atuin'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
4.0
Spoiler
In particular, Reese became frustrating with her self destructive behavior and her refusal to learn from her mistakes, constantly doing the same thing over and over while refusing to accept responsibility. Even at the end she only felt bad about a mean letter, not the cheating or emotional abuse she committed.Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, and Transphobia
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Spoiler
One of the Main characters, Reese, cheats on her partner multiple times, and later on cheats again with a married man.Spoiler
rjbedell'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
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Pregnancy, Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Deadnaming
Minor: Death, Abortion, and Stalking
laurajw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Abortion, Deadnaming, and Suicide
squishmallow161'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
Moderate: Dysphoria, Gaslighting, and Outing
Minor: Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Suicide
daniellel'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
4.5
Graphic: Transphobia and Homophobia
Moderate: Chronic illness and Pregnancy
a_davis's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
ang_mendoza'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Abortion, and Homophobia
Moderate: Violence, Pregnancy, Suicide, Deadnaming, Miscarriage, and Outing
megelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
2.5
However, I did struggle with this book because it's very much character-driven and I really didn't connect to or particularly like any of the main characters. I'm sure they're supposed to be viewed through a critical lens, but that knowledge didn't help me during the many insufferable parts, the plot and the themes not being enough to make me appreciate the characters also. I also can't not mention the fact that this book contains a graphic depiction of underage sex, which there's literally no reason or excuse for; the points being made about the character involved could easily have been done so without including this. To a lesser, but still frustrating, degree, there's also an odd comment about hysterectomies being 'widely available', which again was maybe supposed to be viewed critically, but surely didn't come off that way.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Violence, and Transphobia
Moderate: Abortion, Infidelity, Homophobia, Blood, Drug use, and Death
Minor: Racism and Suicide
kyrstin_p1989'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
2.5
Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Blood, Medical content, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Transphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Homophobia, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Pregnancy, Death, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Outing, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Abortion, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Sexism
amy_park's review against another edition
4.0
I havn't come across the theme of detransitioning before and it really opened my eyes to the struggles of gender and what that might mean for different people. I loved learning about the white trangender issues and found the discussion on motherhood as a trangender woman compared to a cis woman, really thought provoking. The discussion on the inequality of parenthood and society's expectations on gender was also fantastic. A wonderful book exploring themes which are not typically written or spoken about! Would definelty recommend.
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Abortion