larkken'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
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Minor: Kidnapping
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
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
znvisser'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
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, and Grief
gabriellejane's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Blood
d0505'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
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Blood, and Infidelity
Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Sexual harassment
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
annalu'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? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping
ems_rxlibrary's review
- 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, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Racial slurs