Reviews tagging 'Classism'

How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao

7 reviews

sharlottetheshark's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Stalking, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Mental illness, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Antisemitism, Blood, Fatphobia, and Medical content

izzyslittlelibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Racism, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, and Xenophobia

themoodreader's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Classism

Minor: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Classism, and Physical abuse

unhxly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Enjoyable plot but I wanted more, for example classicism and privelege was touched on but not talked about as indepth as I would've liked. The ending was pretty underwhelming.

We barely know the main villain, so the emotional impact wasn't there.

Enjoyed that there was a diverse cast, need to see more of that in the dark academia space.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Xenophobia

tahsintries's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

It's giving Gossip Girl, Ace of Spades, Pretty Little Liars, all of Karen McManus' YA books but set with a predominantly Asian cast. So if you liked any of those, this could be right up your alley. I enjoyed it although it was a little predictable. I connected a lot with the whole "Asian immigrant family expecting the best" thing because I experienced that in my school years. Like ridiculous expectations of being the best and not talking about your mental health struggles because you have to be strong and look at the sacrifices your family did so you could grow up in America. So some of it hit real close to home.
I wish at the end we knew the secret of the Golden Trio but it was still a fulfilling (although maybe a bit frustrating) ending.
F in the chat for Alexander tho. Man shot his shot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Fire/Fire injury

venetiana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I quite enjoyed this, the relationship dynamics were really good. The dialogues and the ending felt a bit less smooth, overall the plot seemed less consistent towards the end. Still entertaining!

(One thing I found really infuriating: the book shoving the school motto down my throat every few pages - I would definitely have remembered with much, MUCH fewer mentions, too. 🙃)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Classism, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Child death, Drug use, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship