ellnorrr's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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? Yes
3.0
I have serious mixed feelings on this book. On one hand, I felt like the internal depiction of an eating disorder was very accurate, especially with the obsession with rules. On the other hand, Im so sick of ED books where the eating disorder becomes supernatural, even if starvation induced psychosis is somewhat common. This book also got me wondering, is accuracy always a good thing? Yes, a key part of many peoples anorexia is to create and follow a strict set of rules, but sharing the protags rules seemed somewhat unnecessary and could be harmful as someone very well might try to follow them.
Anyway, I was going to give this a 4/5 but the ending really sucked. so 3/5 it is
Anyway, I was going to give this a 4/5 but the ending really sucked. so 3/5 it is
Graphic: Suicide, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Addiction, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Violence, and Stalking
baytamax's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, Blood, Addiction, Animal death, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Domestic abuse
drizzlybear's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- 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
3.5
slow start but excellent finish; had me worried for a bit there that there was going to be some weird subtextual message about self-harm giving you super powers but that was resolved nicely. address some very important topics obviously personal to the author.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Eating disorder, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Self harm, and Mental illness
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