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char_borg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
nonotyoshi's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
vettechmama3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Torture, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Abandonment
taobooks'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
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Torture and Violence
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment
sarah_sedai_blueajah's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Religious bigotry and War
bree_h_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
This book started out pretty shaky BUT I was won over by the amazing work of the narrator. She had a way of narrating things so that the banter and characters flowed in a way that the prose didn’t. I will also credit the book with the fact that Poppy felt like an 18-year-old girl scrabbling for control in her own life. The themes and exploration of them was interesting. Poppy’s character lent to these themes and it was fairly well done. Aside from that, the foreshadowing as fairly well done.
What really tanked this book for me was the last quarter of the book roughly. While it was declining slightly before the twist was revealed, that’s what destroyed the book for me. Everything about the characters and who they were felt like it vanished. Their actions stopped making sense and while I thought some changes after the reveal of the twist were well some, most didn’t. I stopped understanding Poppy and her actions. I found myself so frustrated with her and what she was doing that it tanked the book for me.
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia
cdoubet's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Kidnapping
Minor: Animal cruelty, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
ephemeral_remi'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, and War
Minor: Sexual content
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
jordanbennett29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The world building was a little confusing and just when I understood it, Hawke was Casteel and everything Poppy (and the reader) had been taught was a lie. Honestly i’m not mad about it though.
I truly went into this series so blindly and i’m so glad I did because I loved all of the plot twists!! JLA’s foreshadowing is a bit obvious in my opinion but again, i’m not mad. Loved the religious trauma. Loved Poppy’s inner journey, finding her worthiness and embracing that she is that GURL. 💅
off to make this series my whole personality 🤪
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Murder