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nikki3's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Transphobia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault
ecokeefe's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, and Sexual content
Moderate: Murder and Animal cruelty
Minor: Suicide and Deadnaming
2busyreading's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Pedophilia
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
ccard0223's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
bookgrind's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Sexual assault
Minor: Death
jenniferip's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault
nicki925's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Suicide, Rape, Sexism, and Animal cruelty
allapaz's review against another edition
3.75
tl;dr: good book, hard to recommend
Graphic: Torture, Eating disorder, Sexism, Animal death, Rape, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Gore, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse
Moderate: Cancer
ellebosco's review
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Pedophilia, and Self harm
snerp_reads's review
- 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
4.0
My main critiques are of the character Michael, and of the ending. I disliked that the only trans male character was the only victim to entirely lack a voice of his own; we only got to learn about him through social media posts (largely targeted at him through transphobia). While I was very hopeful to see a trans man being represented in a book about sexual assualt, I feel his story was the least fleshed out of all of them. This was especially disappointing considering that trans men have the highest rates of sexual violence against them, even compared to cis women. Giving a voice to a trans male character would've greatly benefited both the story, and the readers, especially compared to how long was spent giving a voice to an extremely misogynistic cis gay man instead.
The ending was slightly confusing, and I feel it flew over my head, which is my only critique of it.
Overall, a very well written book, diverse cast, but does fail to equally represent certain minorities portrayed.
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Rape, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Racism and Murder