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jilliant's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, and Transphobia
ecokeefe's review
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Murder
Minor: Deadnaming and Suicide
snerp_reads'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? 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 cruelty, Animal death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Racism and Murder
spinesofsam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, and Murder
eeiquihua's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Murder
hazedover's review
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
acg2285's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
cozy_little_booknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Self harm, and Transphobia
Minor: Terminal illness and Murder
wickedgrumpy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
The writing was quite well done, kind of a bit of mixed media with the journal entries, chat logs, transcripts, poetry, and radio show vibes. The first three victims were well fleshed out and their trauma was ever present and horrifying. The later ones felt more superficial though I'm not really sure why. There were also quite a few questions that were raised in the plot that were never answered that made it feel a bit rushed.
I do think this is a good book that has a lot of value in representing sexual assault as a whole and especially in male victims. However, with all that in mind, I don't feel like I was the intended audience because I don't generally like to read books about rape. I suppose I didn't expect it to be quite so graphic about it.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol
erica_reads_things's review
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol