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audreyxo'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
3.0
Graphic: Drug abuse and Addiction
Moderate: Murder
louisegraveyard'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
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Violence, Drug abuse, and Murder
leonoor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Car accident and Drug abuse
Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
orlagal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence
ciann82'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
There’s a lot of tension and build up but it kind of just fizzles out and starts building up again. There’s not really a satisfying resolve or explanation for a few smaller things.
Graphic: Addiction and Death
Moderate: Medical content, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail
librariangeorgia's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide
honeyreads1066's review against another edition
3.0
Some issues did annoy me. I understand it's a base and it's realistic but there were a lot of characters, some who were not relevant at all which made it hard to ascertain who's who for a large amount of the book. The focus also shifted about halfway, away from a few of the characters which made them seem unnecessary.
In addition to this, the other characters that you did know about were very bland at times. Some were pretty humanised but others I did not care about at all. And this included Kate.
I also had an issue with Kates addiction. Aside from professionally, there didn't seem to be any stakes or change in her or even very little wrong with her behaviour as an addict. I guess you could attribute her bad decisions which there were many of to addiction but that was not clear. It seemed more like a convenient plot device. I also found her pretty irritating, her decisions at times were questionable and she acknowledged it but then either did them again it made the decision.
Despite this, in the last 50 pages it did pick up and it was very much a who's who which I did enjoy. Overall it was very meh until the ending but a solid read.
Moderate: Murder and Suicide
Minor: Gun violence