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filipa_maia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The story is not bad: a world where love is a disease and there is a medical procedure to cure it. People who fall in love are sick. Easy as that. Now, there is a bunch of plot holes to this narrative - if the medical procedure cures you from love, we are talking about ALL THE LOVE romantic and non-romantic. Right? Am i missing something here? Maybe there is something here that I'm not getting. And then this book is unnecessarily big. It could be way shorter, and way more interesting, if we didn't spend so much time reading, with immense detail, every single thought she has. That's why I had to put it down the first time - I was so bored.
Of course that me, being me, I need to read the second book because this one ends in a cliffhanger. I just need to know.
Graphic: Abandonment, Gaslighting, Torture, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Murder, and Torture
Minor: Animal death and Police brutality
kamrynkoble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Police brutality and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, and Gun violence
Minor: Animal death
laurenevlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Homophobia
rh1714'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
4.25
Moderate: Violence
crybabybea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Animal death, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent
mindins's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal death
Minor: Death of parent
rawrsoobin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Animal death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
sparkinspace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Violence and Forced institutionalization
chaya77's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Violence
disabledmermaid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The world this is set in is genuinely unsettling and tense. The concept is disturbing, and reading Lena’s journey as she slowly shakes herself free of the brainwashing was intense
The love story was convincingly written as a teenager falling in love for the first time, hard and quick and often reckless, with the added touch of fear and doubt due to the society Lena was raised in
I also loved how much Lena’s love for her best friend, her mother, and her cousin’s daughter contributed to her choices
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide