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- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
- THE FALL OF WHIT RIVERA is for all the cozy autumn lovers, for enemies to lovers lovers, and for everybody rooting for love.
- This book is a PSL for your brain. It’s filled with the most loving friends and family characters you’ll ever seen, every one of them supporting each other and openly showing how much they care.
- Whitney also has PCOS, which isn’t the central point of the plot but is certainly a major part of it. I appreciated that her chronic illness didn’t fade into the background as the book went on - in fact, she missed some really major events due to health crises. And this story shows beautifully how people can show up for their chronically ill loved ones.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Abandonment
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
- 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
5.0
- This book is beautifully written, expertly plotted, and a completely horrifying experience in multiple ways.
- Due drew on historical accounts and the history of her own family to write this book, and it shows. It often felt like I was reading a firsthand account of these terrible events, even when the supernatural elements were woven in.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Moderate: Rape and Slavery
Minor: Antisemitism
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Cursing, Fatphobia, and Alcohol
Moderate: Racism and Sexual content
Minor: Biphobia
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Sexual content
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
- I knew Orange would break my heart with WANDERING STARS, and he sure did.
- Orange expands on the legacy of colonization and the generational traumas that stem from it, showing different ways they manifested throughout the decades.
- Orange’s writing is so gorgeous, the kind of writing that you can’t imagine being done any other way.
- I reread THERE THERE immediately before this one, and am happy to report that the anti-fat bias in the first book is almost entirely gone.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape
Did not finish book. Stopped at 44%.
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
- LORE OF THE WILDS immediately drew me in. I was an instant fan of Lore and her will to survive and fight. I found the world of this book intriguing. Books about fae are numerous now, but this one found that line between terrifying and alluring perfectly.
- I thought when picking this up that it was a YA novel, and the tone of it reads that way, especially in the beginning. Then, about 75% in, things turn very spicy and very dark, and oh wait Lore isn’t the teenager I thought she was? It was a bit jarring.
- I’m gonna try to do this bit without spoilers. There was a character whose motivations I absolutely could not figure out until it dawned on me that this was part of a plot twist. So that unfortunately wasn’t much of a twist for me, and I wish there had been a better effort at hiding it.
- All that said, I’m looking forward to book two and I think Sbrana is an author to watch.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual violence
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Racism
4.25
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Racism, Sexism, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic