pabi'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? Yes
4.75
Coco mellors may you live an exceptionally good life because you've made mine better with this masterpiece.
Ps. Can't wait for the tv series adaptation I'm screamingggg it's going to be so good
(If not there's always the book hehehe)
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Infidelity, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, and Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent
goldseamedglass'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
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal death, Transphobia, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Fatphobia
kellyung's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Animal death, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Mental illness
calais_'s review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
ganderson's review
- 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? Yes
2.5
Edit: after thinking more for a few months I'm bumping this down. I was in too much shock at the ending to address it at the time, but...
Spoiler
I think Quentin was incredibly hard done by as a character. The absolute shock transition into meth addiction blew my mind and completely shook me. I think that might be because I found this book through searching for LGBT books, and the book description particularly focuses on Quentin gender identity - for that to be a very, very minor story line and for Quentin's character to be given such a dark ending. I also felt similar about Frank's sister, who's story line of entering a sugar baby/daddy relationship didn't have fruition until the end of the novel despite being another central part of the book description. It felt misleading, and very much in Quentin's case like a 'bury your gays' trope that I've sat uncomfortably with for a while now. I really don't recommend this book on those themes at all.Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Eating disorder, Transphobia, Animal death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Infidelity, Dysphoria, Misogyny, Homophobia, and Self harm
serenarg's review
2.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
kayolay's review
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction
Moderate: Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Infidelity, Abandonment, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Alcohol, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Fatphobia, Drug use, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Addiction
nosophiesallowed'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
4.0
didn’t feel emotionally connected to the characters though which explains the 4 star rating.
Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Body shaming