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letters_from_gabriella'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Deportation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation
jazzyismuysnazzyygay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and War
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Racism
Minor: Outing
admunro20'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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, and Physical abuse
Minor: Domestic abuse and Deportation
swaggyfrog's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, War, and Deportation
Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Outing, and Classism
kyrstin_p1989'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
lolajh'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? No
5.0
Lily Hu. What a fantastic character. A Chinese American lesbian dealing with not just racism and lesbiphobia separately, but as overlapping things that create much more of an impact than one of these things by themselves. The portrayal of Lily’s lesbianism was portrayed a bit iffy in some parts, such as describing her intense focus on other girls’ bodies, but for the most part was described as more than skin-deep.
Lily’s love for Kath, a butch lesbian, was so bittersweet, and a lovely depiction of lesbian love. Their relationship transitions so seamlessly from friends to lovers, and despite the context they are in, neither have internalised homophobia about their lesbianism, and there are never any moments of shame between them after they show affection, which is something quite prominent in a lot of queer books done even in present context. Seeing Lily’s love for butches in this book where the butch is the love interest and femme as the mc was lovely, because I got to see Lily’s admiration for butch lesbians and for Kath. I can clearly see Lily as a femme, whilst it isn’t stated as clearly as Kath being butch, because of how she expresses her femininity in no way for a man, and because of her true love for butch lesbians. They are clearly Lily’s type; her love for butches was just so beautiful to see, and so different from traditionally feminine (but not femme) lesbian stories.
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, War, and Deportation