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directorpurry'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
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
kacie_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Idk, I feel like I need to let this marinate a little longer. The story isn’t bad, but it just felt like it never truly got started.
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Bullying
angelicaro'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident
catsnebulareads'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
3.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, and Car accident
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child abuse and Pregnancy
mrsmishler'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
2.75
Graphic: Death and Medical content
Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
allisonstockslager's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Child death and Grief
Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy
andrewhatesham's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Don't go into this thinking it's gonna be scary or very plot driven, it's more of a reflective character driven story.
Minor: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol
ericaw212's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Drug use and Pregnancy
trippalli'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? No
4.25
His uncle helps him overcome his fear of monsters and together they face the ghosts of the area and town which the boys comes to learn are in many ways very close to his uncle's personal experiences, which he can no longer remember. There is also a friend who appears to be bipolar and has manic episodes despite being on medication, so while nothing bad comes off these episodes they could trigger our upset some people.
Overall a good book that talks about really important topics in mental health and life in a tasteful and realistic way I appreciate. It's philosophical and thoughtful get also fairly light and easy to read story that handles historic family tragedy and all works out for the people in current day story
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, and Medical trauma
joykeya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation