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smartie_chan'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Biphobia and Fatphobia
Moderate: Homophobia and Racism
Minor: Infidelity
wintah'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? N/A
3.5
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Racism
nicolinebl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I did not like the main character at all. I feel like the author put a lot of herself and her struggles into this (as one often does with writing) so it feels terrible to criticize the character and the story but it just didn't work.
Topics like homophobia, fatphobia, racism etc. were brought up. Very important topics and I fully agree with her point of view on them. It just... Wasn't executed well enough. It felt random how things with these themes were brought up. It felt unnatural, awkward. Like no one would ever have a conversation like they had them. I thought the main character was very annoying because she kept saying that things weren't bothering her and that she liked her body etc. but you could clearly tell that wasn't the case. And it doesn't feel like a done on purpose sort of thing by the author. It just felt badly executed and icky.
The story itself wasn't that interesting either, not much happened besides her I guess "finding herself" moment. I think the idea of this book was great, I love coming out/finding out what your sexuality is stories; standing up for what you think is right; challenging yourself. All themes in this book, yet I still did not like the story.
I will say that I liked the ending. It was quite cute but couldn't save the book for me. Cassie was definitely my favourite character.
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Islamophobia
kylieqrada'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
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Infidelity
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, and Racism
emily_mh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
However, there were a some things I didn’t like. First of all, while I thought the whole posters sub-plot was an important addition to the story, it was dealt with very heavy-handedly and without any real depth. The next couple of things are spoilery.
And finally, my last problem was with the last chapter, which disappointed me to no end. At that point Rutter had spent the entire book building the tension between Cassie and Lily and you know they’re going to declare their feelings and get together. Up to this point, I had been loving the development of the relationship between the two. But the get-together was so LACKLUSTRE; it really felt like Rutter tripped and fell at the last hurdle. There was no real emotional reaction from Lily or Cassie that the person who they had been in love with for two years loved them back. It was like, “oh, well that’s over with then. Now we know. Moving on.”
So yes, we started out strong with this one and it got progressively more frustrating and disappointing. By no means a bad read, but it didn’t end up floating my boat like I wanted it to.
Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
queenmackenzie's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism