charliebella's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm, Body shaming, and Eating disorder
bookerbride's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I really wanted to like this book, but I guess it wasn't for me. I was into the premise of finding your 5, of questioning who (still) matters.
The build-up took up too much of the book and the end felt rushed.
Plus, I'm willing to pay extra to get quotation marks.
I thought that Freckles and Rooster had a great thing going of giving each other advice and after the hurt it would have been nice to explore how they make each other better.
One really weird character was Pops. Let's ignore the questionworthy relationship/encounter with his student. But what was up with him hearing mice, neglecting himself after being called out by a woman who wasn't into his advances? And all of a sudden, he's back to normal?! This didn't make sense to me.
The build-up took up too much of the book and the end felt rushed.
Plus, I'm willing to pay extra to get quotation marks.
Spoiler
I thought that Freckles and Rooster had a great thing going of giving each other advice and after the hurt it would have been nice to explore how they make each other better.
One really weird character was Pops. Let's ignore the questionworthy relationship/encounter with his student. But what was up with him hearing mice, neglecting himself after being called out by a woman who wasn't into his advances? And all of a sudden, he's back to normal?! This didn't make sense to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual content
Moderate: Pregnancy, Blood, and Infidelity
ell_n's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment and Self harm
Minor: Drug use
lisamarie_'s review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Drug use, and Self harm
britt_zonnebloempit's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Initially, I really, truly hated this book. I was ready to actually DNF, but I'm glad I pushed through and read all of it!
What's annoying is that Cecilia apparently hates quotation marks and question marks? Which are, in my honest opinion, very necessary to make a book readable. It took me way longer than necessary to read this, just because these were missing. I don't know why writers decide to leave this out, but it's a horrible decision, especially in a story that moves along this slowly.
I didn't like Allegra and it took me forever to get to the halfway point where the story actually started to get interesting. I didn't like any of the characters. I didn't care for the casual mention of self harm, eating disorders, and the blatant fatphobia in the first half. Why the hell did Allegra talk about her supposed friend Marion's thighs like that? Completely fucking unnecessary.
The only characters that seemed to have some depth were Spanner and Tristan, whom I both loved! They're the characters that pulled me through to the end and I'm glad I did, because eventually the message of this book was lovely and inspiring! I love that this wasn't a romantic love story, but more of a story about found family and people not always being what you expect them and want them to be!
What's annoying is that Cecilia apparently hates quotation marks and question marks? Which are, in my honest opinion, very necessary to make a book readable. It took me way longer than necessary to read this, just because these were missing. I don't know why writers decide to leave this out, but it's a horrible decision, especially in a story that moves along this slowly.
I didn't like Allegra and it took me forever to get to the halfway point where the story actually started to get interesting. I didn't like any of the characters. I didn't care for the casual mention of self harm, eating disorders, and the blatant fatphobia in the first half. Why the hell did Allegra talk about her supposed friend Marion's thighs like that? Completely fucking unnecessary.
The only characters that seemed to have some depth were Spanner and Tristan, whom I both loved! They're the characters that pulled me through to the end and I'm glad I did, because eventually the message of this book was lovely and inspiring! I love that this wasn't a romantic love story, but more of a story about found family and people not always being what you expect them and want them to be!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
Minor: Eating disorder and Self harm
caoimhe_reads7's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
this book made me reflect on who my five our. the characters were very engaging and it was hard to put down at points
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
zara89's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Infidelity and Drug use
nikexistiertnik's review
first i get fcking ambushed by a bulimia mention, immediately after that you hit me with selfharm and then freckles' lifelong dream is to join the police? no sorry you lost me there, maybe i'll try another time, but not now nope
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
Moderate: Eating disorder
melzy__'s review
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm
adaslittleworldofbooks's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm