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megelizabeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
I mostly really liked this, and I absolutely adored Daniel and Rex (and Daniel and Ginger's friendship <3). I usually love more of a slowburn, but I actually found it really refreshing that the relationship develops fairly early on but that there's then a lot of focus on both characters working through their respective traumas and coming to understand how to be together in a healthy way. There's a lot of super heavy stuff in here, but the overarching beautiful love story definitely balances it out.
The only thing I wasn't really a fan of is how Leo's character is dealt with. A lot of the parts involving him just really rubbed me up the wrong way, and it would've been so easy to just change a few small aspects and get rid of the uncomfortableness. I also don't think that I'll continue the series, as I'm not at all convinced that the next book's protagonist at all deserves a redemption arc...but I did overall really like this one as a standalone!
Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Vomit and Blood
Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt
galleytrot'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
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Hate crime, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death of parent, Infidelity, Violence, Vomit, Classism, Cursing, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Ableism, Car accident, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Death
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Abortion, Blood, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Suicide
camill3's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Vomit
madscientistcat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual content, and Cursing
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition
- 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: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Bullying, Cancer, Alcohol, and Violence
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Vomit
ashleycmms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Hate crime, Car accident, Grief, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Violence
Minor: Suicide attempt