readenpiper's review
4.0
Graphic: Confinement and Abandonment
Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Death, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Biphobia, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Racism
kaetheluise_nckl's review
- 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: Sexual content, Grief, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Death
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Police brutality, Homophobia, and Blood
semi-public sex, exploration of depression and anxiety, memory loss and cognitive issues, familial estrangement, familial death, missing persons, implied PTSD, Homophobic violence and hate speech, the AIDS crisis, childhood neglect, arsonmxbluet18'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? No
5.0
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When I started this book, I didn't really know what to make of it. I couldn't really get involved with the characters, and I couldn't find anything I was going to enjoy about it. Things changed once Jane was introduced, I definitely became more interested in it.
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One thing that I wasn't so keen on with this book is the sexually explicit scenes. And I agree that books can have those things, and that they are appropriate to be in books, it's just not something I like in my books. That being said, this is a new adult fiction book, so the characters are older and so those things are going to be more common.
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This book also was a really nice example of the found family trope. The way Niko, Wes and Myla all fit together, and then how August and eventually Jane slot into that family. And how the fact that Myla and Niko are dating doesn't take away from the family
And when Wes has insecurities and anxieties about when they get married and how he'll fit into that plan, they help to assuage those doubts.
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Death of parent, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Alcohol, Grief, and Drug use
Minor: Mental illness
dayniw'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Racism, Police brutality, Mental illness, Homophobia, Grief, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, and Biphobia
applesaucecreachur's review
- 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
4.0
Spoiler
The ending felt a bit self-indulgent, but I'm willing to let that slide because of how enjoyable the whole reading experience was.Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Mental illness, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, and Hate crime
Minor: Death, Pregnancy, and Dysphoria
josxphinchen's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, Biphobia, Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Vomit
cait_0310's review
- 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
This book was amazing. It had biracial relationships, lgbtq+ characters, transgender representation, mental health representation as well. It was amazingly written but due to the medium pace it was a 4.5 for me.
Moderate: Transphobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Racism, and Mental illness
dariamerr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
And this was probably caused by my adoration towards enemies-to-lovers/ dislike-to-love stories. And one of the reasons I love this trope is because we first get to see the characters as flawed people. Because the character don’t understand each other, they easily find flaws that make them instantly feel more human to me.
In this book, however, August falls in love with Jane at first sight (which I’m not even going to comment on because who hasn’t randomly fallen in love for a few seconds with someone on public transportation?) and from then on, in her perspective, she’s perfect. And it’s perfectly normal to see your crush like they are the sun. But Jane retained this mystical, perfect feeling about her all throughout the novel that made me not be able to connect with her.
Don’t get me wrong, the romance was adorable and made my stomach do some weird flips a few times. But I wasn’t as invested into their relationship as I would’ve liked since this is still a romance novel. However, talking about relationships, I was so freaking invested in the found family aspect. I love Myla, Niko and Wes with all my heart. And I think Niko might be my new role model. I just love psychics and I think we need more stories about them. Please and thank you.
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Minor: Mental illness and Drug use
annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
cover design review: ★★☆☆☆. yikes, it's just overwhelming. let's count the different typefaces: author name (1), bestselling author (2), title (3), "a novel" (4), Q line symbol (5), and tagline (6). all the different colors, three shades of purplish pink that don't go well together, the "S" is higher than the "TOP" in "STOP", Jane's posture looks stiff and unnatural, just very disappointing. the Spanish edition is gorgeous 😭 and the Portuguese edition is good too, love the art style and the easter eggs from the story but i think the character design is somewhat juvenile
Graphic: Cursing, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and Abandonment
Moderate: Hate crime, Mental illness, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Racism, Violence, Death, and Drug use
Minor: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Terminal illness, and Addiction
rosequarterdrifting'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Racism, Fire/Fire injury, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Alcohol, Confinement, Mental illness, Death, and Drug use