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* HeroesWantRedheads: Red-haired Julie is courted by two boys. She's even referred to as a "hot redhead".
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* RedheadsAreRavishing: Red-haired Julie is courted by two boys. She's even referred to as a "hot redhead".
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* AbusiveParents: Emotionally abusive variety. Barry's mother is incredibly controlling and really disapproves of his relationship with Helen - to the degree where she accuses Helen of being the one who shot him. Ray's father makes no secret of how disappointed he is that his son isn't into sports.
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* AbusiveParents: Emotionally abusive variety.
** Barry's mother is incredibly controlling and really disapproves of his relationship with Helen - to the degree where she accuses Helen of being the one who shothim. him.
** Ray's father makes no secret of how disappointed he is that his son isn't into sports.
** Barry's mother is incredibly controlling and really disapproves of his relationship with Helen - to the degree where she accuses Helen of being the one who shot
** Ray's father makes no secret of how disappointed he is that his son isn't into sports.
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* PracticallyDifferentGenerations:
** Elsa and Helen Rivers are young adults with younger siblings who are toddlers.
** [[spoiler:Collie and Megan Gregg]] are also young adults while their younger brother David was six years old.
** Elsa and Helen Rivers are young adults with younger siblings who are toddlers.
** [[spoiler:Collie and Megan Gregg]] are also young adults while their younger brother David was six years old.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Helen is just one of six children, [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations two of whom are toddlers at the oldest]] during the book's main events.
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* ManlyFacialHair: Ray grows a beard during the year he spends away, prompting Barry to think "Ray's face was now a ''man's'' face" when he sees him again.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Helen is just one of six children, [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations two of whom are toddlers at the oldest]] during the book's mainevents.events--at one point, Elsa even yells at them in a manner more akin to her being their parent rather than their older sister.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Helen is just one of six children, [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations two of whom are toddlers at the oldest]] during the book's main
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[[JustForFun/IThouughtThatWas Has nothing to do with the song by]] Music/ShawnMendes and Music/CamilaCabello.
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[[JustForFun/IThouughtThatWas Has nothing to do with the song by]] Music/ShawnMendes and Music/CamilaCabello.
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If it's not an example, then there's no need to list it as one
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* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted. Julie regains consciousness to see the police taking Bud away]].
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* WHAMLine: From Julie's mind [[spoiler: "This is the same old Bud Wilson. The same old Collingsworth Wilson"]]
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* WHAMLine: From Julie's mind [[spoiler: "This is the same old Bud Wilson. The same old Collingsworth Wilson"]]Wilson".]]
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* HeelRealization: Literally. After Barry is able to move his foot, he says "I've done a terrible thing" and asks for the phone so that he can make a call. The reader later learns that he called Ray to tell him the truth about the shooting, warn him that he and the girls were in danger, and declare that he is releasing them from the pact.
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* HeelRealization: Literally. After Barry is able to move his foot, he says "I've done a terrible thing" and asks for the phone so that he can make a call. The reader later learns that he called Ray to tell him the truth about the shooting, warn him that he and the girls were in danger, and declare that he is releasing them from the pact.
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** [[spoiler: What Collie thinks he's doled out to Barry when he learns that the shot merely left him paralyzed rather than killing him. "For a guy like Barry, life in a wheelchair might be worse than no life at all"]]
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** [[spoiler: What Collie thinks he's doled out to Barry when he learns that the shot merely left him paralyzed rather than killing him. "For a guy like Barry, life in a wheelchair might be worse than no life at all"]]all".]]
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* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler:Ray clobbers Collie unconscious with a flashlight.]]
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** Barry [[spoiler: From the minute the accident happens, his chief thought is getting away from the scene and covering up their role, fretting only about how much trouble he'll get into, as he was the one driving. When Julie gets the note, he dismisses her and Helen's concern--it's pretty obvious he's the only one of the group who doesn't have any remorse over what happened. When he's shot, he not only flat-out lies about why, he lets Helen be blamed for it, all to cover his own ass]]. Plus, he's been stringing Helen along, not only having no intention of making a serious commitment to her, but is cheating on her left and right--yet flips out upon hearing that a male friend accompanied her to the hospital and is ready to dump her instantly.
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** Barry Barry. [[spoiler: From the minute the accident happens, his chief thought is getting away from the scene and covering up their role, fretting only about how much trouble he'll get into, as he was the one driving. When Julie gets the note, he dismisses her and Helen's concern--it's pretty obvious he's the only one of the group who doesn't have any remorse over what happened. When he's shot, he not only flat-out lies about why, he lets Helen be blamed for it, all to cover his own ass]]. Plus, he's been stringing Helen along, not only having no intention of making a serious commitment to her, but is cheating on her left and right--yet flips out upon hearing that a male friend accompanied her to the hospital and is ready to dump her instantly.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Helen is just one of six children, [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations two of whom are toddlers at the oldest]] during the book's main events.
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* MickeyMousing: The gunman who [[spoiler:shoots Barry]] times the shot with Memorial Day fireworks.
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* TragicKeepsake: Ray notes that the newspaper clipping he received is probably one, given the smell of the paper and creasing.
-->"The clipping was yellowed from exposure. Someone had handled it often and read it many times. It was creased down the middle and had the smell of old dollar bills. Someone had kept it in a wallet, perhaps, drawing it out at odd times during the day to look at it, to dwell upon it. Someone had finally come to a decision and had addressed an envelope and mailed the clipping to an eighteen-year-old boy named Raymond Bronson."
-->"The clipping was yellowed from exposure. Someone had handled it often and read it many times. It was creased down the middle and had the smell of old dollar bills. Someone had kept it in a wallet, perhaps, drawing it out at odd times during the day to look at it, to dwell upon it. Someone had finally come to a decision and had addressed an envelope and mailed the clipping to an eighteen-year-old boy named Raymond Bronson."
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The Cheerleader is no longer a trope
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* TheCheerleader: Julie was previously a cheerleader. After the accident she quit the squad and focused on her school work. [[spoiler: Her cheerleading uniform is also a plot point]].
