The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
marissasa's review against another edition
Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Excrement, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Cursing, Blood, Sexual content, and Animal death
kcassano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Animal cruelty
pipelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment and Classism
rustyray'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
2.75
But, I realized I don't like a unreliable narrator, and definitely not an unlikable, unreliable narrator. I found myself not rooting for anyone and just a sad read. Very descriptive and metaphorical, but still not enjoyable
Graphic: Child abuse
grubrednuf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
For this, it is almost 50 pages in before you meet the character that drives the plot. Red flag 1. I actively chose to do other things than pick this back up. Red flag 2. I read the first ~80 pages. Skipped to the last ~80 pages and still managed to grasp where the story had gone. Red flag 3.Â
I was never emotionally invested in the characters. I did not care where they went and what happened to them. I did not question their choices or motives. The writing read like a MFA draft. This was not it for me.
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual violence
optimisticmara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug use, and Confinement
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Animal death
Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Suicide