fkshg8465's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Ableism, Animal death, Medical trauma, and Rape
twylghast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
One character did two fairly bad triggering things and was never held accountable or even seemed to be aware of either of them, much like the author (I’ll just say the character was the cop, which honestly only makes it worse). The teenager girl, the older daughter, was basically saddled with three mental health issues treated in such a shallow way all it did was basically reinforce to the reader who’s never experienced those things that you can snap your fingers and be better, that having your family “love” you should be enough to cure everything…even if this “love” is basically pretending they see you and forcing treatment, as if that would ever be as simple as it was made to be here…in short, this is a Hollywood book and this is not a compliment.
Feel free to waste time on it if you like, but please don’t believe everything is as simple as it’s made to be in this book.
Graphic: Rape and Violence
Moderate: Self harm and Vomit
Spoiler
The cop character rapes his wife and is very violent to a teenager unnecessarily. Never held accountable for either, by other characters or even himself. Their daughter is made to be bulimic, a self-harmer, and steals things from stores. This is treated in a really shallow way and never addressed in the book meaningfully.hrhprincessjasmine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I found this story captivating and engrossing but if I'm honest this ending left me wanting. I had more questions then answers.
Normally Jodi is a top ranking author for me. But that ending left me wanting too much so I'm giving it 3 stars
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I wish we'd gotten a little more information about what happened to the family after Willow died. Just one chapter similar to how she ended My Sister's Keeper instead it just ends and we have no idea how any of them moved onSpoiler
Graphic: Vomit, Self harm, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Abortion, Medical content, and Medical trauma
bookworm247's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical content, Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, and Infertility
jani_mcgonagall'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Self harm, Vomit, Abortion, Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Death, Eating disorder, and Grief
Minor: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, and Alcohol
livlovread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Child death, Death, and Ableism
gariimaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, and Self harm
georgieg's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Abortion, Eating disorder, and Self harm
olivia_goode's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content warning included in this review, there are a LOT
Spoiler
also when Sean essentially raped Charlotte to “prove a point” was the moment I was no longer on board. You feel bad for charlotte until you remember that she ruins her only friends life….Graphic: Gore, Self harm, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Rape
elleselat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Self harm and Rape