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orchidlilly'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
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
skudiklier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Also, spoiler:
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Torture, Violence, and Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
margotcolville'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
3.75
Here's the big, BiG, BIG problem with this, especially as a middle-grade novel. He is the only character throughout the entire story who uses a mobility device and it is an active symbol for his evilness. "The deformed body giving face to the deformed heart" (Amanda Leduc, Disfigured). When this is part of minimal exposure a child has to disability, which is by far the average if not above average experience in America, that generalizes with or without the child realizing it. So, when they go to school and have a new classmate that uses a wheelchair, for example, they associate that child and their wheelchair with Mr. Curtain, how he used his chair, how his chair was described, and his status as the villain.
Moderate: Ableism
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, and Abandonment
shomarq's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia