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supermormongirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
There was no American Royals’ characteristic Gossip Girl- (tv show) widespread scandal and drama until literally 80% of the way through the novel.
I literally only refused to DNF because I used this book as an insomnia cure I already owned, making it essentially free, and also the next (and last!) American Royals book has ✨WAY✨ too intriguing of a premise to pass up, and I wanted to know the full tea and context of exactly everything that happened in the book before it.
This was easily one of the worst books I’ve ever read, and I don’t know what happened that made it so painfully bland and largely uneventful, light on drama, and BORING, but I feel relieved to finally be done with this!!! Now to go purge my soul of how painful this was to read, lol (I’m not exaggerating at all).
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, and Death of parent
kassidyreads'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
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexism, and Car accident
Minor: Drug use and Dementia
rb5373'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 of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual content
alisonvh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Mental illness, Dementia, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Racism and Pregnancy
dogbuttsandbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Pregnancy