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haileyeh'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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit
tiffyb's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Death of parent
spooderman'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Miscarriage, Racism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Classism
allydoessomereading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent
blue_is_at_sea'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? Yes
3.0
I had a bit of a problem getting into the book because I did not like the main character at all. I ended up listening to the audiobook for some portions to get through these hard parts.
As the book went on and we learned more about her, instead of disliking her, I just felt sad about how judgmental she was, and the decisions she made. It was clear she was not facing any of her problems head on, which makes sense if she wants to avoid everything by sleeping for a year. I think this contributes to why I didn’t love the book. I just felt like we never really got to see her emotional state or get to know how she actually felt. This made me feel like it was just a series of events that were described to us, rather than it being something that we experienced along with the main character. It felt slightly surface level. I wish it went a little deeper.
The middle of the book drags on, but it stuck with it because I knew we were moving towards a specific event and I was curious to see how it would be handled in the end. I’m kind of glad we didn’t spend too much time on it in the ending, because that would have been a distracting emotional weight that was unearned. However, I’m still disappointed that even with such a tragic end, we still don’t really get any insight into her emotional state.
Overall, it was a fine read.
Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Body shaming and Classism
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Vomit
reverielms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death of parent
milanaradic'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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent
lauren176's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
arianne7'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
i think the way this book is written really elevated the experience because you are aware the narrator is conscious of her privilege and her reasoning for being in everyone’s lives was that.
i feel like a take away i did get from this book was to find appreciation for the parts of life where i have no control over it. there’s so much going on in reality that it’s important to be aware of it and take advantage of its beauty. there’s more to life than the situations i deal with personally which i think was a good like closing statement?
i’ll give it a solid 4 stars only because i did enjoy it and there was a moral i did walk away with.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Rape, Grief, Abortion, and Alcohol
rissareadss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol