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lilcurious's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Moderate: Abandonment, Self harm, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Homophobia
acesiever's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
gbeanie's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, and Bullying
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, and Drug use
Minor: Self harm and Child abuse
veskumelooni's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Suicide and Child abuse
Minor: Abandonment
louisallama's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I think I found it very hard to connect with Henry is because the book felt quite juvenile. Usually I'm fine with YA but for whatever reason it really didn't work for me this time. I'm not sure why but I was just completely uninvested in Henry's life and emotions. He has multiple very big and real problems that are poinient even to adults, and yet he never got past feeling like a whiny teenager to me.
The other problem is that there are a whole slew of deep, existential questions that could come of finding out that aliens have given you the choice to stop the world from ending in 144 days and this book explores basically none of them. I understand that it was more used as a vehicle for Henry deciding whether he wanted to live, without the trauma of making an actively suicidal main character for the whole book, but he ends up being very blasé about it. The closest we got to Henry asking these questions of himself, was him asking the extremely obvious, "am I going to push the button" throughout the book, as well as asking every character what they would do if they knew the world was going to end but they could stop it, both of which are resolved every time within a paragraph or two. I would think that this is something that I would agonise over, especially if I wasn't fully swayed one direction or the other. And while Henry's life truly is a steaming pile of garbage, linking this back with not feeling connected to him, I never actually felt like he was suicidal at any point, or ever had any conviction to press or not press the button.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Dementia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Grief, and Suicide
Moderate: Self harm, Miscarriage, Cursing, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
niteskyi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Suicide, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Bullying, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
aspen_suxs's review
- 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, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Mental illness, and Suicide
Moderate: Abandonment, Self harm, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, and Miscarriage
eboresow's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Alcohol and Child abuse
edencruz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Bullying
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
Minor: Child abuse
miiine's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Suicide, Homophobia, Dementia, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, and Child abuse