at806's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Cancer, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
michaelion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Picture this. You're me. You're in biology class. it's 2014. Your teacher overhears you say you wanna be a writer or you wanna make movies when you get older. She tells you "Oh my gosh, I just saw this movie you'd really like." She softly, accidentally spoils the plot twist, but it's okay you know enough about tv amd movies to know nobody ever really dies except Uncle Ben. So you shrug it off and say, "Okay, I'll still watch it." And then she says, "It was based on a book." brcause she knows you like books. And then she goes, "Oh, wait! It's really mature... Maybe you shouldn't watch it." How old was I in 2014 you ask? FOURTEEN !!!
Honestly I was reading way worse stuff back then and I've calmed down now. But anyway.
That was, and I don't mean this lightly, pretty fucking amazing. The first third is pretty slow but it pays off so well. And then the second part being titled "Boy Meets Girl"? Even though they've known each other seven years?? Shut the fuck up it's literally true. Wow. And also, amazing.
Every crazy sociopathic calculated woman deserves her own pathetic spineless weasel of a man. Her own puppet.
And even after all that, she wasn't racist? My bar has been met. I love it.
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Torture, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Self harm, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Pregnancy, Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Stalking, Body shaming, and Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Animal cruelty, and Vomit
m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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their sonNot gonna lie,
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AmySpoiler
Nick is codependent child with daddy issues and Amy is a narcisist with mommy issues that still has beef with a fictional alterego and her seven unborn older sisters. Honestly, neither of them is fit to be a parent.Go was always the voice of reason and Nick should have be fully honest from the start with her and heed her advice.
Also good ridance to the Elliots, those two should've never been parents and their seven unborn daughters dodged quite the bullet of having such passive-agressive a**hole of parents who wanted a robot, not a child. The irony of them being child psychologists who wrote those awful Amazing Amy books which I bet my life did more harm than they ever did good to a whole generation.
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This is also the only point I concede to Amy, her parents not only built an empire on her back, but also inmortalized every little dissapointment and failure so that she could never forget them.Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Self harm
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse
Minor: Child death, Incest, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship
mothie_girlie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Blood, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity
Moderate: Injury/injury detail
Minor: Miscarriage and Self harm
megmahoney1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, Self harm, Pregnancy, Blood, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent and Vomit
jdf1027's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cancer, Murder, and Injury/injury detail
ayearinbookswithzoe'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
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Sexism
Moderate: Self harm, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Stalking, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Mental illness, Injury/injury detail, and Alcohol
nabila99's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i especially enjoyed how much more of amy we get in the book, even if
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it is just Diary Amy, and i genuinely found her pov very poignant, despite my knowledge of how the story would goSpoiler
misogyny, how he battles against it throughout the whole book but is still a shitty man in many ways, how parental attitudes and bigotries are passed downwhile i did find that the book dragged a bit at times (especially in nick's chapters), and the ending was a bit abrupt and ambiguous, i flew through the story and was always engaged. what a ride!
Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Dementia, Drug use, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Medical content, Abortion, and Kidnapping
readwithsophsx'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
2.5
Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, and Mental illness
taytayc23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Rape, and Mental illness