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augie_grabenstein's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
For a book about a queer youth, there was A LOT of homophobia and transphobia in this book.
Graphic: Homophobia and Transphobia
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Domestic abuse
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
bookishsapphicshay'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Moderate: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Incest
pinkupengu's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria
Disrespectful representation on trans individualrobinks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol and Dysphoria
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit
the_crooked_neighbor's review
- 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
Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Death and Death of parent
wynterwonderland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
arlangrey17'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
3.25
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Alcohol