’t feel I learned anything about the topic. In Weir’s science fiction I learn science. In Kuang’s novel Babel I learned about linguistics. Unfortunately, this book didn’t teach me any chemistry.
It did however, teach a lot about humanity, kindness, and the types of bonds that bind us.
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
rgs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit
bookforestsprite'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit
CN: contains a side storyline with a Bury Your Gays tropedropout's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Sad and relatable. inspiring, honest and charming.
Graphic: Sexism and Sexual assault
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Abortion
booksense'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
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Sexual harassment