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username330's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
richofficer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Abandonment
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual harassment
thatswhatshanread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Yes, it’s a fast read, and no, it doesn’t glorify school shooters. But everything else about it was so wrong, and didn’t do real life mass shooting survivors and victims any justice. The lack of research on the subject is obvious, which is incredibly disheartening. To me, the book just seemed like a grab for money.
The characters were so one-dimensional, and the familial relationships were confusing because of their lack of depth one minute, and their dialogue being the opposite the next minute. All of the different POVs could’ve honestly been the same person. That’s how little each character differed from the next. None of them stood out except for the school shooter, who was also very cookie-cutter evil from start to finish, giving in to every stereotype, written very lazily IMO, which really diminished the severe gravity of an event like this. None of the characters faltered from their specified roles, unfortunately rendering most of the story rather forgettable.
Also, the town the story is set in is called Opportunity, and was name dropped beyond proclivity. Which just angered me even more. The writing in general was just not great.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Cursing
mokiethe_dog34'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
3.75
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Car accident
sj_booksgram's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
miandi'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ameoba'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
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, and Outing
lay777'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Abandonment