Review by imstephtacular - The World Divided by Piper

imstephtacular 's review for:

The World Divided by Piper by Caela Carter

4.75

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh, Piper! My darling Piper! This book made me cry and clutch my chest and I just fell in love with the story and it’s fierceness

The goodness inside:

Children’s academic decathlon

Gifted and talented kids

The isolation of being smarter / more advanced than your peers

Age appropriate discussion of intersectionality and privilege

Young feminists realizing the world is not built to empower and support women and femmes and discovering that systemic oppression is reality and it sucks

A new baby and a new stepdad and a sister who isn’t around and a mom who can’t give you attention you need

What happens when you focus on honesty instead of always choosing “niceness”

ADHD / neurodiverse rep

Trans / non-binary rep

Tons of medical content but so fascinating to me because I was previously unaware of precocious puberty

BIG FEELINGS!!!!

Beautiful character growth

I’m so glad this book was able to tackle these topics in a way that was honest and compelling

Content Warnings