The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
kmxler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Vomit, Blood, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
The mentions are small but I didn't want anyone to be caught off guard in any way!_rowantree_'s review against another edition
Graphic: Blood and Bullying
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, and Child death
Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, Ableism, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Incest, Fatphobia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Homophobia
_mak_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Body horror, and Grief
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Drug use, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Minor: Incest, Child abuse, and Pedophilia
sar_bear's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Graphic: Sexism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Homophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Eating disorder
honeybakedreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Minor: Classism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Cancer, Ableism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Cultural appropriation
msradiosilence's review against another edition
First of all, way to whitewash your main “native” character. Very SMeyer of you. How is it that the other POC character (Shaunee, a black woman) is allowed to have ‘mocha’/‘chocolate’ skin but Zoey goes from ‘tanned’ to ‘pale white’ hm? Sounds very…cultural appropriative, no?
For a book that has a gay character and a black character in the main cast, this book was *checks notes* fatphobic, transphobic, racist, and slut shame-y all in the first 8 pages! And it only gets worse!! This is why I fucking DNFed, because there is much better shit out there.
The writing was annoying as fuck, Zoey was super judgmental and annoying as fuck, all the other characters were shallow and annoying as fuck…did I mention how annoyed I was with this book?
I read it back in middle school (and bc of the blow job scene in the beginning was subsequently banned from reading it) but as an adult I’ve been going through a nostalgia period and this was one of the books I wanted to revisit. Honestly, thanks Mom and Dad for sparing me from the rest of this series.
Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Transphobia, Alcohol, and Sexual assault