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lilifane's review
- 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
3.0
Yeah, I didn't recognize it. But a lot makes more sense now.
Although I liked how many queer characters there were, I really didn't like anyone. They were all annoying and their relationships weren't very believable. I was really confused if anyone actually liked anyone.
But I did really enjoy the spooky parts of the story. Those were written really well (compared to the rest of the book) and unsettling. So I liked it as a queer teenie ghost story. And I wish we got more ghosty scenes and more information on all those school mysteries.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Slavery
beforeviolets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
TW: there's a LOT. most of them are already in Macbeth so expect a lot of similar plot points.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Slavery, and Car accident
bitterseason'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
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident
lucy12345'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, and Slavery
sarah984's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
However, most of the characters were pretty shallow (they definitely felt like identities first and characters second), the plantation stuff felt unnecessary since nothing was ever really done with it, and the ending was kind of silly. Also, this may be shallow but the main character Maria was called "Ree" by all her friends and it really annoyed me. What kind of nickname is that? Who would use that to shorten Maria??
Graphic: Ableism, Biphobia, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, and Grief
Moderate: Child death and Slavery