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booksthatburn 's review for:
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
by Patrick Ness
DID NOT FINISH: 30%
I wanted to like this, but I generally don't like YA contemporary, and once all the weird/magic/superhero stuff is confined to brief glimpses and chapter headings, it leaves an interestingly framed YA contemporary novel where crushes, school dances, and ongoing parental neglect are the big stakes. I'm not interested in those stakes, but if you are then this might work for you. The depiction of OCD was realistic in a way that might be triggering for anyone else who has it, including a lot of ideation. I haven't read anything else I can recall with such a realistic portrayal of this condition, so I liked that inclusion, but that wasn't enough to hold my interest (especially when that started getting stressful for me). It has a very irreverent tone which is used for everything from crush woes to discussions of current and past trauma, so please check the CWs before proceeding.
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Excrement, Vomit