mixmousereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Deadnaming, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Genocide, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content
emjams'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
4.25
Graphic: Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and Child death
Moderate: Xenophobia, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, Abandonment, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Outing, Domestic abuse, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Alcohol
This book has basically every imaginable TW on it EXCEPT for sexual assault, but even that is briefly touched on. Benji has trauma from assault, but only from physical/emotional abuse, not SA.errie's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Animal death, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Blood, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Transphobia, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Violence
rachelditty'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
4.25
Spoiler
Quotes that I like, and by "like" I mean shook me to my core at times:
"The second thing Dad told me... was that if the Angels want to get their hands on me, I have to make them suffer for it," (p. 5).
"I'm begging the same way I pray," (p. 22).
"If grief gets caught in my body like it's tangled up with burrs, the least I can do is support the people who can actually feel something. The least I can do is help the people who are helping me. That's what it means to be good," (p. 49).
"You could have cracked open his chest and read the gospels in his entrails," (p. 63).
"Mom's voice, hissing behind my shoulder the way the Devil spoke through the fangs of a snake in Eden," (p. 68).
"I understood how the Angels could radicalize somebody. Eternal life and a sky like this could convince a lot of people to join their cause. But that beauty is always dragged down by the desperate hands of the billions of people who were slaughtered to make it," (p. 83).
"Revelation 21:1 -- And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.
No, the first heaven and the first earth were murdered," (p. 122).
"Do you believe in God?
--I do, please stop, there's so much blood," (p. 295).
"Their smiles don't look right anymore. Or maybe they've always been this wrong," (p. 316).
"I'll live up to the name and lay it at an honored resting place at their graves... If they want me to be a monster one step closer to God, that's fine. In what world was their God ever a benevolent one?" (p. 354-355).
"You'd burn the world down if you thought it'd finally make you happy with what you're supposed to be in this life," (p. 385).
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Body horror, Deadnaming, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Animal death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Child abuse, and Cursing
Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Child death, Genocide, and Sexual content
elazza3540'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
4.75
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Transphobia, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Kidnapping
simplythegirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Gore, Torture, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Dysphoria, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Murder, and Physical abuse
Minor: Animal death and Gun violence
abookwormspov'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Grief, Gore, Deadnaming, Torture, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Religious bigotry, War, Gun violence, and Murder
alyxinthestars's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Blood, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
meganpbell'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
I found some of the world-building and the last hour or so confusing, and I expected more flashbacks/backstory, but I am so grateful this book exists and wish I’d had it as a teen myself.
Graphic: Blood, Transphobia, Body horror, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Dysphoria, Grief, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Vomit, Homophobia, Hate crime, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Animal death and Body shaming
blairextraordinaire'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
4.0
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Homophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Classism, and Dysphoria