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underwaterlauren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, and Death of parent
anniepatt's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
bev3203's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer and Death
heatherinthenether'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? No
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation
books4bee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
kimveach'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism
jmcampbell57'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death and Abandonment
Minor: Drug use
plantybooklover'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
3.0
In Red at the Bone we explore the relationships and the journey built around Melody, a child of a teen pregnancy. Unlike many teen pregnancies, Melody is born into a well to do family that has many resources to help her, and her parents succeed. The story begins at Melody's Coming out celebration when she is 16- the same age her mother was when she was born. The author moves between different points of view- Melody, her grandparents, and her parents. The coming out celebration is a great vehicle for the adults, and Melody to indulge in memories of her short life, explaining how things came to be the way that they were between Melody and the adults who care for her. The author is able to tell the entire story of how this child came into existence through the memories of these adults - while exploring the effects of this pregnancy on all the people, both positive and negative.
This book was well written and has some excellent thought provoking moments, I just couldn't quite get myself immersed in it, possibly because it is very short, and also possibly because I listened to it on audio book, and they used several different people to "play" each character which I found a little unsettling.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Pregnancy
mengzhenreads'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Grief
Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Hate crime
davidrb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug use, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Pregnancy