katiewhocanread'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? No
Graphic: Ableism and Grief
Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Medical content, and Bullying
stvnh's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Ableism
Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Bullying, Medical content, and Gaslighting
t_higgsreviews's review against another edition
5.0
CAWPILE = 9.29
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Misogyny and Terminal illness
creativeworld'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? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, and Gaslighting
mx_socks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Car accident, and Grief
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Bullying
Minor: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
anniereads221's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief
Moderate: Death of parent and Medical content
Ableist slursmarinable_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, and Car accident
tfortilney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Ableism
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Death
christiemackie'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: Ableism and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Car accident, and Bullying
annalisaely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I absolutely loved Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicolls - as an autistic book reviewer I first found Elle on autistic and writing Twitter, which led to me buying her first book, A Kind of Spark, which I've reviewed here before and also loved. I continued to follow her publishing journey online until this book, a near future scifi with holograms and a bit of AI run by a suspicious company called Pomegranate, was ready to come out. Our main character's brother works at Pomegranate and she meets the son of the owner at a company party (this is MG, so both of them are about 12). Cora and Adrien immediately find common ground because they are both neurodivergent, Cora being autistic and Adrien having ADHD. I adored their friendship and it reminded me a lot of how much I enjoy talking to other people like me. When Pomegrante wants to interview Cora to figure out how to work holograms of autistic people better, Adrien advises against it, and only a tragedy can overrule his advice and send her running into their arms. The representation and how this book addressed ableism was very meaningful to me and I'm so happy to have read it!
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Car accident
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death of parent