michaelion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Picture this. You're me. You're in biology class. it's 2014. Your teacher overhears you say you wanna be a writer or you wanna make movies when you get older. She tells you "Oh my gosh, I just saw this movie you'd really like." She softly, accidentally spoils the plot twist, but it's okay you know enough about tv amd movies to know nobody ever really dies except Uncle Ben. So you shrug it off and say, "Okay, I'll still watch it." And then she says, "It was based on a book." brcause she knows you like books. And then she goes, "Oh, wait! It's really mature... Maybe you shouldn't watch it." How old was I in 2014 you ask? FOURTEEN !!!
Honestly I was reading way worse stuff back then and I've calmed down now. But anyway.
That was, and I don't mean this lightly, pretty fucking amazing. The first third is pretty slow but it pays off so well. And then the second part being titled "Boy Meets Girl"? Even though they've known each other seven years?? Shut the fuck up it's literally true. Wow. And also, amazing.
Every crazy sociopathic calculated woman deserves her own pathetic spineless weasel of a man. Her own puppet.
And even after all that, she wasn't racist? My bar has been met. I love it.
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Torture, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Self harm, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Pregnancy, Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Stalking, Body shaming, and Death of parent
Minor: Miscarriage, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Animal cruelty, and Vomit
m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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their sonNot gonna lie,
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AmySpoiler
Nick is codependent child with daddy issues and Amy is a narcisist with mommy issues that still has beef with a fictional alterego and her seven unborn older sisters. Honestly, neither of them is fit to be a parent.Go was always the voice of reason and Nick should have be fully honest from the start with her and heed her advice.
Also good ridance to the Elliots, those two should've never been parents and their seven unborn daughters dodged quite the bullet of having such passive-agressive a**hole of parents who wanted a robot, not a child. The irony of them being child psychologists who wrote those awful Amazing Amy books which I bet my life did more harm than they ever did good to a whole generation.
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This is also the only point I concede to Amy, her parents not only built an empire on her back, but also inmortalized every little dissapointment and failure so that she could never forget them.Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Self harm
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse
Minor: Child death, Incest, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship
doomluz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Spoiler
The first half was kind of slow or didn't keep my attention as well as the second half when it switches from diary Amy to Amy's POV, though actual Amy is way scarier and frustrating than "diary Amy".Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Blood
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, and Suicide attempt
randirush's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, and Confinement
Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol and Rape
sjanke2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Body horror, Pregnancy, Self harm, Blood, Alcohol, Confinement, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/injury detail, and Rape
taleofabibliophile's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Dementia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Racial slurs
optimisms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Body horror
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, Cancer, Sexual violence, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Rape
Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Incest, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Dementia, and Stalking
samflowerv6'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Grief, Murder, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Sexism, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Blood, and Infidelity
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Self harm, Sexism, Alcohol, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Pregnancy, Stalking, Vomit, Gaslighting, Infertility, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders
sarah984's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Dementia, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Blood, Death, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Classism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, and Incest
Incest is alluded to several times but does not actually take place in the story.