Reviews tagging 'Outing'

If This Gets Out by Cale Dietrich, Sophie Gonzales

33 reviews

ezplonk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

Very fun, tugs on your heartstrings. It gets a little bit ridiculous towards the end, but it’s cute so I guess they’re excused. It was hard to keep track of whose POV we were in, though—neither character was very distinct.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

rhiannon_burden's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I found this book hard to get into and also in some areas lacking in research overall it was good but I thought it felt unfinished at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Car accident, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, and Kidnapping

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

Review on another edition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Outing, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

miri42's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Homophobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Outing

oakleys_readinglist's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

diana_raquel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 “Once you've learned shame, it settles into your skin like a tattoo. You can cover it up, but you can't scrub off the sense of inadequacy.” 

When I brought this book I didn't know what to expect. I saw it in the shelves of my local bookstore and the tittle caught my attention. Upon reading the summary, I decided to buy it because it seemed like something that I would like. 

And I was right! I really like it! Look, the way that the story is structured, I can see why people may think that this is a somewhat one direction fanfic turned book. There isn't anything that tells me that one direction (and the fan theories about some members of the band having a secret relationship) were an inspiration to the book but comparisons can be made. Nonetheless, lets review the book by what it is and not what could be. And I liked it! Its cute, heartwarming and has fluff, just the sorta of thing that I was looking to read at the time that I started this book. 

So, I would recommend it if you want to read something sweet, light and cute. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, and Outing

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

Objectively, it’s a good book. And Ii enjoyed listening to it. For me, this book was more serious than what I was looking for. The toxic mother and managers not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

irisvdn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Outing, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity

katrina_5's review against another edition

challenging funny tense medium-paced

• 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

I truly enjoyed this book, I loved reading how Zacks character came to terms with his sexuality and how he developed throughout the book.
The bands friendship worked really well together, relationships within this book were really well thought out and written. 

However,  the reason I deducted a .5 was due to the lack of concern over Angel, I feel his addiction was overlooked and made his relationships between everyone in the band seem worthless. No one ensured his safety until he was far to gone. Furthermore, his recovery was glazed over - I would've loved more detail over how that impact him and the band mates especially since most situations he was joking about the love interests. 
Another fault was within a Zacks dynamic with his mother, she is comforting and open yet when he comes out she compares him to his father who had little relevance within the story. It felt like a poor choice - yes not every one has a nice coming out story, but this felt like they felt the need to make another plot for drama within a book which has a dramatic theme from the beginning.

Overall, I feel this book was well written and thought out. I truly enjoyed the romance, I'd recommend to anyone interested.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Outing

nitya_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia