fieldfarmer'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? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse
Minor: Homophobia and Biphobia
kmac20'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
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Toxic relationship and Alcoholism
sophietoes'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
we follow ozzie pinkerton, a high schooler searching for his missing boyfriend, tommy (whom only he seems to remember) and coming to terms with his parents’ divorce and older brother, renny’s enlistment in the army. he’s growing apart from his best friend, lua, may be falling in love with his physics partner, calvin, and to top it all off the universe is shrinking and nobody seems to realize. it’s an incredibly gripping story filled with mystery, drama and romance and ugh. just so good. i love this book. all the stars in the ever shrinking universe.
Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Cursing
clarekistler16's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Infidelity
meadowlarks's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Self harm, Rape, and Sexual assault
ninaevan'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
4.25
Long story: my feelings abt it changed so much throughout the book- for the first half I was totally obsessed by the concept and griped by the mystery and then it took so long to reach to reach resolution that for a minute I thought it wouldn’t. From about the half way point til about 50 pages til the end I thought it was a flop because it almost felt like an entire book about the first half of a story… I just expected more lead chasing and clue uncovering. When it opened with the plane crash mystery, it felt like the start of something and then he just never got another lead and I really thought it would be irredeemably undeveloped but those last 50 pages really pulled everything together and it ended up blowing my mind. I do think that something more could have happened in the 200-400 page section or that it could have been cut down cause it was a little long and felt like it was loosing track of the original plot and going off into some other plot but not fully committing to the switch… but again, it pulled thru and achieved the “above 4 star” rating.
My scoring:
5.00 | = everyone in the world must read this book
4.75 | = between 4.5 and 5
4.50 | = dessert island book
4.25 | = between 4 and 4.5
4.00 | = great, solid, recommendable book
3.75 | = almost a 4, but not quite
3.50 | = not a 4, but I had a good time
3.25 | = rough patches, but not bad
3.00 | = meh, read-able but nothing to write home about
2.75 | = between a 2.5 and 3
2.50 | = there’s something I liked here but it wasn’t enough to be good
2.25 | = between a 2 and 2.5
2.00 | = not good and there was nothing I liked
1.00 | = bad
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Blood, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
pogue'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
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
being_stupid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Rape, and Pedophilia
mxfahrenheit's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Blood, and Sexual content