eilatan6991'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Alcoholism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders
eve81'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail
creepycrawlybookworm'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
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
Moderate: Addiction, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Sexual content, and Mental illness
Minor: Body shaming
kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, and Misogyny
wordsofclover'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? It's complicated
4.0
I really enjoyed this book - both the plot of the story and the twists and turns with Kyron and what he did and did not remember about the night he was rolled in a tarp and almost buried alive but mostly the dynamic and growing relationship between all the siblings. The book covers some more serious topics such as loneliness and the feelings of parental abandonment but also shows the special bond that can exist between family, even when that bond is discovered or nurtured later in life rather than in childhood.
I can't say Dimple was my favourite character to follow for the majority of the book as yes, she was pretty much a crybaby and tended to overdo her victim complex but I guess she was a good character to observe the others through particularly Lizzie and Nikisha whose personalities are so different to hers. I think my favourites were Danny and Prynce (mostly Danny for being a lovable soft boi)
I think I would have liked more chapters in the POV of the other siblings just to understand more what was going on inside their heads than always being in Dimple's which got slightly tedious at times as she repeated the same actions (videos, Roman, crying, poor me act etc).
There are some great scenes in this book and most characters have big personalities in different ways so I do feel like every character stood out but all the best scenes definitely had Cyril in them as he left chaos in his wake. From the way he talks to his baby mamas to how he uses his children for money yet at the same time often visibly struggles to connect with his children and you can tell he does want to but has no idea how and fears that rejection and failure - and not to mention when you find out about some elements of his life, it's hard not to feel a bit sorry for him.
I very much enjoy Candice Carty-Williams, and I think she will probably be an auto-read author for me.
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent
planetsaturns's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
just_one_more_paige'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Medical content, Racism, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
agirlnamedellie'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
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Blood
michaelion'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
3.75
Very funny. As an only child who grew up with a somewhat absent father, and knowing the secondhand experience my friends had of being one of many children, this hit home. The book is very real in many ways.
Spoiler
Dimple going off on Lizzie, then the next day everyone continuing on like nothing had happened. I imagine that's what it was like after I'd left my friend's houses.Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Blood, Violence, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Body shaming
Minor: Racism, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury
laurataylor'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Kidnapping