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ebrosnan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Infertility, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
ktmomma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Medical trauma and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Abortion
mnatale100's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Grief, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Sexual content, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
mollywill'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
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Medical trauma and Death of parent
katebates_library's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
brothena's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Overall, this book was alright. I did go in with pretty high expectations given how much I enjoyed "Big Summer", and you can definitely see in reading this how she evolved over the years to write something like "Big Summer", but it's definitely an evolution to get there. Loved that this was based in Philadelphia and familiar touchstones, and that the main character is real and flawed and fleshed out. Cons: Am always skeeved out by a positively-painted patient/doctor romantic relationship which this does have. Did not really love how this story wrapped up for the main character.
CW: body image issues/ fatphobia, unintended pregnancy, birth complications, absent parent
Graphic: Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy