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greeeer_e_rutt's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
avareadsbookss's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
nadiamarjolein'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Car accident
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
yassmonn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
- updated my rating because any book that can make me ugly cry like I did reading the last few chapters deserves to be 5 stars
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Car accident
purplee_rain89'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? Yes
5.0
Sending lots of love to anyone struggling right now, you matter and you're so so strong. You will find your way through this eventually; I believe in you, truly <3
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Vomit, and Abandonment
Minor: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
ksuiter0221's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death and Car accident
whatbidoureads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
I bought this book when it first came out and left it on the shelf because the main topic is one that hits close to home.
Then a movie came out (because every best seller needs a movie am I right…) and I watched it. I know you’ll say you should read the book first blablabla and most times I agree with you. But this time I don’t.
The movie I watched, even “enjoyed” to some extent.
BUT THE BOOK.
I usually put a book down when I don’t like it but I finished this one just to write a review. Bare with me as I try to word it out in a clear nice way.
As someone who has an understanding, and first hand experience of the main topics in this book I would never recommend it to someone. I’d go as far as to say it can cause so much harm if I’m the wrong hands (aka someone dealing with S.A and mental illnesses).
I understand this book was written by a survivor of suicide through the loss of a friend and it almost feels like an autobiography dedicated to the love Jennifer had for her friend, and I can get behind that. (note: everyone’s grieving process is different, and I am in no way undermining her grief, or the process she has gone through)
But the take she has on mental illness, and teenagers is appalling.
At no point was there any indication of character growth towards that, or any indication of help he could have gotten from others. So on one hand you have Violet, main character, good growth, she eventually grieves all her losses (without any counseling, help group, friend or family’s help but finch - like what), and Finch who was left for dead from the beginning of the book.
There’s a few topics that annoyed me in this book as well, and that in my eyes are cannot be overlooked as they are everywhere in the book.
- Talk of mental illnesses in the sense that some characters are simply restricted to their illness (such as
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- body shaming,
- Speech about the girls in the book (they are looked down upon),
- the lack of adult/parental figure. In fact there was literally NO ONE helping Finch to get better.
Overall, this book is very disappointing and if you skip it, you won’t miss anything unfortunately..
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and Abandonment
dyagan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm
Minor: Eating disorder
megan_wy'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: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Violence and Car accident
alex_iooo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Suicide attempt