Whereas every reasonable effort has been made to make this list as complete as possible, it may be that some warnings have escaped the author’s attention. We do hope though that this list covers most of the possible triggers which appear in the book without spoiling the story.
- emotional abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse, absent parent, abusive relationship, domestic abuse, beating, toxic relationship- the physical abuse and beating is mentioned, not graphically described. Abuse is not the main theme of the book, but is underlying behavior from antagonists, mainly.
- Father-son issues
- age-gap relationship
- Cheating
- Death of an animal-not graphic
- anger management issues
- eating, cooking for somebody else
- blood
- bullying by peers and media
- car accident
- death
- guilt
- homelessness
- homophobia
- coming out
- being outed
- rejection
- hospitalization
- racism (occurs once in the book)
- loss of a loved one
- grief
- manipulation
- medical stuff- not graphic, but some scenes are in a hospital
- narcissistic personality disorder
- sex scenes: some sex scenes are explicit; others are fade to black. None of the sex scenes are extremely graphic
- first time sex
- mild misogynistic language
- Stalking
- Catholic religion portrayed in a negative light
- disowning
- Use of the word “gypsy” is not a racial slur in this book, save for one occasion when it is used by a racist character.