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madamenovelist'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
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
amris'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
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
kyrstin_p1989'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
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
vaguely_pink'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
3.75
It's also made me realize that British narrators with terrible American accents is my favorite audiobook genre.
Graphic: Mental illness and Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Alcohol, and Classism
jessthanthree'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
4.5
Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism and Sexual content
jkneebone'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
5.0
Main characters Celine and Brad are former best friends turned bitter enemies, after a falling-out at the beginning of secondary school. I appreciated that, unlike many enemies-to-lovers or former-best-friends books, Hibbert *shows* us both of these things in equal measure. It's understandable why Brad and Celine don't get along at the beginning of the book
Brad has OCD and is struggling to believe in his dream of being a writer, and Celine is mostly motivated by proving her deadbeat dad wrong, so there is plenty of individual character growth to be had amongst all of the relationship development. Both characters' POVs were hilarious, and all the side characters were really fun as well. There was a fair amount of cursing, and some mention of past sexual experience, but in my opinion this would be a great read for high schoolers.
Minor: Ableism