daringreader13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Hate crime, Sexism, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
samg01'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
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/injury detail, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicide, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Sexual content, Incest, Death, Bullying, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pedophilia
Minor: Vomit and Murder
imaginethisreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical content, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, and Death
papercrow'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: Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Suicide, Homophobia, and Grief
Moderate: Outing, Death, Drug use, Medical content, and Sexual assault
leia_duncan17'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
3.5
Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Outing, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Death of parent, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual violence
theo_the_newt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Outing
mattheo'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
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Outing, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
the_satirical_librarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
aadilah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
planetarysilver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
i read this book in the span of 8 hours without planning to. once i got sucked in, i couldn’t stop until i finished. the plot twists were very well executed imo because i didn’t expect them at all, but they weren’t outlandish and they made sense in the story. i really enjoyed this book and i’m still thinking about it and about jeff and sadie and martha and all of them.
- spoilers ahead, beware! -
the only reason i gave it a 4.5 is because of rankin; i understand why he was important in furthering the plot, but i wish it could have been done in a way that didn’t entail rankin basically molesting and attempting to rape jeff. or, if that part was kept, then i wish the author would have gone more into depth about it instead of just kind of brushing it off as “sexual assault but not” and then diving straight into jeff being gay. i don’t know if this is making sense, but i just mean that i wish that subplot had been done better.
anyway, i loved this book, and i definitely see it as one im going to come back to every once in a while just to see jeff and amanda and martha and sadie and juliet and bone and cat poop again :)
Graphic: Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt