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fictionaladventures's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
thebearnest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Pregnancy and Injury/Injury detail
dustygold's review
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
Then I felt like it kind of went off the deep end a bit with the time jump and Wilder went from being “mildly annoying teenage nerd but that’s understandable” to “deeply annoying middle-aged nerd still talking like a teenage boy, what is wrong with you?!?”
At 65-ish % I started asking myself if I should just DNF this one. The plot had lost its charm for me and Wilder was too annoying for me to want to continue on for his sake. I continued to debate this with myself until about 85-90% with the
I listened to this on audio while doing other things which is the only reason I’m not tearing my hair out for spending 13 hours on it 😂 This book just felt like it kept going and going and going with no end in sight. (Which makes more sense when
Other, parting note thoughts:
• I would be fine with never hearing hair described as russet ever again
• The primary narrator (Christopher Ragland) was great, especially the affects he put on for female characters and his different accents.
• It took me out of the story a bit that Wilder called flashlights “torches”. He also kept referring to seaweed as just “weed” which is something I haven’t heard before. Idk if this is a British-ism like torch or if he’s just weird.
• 2023 Wilder thinking about all the ways he could commit suicide and thinking “Gee, hanging wouldn’t work because I don’t know how to tie one of those noose doodads!” was possibly the most enraging part of the whole book and I cannot fully articulate why. You’re old enough to be contemplating every possible way to check out early, and you don’t know that it’s called a noose? And you try to cutesy it up with “doodad”? 😭
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Murder
howorth'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
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
marieeh's review against another edition
3.0
Maybe I read the last 5 chapters or so too fast, but it just kept getting more and more convoluted and I felt like it didn't need all that. Made it difficult to figure out what I had read so far that was real vs a book within the story.
I felt very sad while reading. It was heavy in spite of the chaotic ending.
Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship
prlirio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
mariesbooks's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
claire_lamb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
erinnnn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
purstiltski's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Abortion