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vagaybond's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
madmadmaddymad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I liked the sapphic elements, and the magic. I liked that there was a love triangle with an ex girlfriend and the new girl in town. I liked the themes of being a witch and not being able to tell anyone, juxtaposed against being a lesbian and being out about it.
The story itself had incredible pacing problems - I felt like I barely had a chance to get to know the characters and the world before all hell was breaking loose and they were being attacked by vengeful blood witches, hunters, arsonists, and some mysterious stalker set on vehicular manslaughter. It was like watching one of those teen shows on the CW. We were just trying to decide what to do about our high school crush, the loss of a first love, being in the “closet” (magically, at least) with your best friend…. I just wish this book had given me more CHARACTER moments? Because there was so much potential. The plot was too in-your-face, and it didn’t even feel that high stakes, when your main character is surviving a house fire only to be in a major car crash less than a hundred pages later.
It gets an extra star for what it COULD have been, if the author knew how to take her time.
Graphic: Gun violence, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Death of parent
karly_ackley'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
unicornofthesea'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
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
koraisreadingnow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Outing
wishbea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Many of the characters are stupid, including Hannah herself and every single responsible adult character that just let Hannah and Veronica wander about and do whatever they want despite the danger to their lives. Gemma's dialogue in particular got worse as the book went on, becoming extremely generic, Morgan was fine but it felt like she was just there to make the point of not all insert group of people only portrayed as being terrible up to this point are bad.
I will happily praise how this book deals with a teenager grieving though, it felt realistic, you can tell how raw Hannah is at that point and her actions are driven by those feelings.
Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, and Stalking
gracegeeks's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Stalking
Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia
empng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Stalking and Death of parent
lailaspacekate's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Biphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Vomit, and Car accident
thewellbitch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Blood, Stalking, and Alcohol