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betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Fatphobia
Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
aely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Grief
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexism
desiderium_incarnate'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
4.0
1. There is so much fatshaming in the first half of it, it's awful, but a lot of the things in there are.
2. I was debating rating this book sad, but it isn't. Not in it's entirety. Maybe 10-15 pages of it are. Full of shock, anger, denial, grief, exactly what you would expect (very nicely done btw to describe some stages of grief), but the most part is two kids becoming friends and creating their own imaginary world.
3. I never watched the movie and only knew a spoiler before reading
4. I think you need to reflect on this book quite a bit. A lot of subjects are just brought up but never really evaluated properly. I mean, of course, the narrator is a child, so it makes sense, but that is exactly why having discussions on some of the topics is so relevant this is a children's book, it's necessary to think about the content and what stays with the children that read it, so maybe talk to them about it, if they want.
5. I think this book hits hard anyways but if it brings up your own associations to stuff, that digs in very deep.
All in all, very easy to read, good storyline and stays in your head. I understand now that the story means so much to many people.
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse
chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Physical abuse
paralanguage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Physical abuse
lennatheunicorncat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Grief
evnhttn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Physical abuse
andrewhatesham's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Grief