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As Far as You'll Take Me by Phil Stamper

13 reviews

sighclopss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Bullying, and Body shaming

Minor: Sexual content

yoursupremereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a lighthearted exploration of what a lot of queer kids have and will go through in the future. Leaving your old life behind to find where you truly belong. To discover yourself, to understand true acceptance amongst a community, and exploring bit by bit who you want to become by the ending chapter in your life's story. Stamper has written something that looks to encourage and affirm young queer people that you weren't able to control the family and life you were born into, but you can definitely choose the life you want to live and the family you want to love. Another great addition to the YA queer modern canon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Outing, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

montyalmoro's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Outing, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

matheo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Bullying

nickthefailure's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Body shaming, and Bullying

larabezzina's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

This book was enjoyable and a quick read that helped break me out of a reading slump (I finished it in one sitting) however while the story was enjoyable there were aspects of the writing and some coverage of sensitive topics that felt superficial. For example it felt as though the author just googled touristy spots in London and then wrote from that. Furthermore, while some topics like navigating toxic relationships were covered in great depth there were several incidents in the book that seemingly came out of no where such as

eating disorders and an instance where the MC is nearly sexually assaulted

and were then resolved as though they were trivial which felt insincere, unrealistic and tested my suspension of belief (including the fact that the MC has

severe anxiety

but still manages to drop everything and move overseas without a solid plan). Still, the book does a fantastic job of representing lgbt young people, is a wonderful story about found family and was rich in musical knowledge that felt very authentic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

nicsnovellife's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Homophobia

snowhitereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

 Let’s talk about As Far as You’ll Take Me.


I was so excited to read this one but maybe my expectations were too high and I was left a bit disappointed.

First of all, the plot felt very unrealistic and rushed.

I didn’t really like or felt invested in the characters (besides Sophie).

The diary entries did nothing for me. I felt like they didn’t add anything to advance the plot or to connect with the main character.

I felt that there were some inconsistencies with the main character.
Plus, the subjects of eating disorders and toxic relationship/manipulation, for the most part, were glossed over.

However, I did love Sophie (I would much rather read a book about her) and the discussions of toxic friendships.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this book a lot.   Marty was an interesting character and I really respected the fact that he was brave enough to move to London by himself!!! And travel, and do so many other things! It was really nice to see a character living with chronic anxiety that didn't let it stop him from living his life. Sure there were a lot of things it kept him from doing, but he kept trying and pushing himself and learning and growing. I really enjoyed that.

All of the parts revolving around crash dieting really got to me. Definitely watch out for that if eating disorders are something that triggers you.  There were other aspects of this book that also weren't super fun to read. A lot of the people in Marty's life were really terrible people.

Luckily, he also had some family and new friends that were there for him and helped him out! I love the found family trope and it was heartwarming to find this one.  I also enjoyed the musical aspects!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Bullying

Outting, coercion

catherine_au1d's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Bullying, Homophobia, and Sexual content