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kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Suicide, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
ceeshay's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Toxic friendship
merlesstorys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
In general, I really liked this book. It‘s rather fast paced, and the characters were nice.
However I feel like it was too short with it’s about 300 pages. In the end, the character development rather lacked - there was definitely not enough substance in them for the last 80 pages. Every story was closed fast, and many important story beats were done by like 4 pages each, when it worked there (mostly
The characters were mostly great, with Alex being a favorite of mine. But they weren’t too much developed, especially the friend group. They were just stereotypes made out of cardboard, without much else to them. We never learn motivations, backgrounds, personalities.
The main characters Coley and Sonya are nicely written though, with an honorable mention for the diary entries of the latter - that were mostly never explained.
But what redeemed this book in the end was the fact that it used many of the locations of the same titled music video, which launched the music career by Kiyoko.
Also the fact that this whole story takes place in 2006 makes much sens, regarding the lack of smartphones in the teen group and everything.
Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Abortion