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marslotus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual content and Death of parent
queenkath32's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship
clemrain's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
The first third of the book was painful to get through. The second third picked up. And the last third sped through everything.
It took me a month to finish this, and that included me pushing through the first hundred pages over three days, not reading it for a month and completing the rest of the book slowly over two hours.
There was just a lot going on in this story and it would’ve been much better if the story arc spanned volumes instead of just pages of one volume.
I did not enjoy the characters.
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Grief
rachelditty'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
4.25
Quotes I liked:
"Was it worse to leave him like that or to tell him he was ust part of a sciece experiment? A baking soda volcano, thrown together last minute, without thought. Without care." (p. 237)
"I could have pushed harder, gotten mom to let me stay home. But maybe I wanted to be judged. Maybe I knew the scale of 1 to 10 didn't even come close to being able to rank what I had done." (p. 244)
"Or I can just be myself, and tell people, 'Hey, I'm Amanda! And I happen to be gay!' Maybe even reverse it. 'Hey, I'm gay! And I happen to be Amanda!'" (p. 262).
"Dad was right. Always choose flying over invisibility." (p. 271).
"We don't get to choose who we love. But sometimes we get lucky and fall for someone wonderful." (p. 280).
"Kinda crazy that I had ever thought I was alone." (p. 291).
Graphic: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
marshiereads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship
paperstxrs's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Sexual content
danicampbell0506's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
livcbrown's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship
christineazopf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Outing
flamesocks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia