chasingpages1'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: Dementia, Bullying, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Body shaming, Cursing, and Alcohol
olive21's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, Stalking, and Cancer
Minor: Homophobia
indydc'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
4.75
Moderate: Stalking, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Medical content
emmacarroll27'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? No
4.5
Minor: Medical content, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Racism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
ofpagesandparagraphs'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
3.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Dementia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Cursing and Stalking
burnt_milk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Terminal illness
Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
shutupiamreading'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? No
3.5
There were a lot of good themes here - mental health in health professionals, ageing, re-inventing yourself during middle age, controlling relationships - but overall I feel like the exploration of these themes lacked depth. Leaving out at least 1-2 of the characters and making it 50 pages shorter would've focused the plot more.
Graphic: Dementia, Infidelity, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
dogsyarnandbooks'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: Toxic relationship and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Stalking, and Hate crime
imstephtacular's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Sexism, Lesbophobia, Dementia, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Bullying, Vomit, and Alcoholism
Minor: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Stalking, Body shaming, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Terminal illness, Ableism, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship
jaja_1212's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
While I really enjoyed the characters and following their bonds forming, I would have preferred Bea's character to be more fleshed out than having a supporting character role. It seemed/felt like she was used as a bit of a device to make the Ionas character look good and to have more struggles for her character to work with.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Stalking, Gaslighting, Medical content, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Hate crime