kianga_black'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? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Sexual assault
Minor: Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Outing, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Death, Biphobia, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Rape, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Bullying, Violence, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
jennafur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Mental illness, Bullying, Hate crime, and Homophobia
Minor: Gun violence
finleyworm'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? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Transphobia
Moderate: Sexual assault, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, and Hate crime
vanesst's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Transphobia
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Addiction
Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Misogyny, Abortion, Mental illness, Rape, and Religious bigotry
standerson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Spoiler
in which the villain is the bisexual girl who smokes weedGraphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Bullying, Deadnaming, Drug use, Hate crime, Mental illness, Medical content, and Transphobia
babudarabu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Medical content, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Outing
Moderate: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, Dysphoria, and Violence
Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, and Blood
lilikamasha'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Outing, Bullying, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia
Moderate: Rape, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Biphobia, Gun violence, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: Suicide
bronsonmh'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
4.5
This book was just wow. I really enjoyed reading it. It was very raw and powerful. I thought it was a great character based book. Amanda was such a strong character with a great voice. Granted this is the first book that I have read in which the main character was trans so I did not know so much about what they really go through. This book was a start of a great education for me. I would love to learn more about them and try to understand them to the best of my abilities. I listened to it as an audio book and thought it was a great choice. Also I highly recommend people to read or listen to the authors note. She talks about how this is her telling a story and things might not happen so easy in real life, but it really is a great positive way for people to think. I also liked the idea of flash back chapters to when Amanda was Andrew and her journey to become who she really wanted to be. The only issue I have with the book is some of the writing style and a little bit with the plot. For awhile I was trying to figure out what the main plot story was, but since this was character based I understand. And sometimes I did not like how the chapters jumped sometimes like from one scene to the next so fast you have no idea how you got there. Other than that I think it is a great read and a great debut novel. Hope to read more from her soon.
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Outing, Transphobia, Hate crime, and Homophobia
jude7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Biphobia
Minor: Abortion
pennym_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Outing, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Deadnaming, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Rape, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis