saliwali'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: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Medical content
I made it 30 minutes into this book last spring and stopped because, trigger warning,ash_bees'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Reminiscent of the movie "It's A Wonderful Life," except instead of only experiencing one alternative, the protagonist experiences many. It does get a bit preachy, but so did "It's A Wonderful Life."
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
nick13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship
Minor: Pregnancy
margaret_k30's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt and Self harm
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Stalking
madeleine726'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
Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide, Death of parent, Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship
stardustmelody'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
1.0
Graphic: Animal death, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Self harm, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Cancer, Car accident, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Medical content, and Infidelity
Minor: Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Vomit, and Stalking
shieldbearer'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? No
1.0
This book is obstensibly about finding a purpose and seeing the good things in life, but it's literally just "oh you see none of the bad things that happened were actually YOUR FAULT and you are unfair to blame yourself for them" I would have been fine if this was the result of one or two of the anecdotes but this was the message of LITERALLY ALL of them. There's no nuance here and our main character barely has a personality.
The writer of this book has clearly actually experienced depression, which makes this worse and proves that Own Voices isn't inherently superior. (I'm depressed too so don't come at me, I know what I'm talking about.) This writer has also definitely never experienced any actual money problems- the protagonist's vague thought at the end of the book, after being so desperately broke that they couldn't afford an uber, was "oh, I'll find some money somewhere tomorrow and buy that nice old man flowers." This line alone would have prompted a one star review. JUST FIND SOME MONEY??? JUST FIND SOME MONEY?????
Also yes turning your cat outdoors DOES actually make you a bad cat owner. hate this book, the more you think about it the more it falls apart.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Car accident, Dementia, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Animal death, and Panic attacks/disorders
sarananas'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
2.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
sunberry'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
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Death
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Self harm
Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Ableism
ging090803'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
4.25
I loved how she could experience so many lives and see all the possibilities. It was a great reminder for the reader and it was not only big choices, it was all the choices she could have made in her life. She saw how it could change, or not, her life as she know it. The Book of Regret was a great representation of us, all humans.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, and Drug use