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geooo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Transphobia and Vomit
jexjthomas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, Vomit, and Alcohol
Moderate: Biphobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Eating disorder and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Vomit, and Outing
Minor: Alcohol
fightmemacbeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Self harm and Vomit
natalie75's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, and Vomit
kendal_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Self harm
Moderate: Biphobia and Bullying
Minor: Vomit and Alcohol
pikkumarja's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
This volume has some serious themes like homophobia, eating disorders and self harm but the feeling is still very safe and hopeful since we know that Charlie and Nick are the endgame.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Vomit
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Transphobia
xinawebb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Minor: Eating disorder, Vomit, Outing, and Alcohol
jstarshine16'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
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Outing, and Alcohol
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Biphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Lesbophobia
actuallyjusthanne'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
3.5
The majority of this book was set while they were on a school trip to Paris, which was really fun. It was a change of pace from their usual setting and gave them more opportunities to discuss things that came up. It portrayed the experience of going on mildly supervised high school trips with your friends and acquaintances SO well
Stumbled down pretend alleyways / Cheap wine, make believe it's champagne / I was taken by the view
Like we were in Paris / Like we were somewhere else / Like we were in Paris, oh / We were somewhere else
There was also more exposition about Nick and Charlie's friends in this book: characters from the previous books are coming into their own.
Every book in this series has tackled a new hard concept: this one talks about self harm and disordered eating (which I think will progress into the next book). I'm impressed with the level of complexity that can be portrayed in such a short amount of time/space, with the amount of nuance needed to discuss hard topics. It's a bit on the nose, but all in all, a totally reasonable direction to take the book/story, in my opinion.
My ranking so far of the books in this series: 1>3>2. I'm getting really excited to watch the show after I finish book 4!
Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Bullying, Outing, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Vomit and Alcohol