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2.5 stars rounding to 3 but I really didn't love this one. I think my main problem is that I disliked the main character right away and just never really liked her at any point in the story so that kinda ruined the story for me. I also had a huge problem with this book having a rape because obviously it's awful but I just didn't think it needed to happen, it didn't have a reason or purpose (and I am not explaining this right) but I guess what I mean is that I feel like it was just added for shock or something and I did not get it. It was pointless to me (not that there need to be a point or reason) but not even the victim cared. I felt like it was just like saying, I went to the grocery store and bought cookies. That is sort of what the rape felt, like no one cared much and definitely there were no consequences or action taken after the fact so needless to say I had a huge problem with it.
If it wasn't for Jamie redeeming this book I would have rated 1 star. I really liked his character so he was pretty much what made me finish this book. Also I do have to say kudos to the author for going through with the "villain/s" being who they were. I suspected but then I thought the author like many other will not follow through and just make the bad guy someone else but the bad guy ended up being someone you didn't want it to be so that was good, I liked that.
So many TW's on this one, I will just mention a few: rape, death, gun violence, drug use, drug dealing and fatphobia. I'm sure there are more but right now I cannot remember.
I think this book was also too long and could have benefited from being 100 pages shorter. I didn't like the ending of this story either.
Although definitely not for me and I will not read again, this book is highly rated and I believe others have loved it so read and decide for yourself.