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egheinze's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Bullying and Fatphobia
nvillanuevadrv'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
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment
j3h'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
Moderate: Child abuse and Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying and Abandonment
tays_books'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: Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Racism
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Slavery, Vomit, and Abandonment
feline17ff'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
5.0
From a technical perspective it's so cool and perfect! Every single thing comes back somehow or other, slevery little detail which you think is just for description or a joke.
YES, ESPECIALLY THE JOKES!
The reader keeps getting rewarded for each line of text they read previously and remember.
It's an amazing and beautiful book that makes you cry. It's about love, both romantic and platonic.
It's really smart, if you didn't get it already.
It's like a Chosen One book but not but yes.
The Chosen Ones come together to work together and break the curse on a land they don't even know that was cursed because of bad people a hundred years ago.
It's about destiny and love and doing the right thing and helping others and about children being harshly punished for things that they dd or didn't do, that were in or out fo their control, that they happened to just be in the wrong place at the wrong time or in the wrong situation
It's about stupid America's stupid racism and stupid war on homeless people and poor people and stupid broken systems and stupid government punishment and and stupid lack of accountability and stupid misogyny too.
It's a happy ending and not just a bittersweet ending, a happy ending which seems less and less possible as the story goes but it is a happy ending and I am grateful.
Another thing.
From a writing perspective.
It uses short sentences and is fast-paced and a short book, which might be the definition of a middle grade book.
As an amateur writer, it's cool to see this in action. Each line packs a punch and the shortness makes sure it hits.
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
kate_has_book_thoughts'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, and Racism
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
myk_yeah'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
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Slavery
Minor: Abandonment
The book features children at a fictionalized, but still realistic, forced labor camp. So the content warnings should be heeded, just know it is aimed at a child audience so although the subjects are dark they are not covered in a heavy-handed or adult way.orchidlilly'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
Graphic: Body shaming and Bullying
Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol
sweetchocolatez's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia, Grief, and Abandonment
Minor: Death and Vomit
carolined314'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Bullying and Fatphobia
Minor: Abandonment