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930 reviews
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Rape
Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Biphobia and Suicidal thoughts
4.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Racism, and Death of parent
3.0
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death and Infidelity
2.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility and Trafficking
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Transphobia
Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Deadnaming and Outing
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, and Car accident
5.0
This story follows two childhood friends Ella and Max. Ella’s moved back into town with her mother, after Ella’s brother is sentenced to death row for killing two people. At school she’s bullied and judged by her peers for being his sister, and tries to keep to herself. Meanwhile across the way, Max lives with his twin brother, and father both of whom he also cares for. His father is an alcoholic, who has frequent outbursts, and Max is the only one who takes care of him. All while trying to deal with the abandonment of his mother years prior. Ella and Max rekindle their bond, while overcoming many obstacles within themselves and their families. This book touches on grief, healing, young love, and does so in a beautiful way. I absolutely adored Max’s character! He was so sweet, kind, patient, and you can tell that he really loved Ella.
This story left me laughing, smiling, I was even shocked that this brought me to tears a couple of times. Now did this book have its flaws? Yes, there were a couple of moments throughout the book I found to be awkward or cliche, the color orange was mentioned one too many times, and the Winnie the Pooh references, while cute at first, did start to get a bit repetitive. Despite all these, the book as a whole just worked for me, I was able to overlook these moments and still have a good time.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Violence
Minor: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Dementia
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking
Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use