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legendoflala'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
4.0
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content
madisonstarkov'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
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Alcohol
hazelsnoot'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Outing, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol
merryfaith's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Alcohol
amberinpieces's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Medical content
readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
lettuce_read's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, and Racism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
readingwithtemperance's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I definitely felt for our MC. Friends/relationships and all of the social confusion that comes along with them can be hard to navigate, let alone on top of trying to keep your grades up AND your family happy.
It made me happy that Jessie found her people in the end though.
I absolutely saw my younger self in her. And this book really helped heal my inner teen a bit.
Graphic: Ableism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, and Racism
looseleafellie's review against another edition
5.0
I’m usually a reader who needs a high concept to get interested in a contemporary novel, and I’m also not a big fan of love triangles. So imagine my surprise when this book pulled me in, made me feel every emotion under the Sun, and ultimately left me wishing I could create a time vortex back to 2015 and give this book to my younger self!
A huge reason I couldn’t stop reading was Jessie herself. She’s one of the most charming, charismatic, relatable characters I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. The plot itself held my interest, but I’d read a book about her going grocery shopping.
This book joins the very short list of love triangle stories that don’t annoy me, and it’s largely cause it fits the themes so well. Plus, it was fun to see Griffin and Levi embarrass themselves over Jessie. I won’t spoil who Jessie ends up with, but it was who I hoped she’d choose in the end!
Fun fact: I read the last few chapters of this book on my local library’s patio, and I was so engrossed in finding out where Jessie’s story would go that I forgot the patio closed at 5pm, so I had to vault unceremoniously over a large planter in order to get free. So if that doesn’t tell you how gripping this story is, I don’t know what does.
Long story short, if you’re interested in a YA novel full of authentic teenage feelings, an engaging protagonist, and two boys being embarrassingly pathetic over said protagonist, you need to check this out!
CWs: Anti-Arab racism, ableism, toxic relationships and friendships, bullying, cheating, relationship between a minor and an adult, death of a family member, and underage alcohol and cannabis use.
Graphic: Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Death
ghostingarden's review against another edition
5.0
This is the kind of book that makes me wish time machines existed so that I could go back in time and let 15 year old me read this because she would've really needed it. I can't truly put into words how much Jessie means to me as a character but it's a lot!! Also, I'm not usually a fan of love triangles but this one didn't make me want to rage throw my phone at a wall so that's a win for sure!!! Khalilieh wrote such a beautifully sweet and honest story and I hope everyone who reads this book loves it as much as I did.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Ableism, Death, and Racism