smellymiche's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Eating disorder
tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Death of parent and Murder
a_wren_that_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Self harm, Body horror, Classism, Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Dysphoria
applesaucecreachur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Spoiler
Tally's mouth to David in that breakup scene toward the end? Delicious. I wasn't even invested in either of her little relationships before that point but oh boy. Did that rope me in.Spoiler
New Pretty Town as I've been curious to know more about it since book oneThat said, I can't go without mentioning this book's problems. I'll start with a more neutral one:
Spoiler
The "primative" villagers, at least at this point, feel like an unnecessary addition that gum up the plot's gears. The role that they serve, at least in the timeline of this book, is to reveal to Tally both the drastic measures that the scientists and Specials will take to learn about "human nature", and that this nature is inherently violent. Groundbreaking (/s). But couldn't we have learned this by, I don't know, having Tally stumble upon confidential files or an old newspaper article or something? Did we need an entire new civilization and cast of characters thrown into the last few chapters of a book already crowded with new terms for classes of people?Spoiler
Tally and ZaneSpoiler
Shay's new, creepy cliqueSpoiler
to heal their brain lesionsSpoiler
the bad guys of sortsWould I read it again? Absolutely not. But boy howdy, did I enjoy every minute. All I have to say about this ridiculous and perfect book is: Get it, Tally Youngblood. Eat your pretty little face and your big ugly heart out.
Graphic: Self harm and Eating disorder
Moderate: Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Minor: Body shaming and Racism
jbaysinger_1069's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship
tinyflame4'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? No
2.75
Moderate: Self harm and Eating disorder
cow_inthe_closet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Confinement
Moderate: Alcohol and Body shaming
Minor: Medical content
kristakp's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism and Medical trauma
Moderate: Eating disorder
tomnoor's review against another edition
3.5
Spoiler
Didn’t love the way both disordered eating and self harm were used as plot devices, between the main characters starving themselves for weeks to become as skinny as possible for their brilliant escape plan, and the sub plot of a whole group of teens who take pride in cutting themselves to feel more aliveSpoiler
Graphic: Self harm and Eating disorder
delvainy'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Eating disorder