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evanthebooknerd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit and Car accident
fanboyriot'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
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Biphobia, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
bibliomania_express's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
This book is also about the shitty things people will do to each other, and the importance of learning and making amends. There's a wide span of friendship issues, family issues, and high school administration issues. I liked that the major subplot of fighting to amend the Code of Conduct to include verbal bullying and harrassment was given a lot of page time. I also love how the whole Homecoming Court vote shook out.
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Deadnaming, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Grief, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, and Sexual harassment
kaydawn's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Deadnaming, Physical abuse, and Transphobia
Minor: Death and Sexual assault
CW: drunk driver (resulting in a death)—off page but mentioned, misgendering, R word used, dead name used (name is never written but we know the characters just said it), trans/homophobia, SA mentions but no details at allawesomemark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
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It's the whole book. I actually wondered at one point if this author hates LGBTQ+ people. Every horrible, self-centered, nasty character is part of the community with the exception of the school bully, Phillip. I spent most of the book rooting for the cisgendered ex-boyfriend who was just nice and accepting of everyone. Except then he started acting crazy and ruining everything just in time to come out as gay. There's transphobia from the gay kids, lesbian stereotyping from the trans kids, gay bashing from the non-binary kids and the gay guy who stole tens of thousands of dollars from the school to run off to be with his ex-boyfriend. All the straight kids are so sweet and accepting and using all the right pronouns while LGBTQ kids take advantage of them and treat them and each other like garbage.
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But good news! Everyone gets a happy ending and there are zero real consequences for any of them!
The author doesn't hate all LGBTQ+ people though. Just lesbians. At least I don't think they hate the rest. They just write some really toxic characters and I am wondering what the real point of this book is because it felt more like a lecture to the LGBTQ+ community on how to treat trans kids but Jeremy is an absolute monster and has no redeeming qualities.
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Death
toadscreams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism and Transphobia
Moderate: Toxic friendship
Minor: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Vomit
analenegrace'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
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, and Dysphoria
longlost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I really wanted to like this book. Autistic rep AND queer rep ?? All I want in life. Unfortunately I just could not vibe with the book or its characters.
Lukas and Jeremy's relationship was not enjoyable to read about during most points of the book. It came off as TOO mean-spirited so so often and I genuinely don't see why
I DID enjoy the queer power message in this book, and while I didn't enjoy the shitty school system it also reflects reality unfortunately so. I wish I could have liked this book more because I'm 100% behind Jeremy's fight to change the Code so that the harassment he's facing is Actually Acknowledged but I couldn't stand the main plot of fighting over the Homecoming crown even if I could sympathize with both character's motivations. The actions they took against each other just felt too mean-spirited.
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
reading_ray's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Deadnaming
paperbrownies's review against another edition
5.0
- m|m
- trans gay mc, queer autistic mc, latinx trans nonbinary sc, asian sc s and other queer characters (minor lesbian, polyamory and asexual, rep)
"I’m a big believer that queer people don’t need to be perfect to deserve love, and Jeremy and Lukas’ story reflects that." -z r ellor
YES!! IT DOES!! AND I LOVE THIS BOOK FOR THAT!!!! (:
wow,,,, this book!!
jeremy and lukas are hard rivals and their rivalry shows in the hardest ways yet i could not stop reading about these messy characters even tho they made me SO mad. am not going to excuse their behaviour and neither did the author; he let his characters hurt but also gave them a chance to heal and come back stronger than ever!!
it's a hard book to read but a page turner that you must add to your tbr and also bc we need more trans stories!! which is why i will recommend y'all not go into it thinking that it's a rom-com even though yes, it does have romance in it. problematic behaviour including misogyny, bullying transphobia, and ableism is called out. (also check tw)
i found the rivals to lovers trope done really well although i admit the ending could have been a bit less hurried. lastly i really wish that the asian parents were not stereotyped in that way!!
tw: violent transphobia, ableism, alcohol consumption, misgendering, deadnaming, the f slur, death of sibling (off page), verbal and physical abuse, violence, blood, bullying.
Graphic: Ableism, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Death and Racism