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
cecilialau_'s review against another edition
3.75
It’s a story that’s insightful and definitely worth telling (and absorbing) - as is anything outside the heteronormative btw. For ppl to learn and expand their horizons - including on the question on motherhood within and outside the lgbtq+ community.
I found the characters messy and flawed and unlikeable at time which worked really well to illustrate the (difficult) dynamic between the trio.
Spoiler
It didn’t sit right with me that Iris kept using the she/her pronoun with Ames even though it might have been a subtle way for the author to say that misgendering doesn’t just happen outside the trans community, but if so I found it too subtle as it wasn’t pointed out and I just thought it was disrespectful and unnecessarily mean (even though Iris dislikes Ames).Moderate: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Outing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Transphobia, and Violence
maarigirl's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
Minor: Suicide attempt, Racism, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Outing, Infidelity, and Hate crime
readingthroughinfinity'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: Transphobia
Moderate: Mental illness, Outing, Suicide, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Violence
leadpal'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
5.0
Graphic: Transphobia, Sexual content, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Infertility, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Pregnancy, Stalking, Self harm, Hate crime, and Abortion
Minor: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Rape, Medical content, Homophobia, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder
tome's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Car accident, Homophobia, Suicide attempt, Classism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Outing, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Violence, Drug use, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Toxic relationship
lemusk7's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
theotheleo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Suicide, Transphobia, and Hate crime
Moderate: Infidelity, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy
Minor: Murder, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, and Forced institutionalization
klimatyczny_bluszcz'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Transphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Dysphoria, and Abortion
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Sexism, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Outing
Minor: Police brutality and Miscarriage
lovegriefandgender'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
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Self harm, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Lesbophobia, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Outing, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia