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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
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
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
misszoe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
gracecrandall'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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
ionop's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Death of parent
kevin_the_intern'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
Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, and Murder
jan_coco_day'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? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, and Vomit
Minor: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail
proceduralbob'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis