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dcnireads'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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use and Suicide
bdombi'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
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Drug use
thehannahclaire'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
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Car accident
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
sparklingpynk's review against another edition
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Car accident
anh_off's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Drug use
meggiemeggie52'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use and Alcohol
katekatiekait's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Child death and Suicide
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Drug use
caitlin_bookchats'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
I'm struggling a bit to rate this book though. It's a romance so the main couple matters quite a lot. Here's I was not so invested in them as a couple as I was invested in them as individuals. And somehow, as individuals being together was what they needed.
Yet I'm still not certain I understand how we got from the words and actions of our FMC in the first few chapters to their romantic involvement. I feel like I missed something.
At the same time I really appreciated and admired the big swing of the emotional conflict here. the FMC and the MMC both had a lot of baggage specifically between them, but not necessarily baggage that could be solved. If that makes any sense. Rather, they had to learn to live with it and that felt very emotionally honest.
I loved the character development the FMC went though most of all and her relationship with the MMC was an important part of that.
So, I'm going to give it 4 stars for now but I reserve the right to downgrade if my memory of the book fades too much. You better believe I'll be picking up Kuang's next book though.
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Car accident
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Drug use
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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
pantslint'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
This book is funny and emotional. I really enjoyed the little snippets of what it's like to love and resent your immigrant parents. There's a quote from the book where Helen's dad is "sitting on the couch, watching some bootlegged Chinese historical drama series on his iPad" and thinking about that quote makes me laugh every time, because I can only picture my own father doing the same thing.
Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Car accident
Minor: Drug use and Alcohol