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Breaking Free by Winter Page
3.0
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was written by a 14-year-old, and judging by that, the prose is pretty good. What I expected to be a feel-good story about a trans lesbian teen ended up being filled with a lot of triggering and dark content, so it definitely isn't a light read. Also, I feel like the frequent date-rape in the book was not really treated as seriously - instead almost like it was "normal".

Brad being gay is like, okay, whatever. But his idea to hurt Rain in order to improve their reputation is just crazy.

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