lvl52_grant'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
It's also the reason lobsters kind of scare me now.
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Addiction
Moderate: Racism, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Death, Drug use, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Racism
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Excrement, Blood, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Murder, and Medical content
Sexual content involving minors, mind control, someone inside your mind without your consentluciawolfie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Another reason why I felt a bit weird about this book is
Spoiler
why the character of Odetta/Detta. It is just weird to me. I am by no means an expert on Dissociative Disorders, but the way she is presented... it does not sit right. It is like a stereotype of Jekyll and Hyde but because she is a woman we have to add a Madonna-whore complex. The way she is sexualized is also a classic instance of Men-writing-women. The description is just weird... and kinda fetishizing her dark skin as well. And why was the n-word discussion necessary in the least?I am very disappointed because otherwise I really enjoyed the book.
Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Addiction, Sexual content, and Stalking