samanthabryan34'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
3.0
Basically, read the blurb and if it seems interesting to you then read it! And if it doesn’t then skip it! Haha if you can’t tell I’m pretty indifferent about this book.
⚠️ Explicit language (especially at the beginning - it gets somewhat better… kind of…)
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Death, Grief, Drug use, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, and Infidelity
Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Abortion, Cancer, and Car accident
bryelle'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Death, Medical trauma, and Car accident
Moderate: Cancer
lucystolethesky'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: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death, Sexism, Hate crime, and Medical content
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual assault, Cancer, Cultural appropriation, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Suicide
Minor: Racial slurs
jodean'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
5.0
I don't even think I can comment on it without reading it again. I have a bad habit of reading too quickly in the second half of books, because I want to know what happens. This book's second half, and really all of it, deserves a reread.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Blood, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Rape, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Infidelity, Vomit, Ableism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Cancer
cataloguekitty's review against another edition
4.5
Loved seeing the diverse representation- biracial, disable, asexual characters. It felt like real life.
There are some serious trigger warnings so just be aware!
Overall, I don’t think I can read this again for along time but it will definitely haunt me forever. Great book.
Loved the world of building video games- was very accessible for non-gamers.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Hate crime, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Medical content, Vomit, Blood, Grief, Racism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Mental illness
Minor: Eating disorder, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Pregnancy
rianneeleonore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Pregnancy
agathacrispie'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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Cancer, Pregnancy, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Death of parent, and Animal death
flowerest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
other than that:
Spoiler
i fucking miss marx and i honestly think i grieved him more than sam and sadie did. and here come my only complaints about the book: i wanted more of sam and marx's friendship, i half-wish the romance between marx and sadie hadn't happened, i know the book is focused on sam and sadie but can we please talk more about marx watanabe's beautifully amazing and enormous heart and soul. god i feel like i lost my best friend this is horrendous this book fucking destroyed meGraphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
Moderate: Homophobia, Grief, Animal death, Vomit, Cancer, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abortion, and Pregnancy
carlapastor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I started reading this at the start of August, and I was just reading it for the sake of finishing it, because I hated Sadie and I found every interaction with her to be very annoying. However, I couldn't read it for three weeks because I left my ebook at home and once I came back, yesterday, I was at the 84% percent and finished it, in the IX chapter, and I enjoyed it quite a lot.
I think that maybe these three weeks something happened to me that changed the perspective, and although I still agree that it is at times slow and at other times fast, which is horrible in my opinion (nothing better than being consistent), I think I love the relationship at the end. Maybe it's what I needed.
So, in conclusion, you might like happy endings, but the best endings are the ones that are real. Therefore, don't waste time if you know you aren't going to like it, but maybe give it a try.
Who knows? Maybe you can start liking it when there's 15% left of the book!
Moderate: Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
immovabletype'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, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Car accident, Misogyny, and Gun violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Medical content, and Racial slurs
Minor: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Vomit
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