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bernard_black's review
- Strong character development? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content
(mentions of two characters 'enjoying sex' and two different characters sleeping together in the past)mistrum_crowe's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Deportation
nebulous_cat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Excrement, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
nicain'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
4.25
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Body horror
bdowning81'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
I'm not 100% sure where I think this story lands within the precedent set by the others, though, because of the big negative: the narrator. She started out strong, but by halfway through the book seemed like she was phoning it in with no attention given to the meanings of the things she was reading. Every sentence, had the same, intonation structure with, entirely too many extra, auditory commas, and a question-lift, at the end? I had to pause frequently to mentally rewind what I'd just heard, visualize it as printed text, and reimagine it with the appropriate tone and emphases.
That said, the use of the "cameo" narrator is absolutely brilliant.
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
iamastraythought'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Mental illness, Suicide, and Stalking
Minor: Bullying
casdelvo'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
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Death of parent
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gore and Classism
reginacattus'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
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
hcneysuckle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Classism
caitlind14'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent