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beaubaggins's review
- 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: Grief
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Dementia
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Police brutality, and Dementia
readingwithkaitlyn'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: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Genocide, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Trail of tears, f slur, s slur.torturedreadersdept'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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation
voxelbee'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
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Death, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
caitlynes91's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation
Minor: Animal death and Blood
colettesjourney'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
stevie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
booksbutmakeitgay's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, and Murder
learntodream's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Grief
thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Brandon Hobson wrote a book that is less than 300 pages, but has enough content and meaning to unpack that you could teach half a unit on this book by itself. The Removed killed me. But it healed me too.
I don’t want to get into specifics, because now that I’ve finished it, this book needs to be experienced going in blind. The blurb gives you as much as I want to give you, just enough to prepare you for the hardness of the subject matter. Brandon Hobson does the rest.
At once heartbreaking and sublime, Hobson’s prose and characters force you to come back and finish the story. I was about a third of the way through and had considered DNF-ing this, but I’m SO glad that I didn’t. I can’t place my finger on where--maybe the halfway mark--something hooked me again, and I had to know how everything would turn out. What started out as confusion and frustration became sudden epiphany and perfect sense when the climax dropped me into falling action. All the questions I’d had got wrapped up and answered, and I’m still feeling the squeeze in my heart more than twelve hours after finishing the last sentence.
What a beautiful little book. Current, horrible, sad, healing. I hate this book for making me love it so much.
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Grief
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Toxic relationship, and Stalking