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sarah_bookshelf'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Racism and Forced institutionalization
xinawebb'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: Cancer, Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, and Outing
Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Religious bigotry
halierivers'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? No
5.0
Firstly, let me address what I didn’t see ANYWHERE else and had to hunt down myself - one of the POV’s is not in American-Standard English. It’s written with Trinidad Folk Language/Grammar as one of the MC’s is from there. It took me a few chapters to move past this, as it is quite jarring, but your brain picks up smoothly after that.
Secondly, THIS WAS SO SAD AND SO GOOD? Ughh I just am so glad I read this and thank the Muses that this book exists for teens and adults out there who stumble upon it. It’s about love, rejection, grief, death, and spirituality. And on top of that, we have a cast of (mostly) wholesome, loving, supportive parents which we do not see enough in media.
Lastly, the ending was not my favorite. But it makes sense with the story. I just wish it were drawn out a bit more bc I didn’t feel like I got to really say goodbye to these amazing characters.
Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Child abuse and Child death
reading_rebellion'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Car accident
kerstynleigh'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
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, and Racism
maxinekelly'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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Homophobia
Moderate: Cancer and Racism
dandeliongirl'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
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Police brutality, Grief, and Abandonment
zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
hamstringy'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Racism, Medical content, and Colonisation
Minor: Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, and Pregnancy
lunar_lapis'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
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Racism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Slavery, and Police brutality
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Vomit