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The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

33 reviews

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

ksuazo94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse and Alcohol

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Truly enthralling concept and execution. I feel like it's a really good exploration of what it means to be kind to yourself in all iterations, past, present, and future. Knocking off a quarter star because the author does the thing where she only describes a character's race if they are nonwhite, which is annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Car accident, and War

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Transphobia and Pregnancy

corriejn's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Homophobia, and Car accident

lisakate1126's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I absolutely LOVED this book! I love the premise (different from any book I’ve read before), and it was a great story all around. I wish the book could have gone on and on so we can see more of Oona’s life! Would read more of this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

imogenthemog's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

3.25

While the book is thoroughly enjoyable, with good character development, twists and turns, and settings that are easy to visualise, there are issues. Some may find the actions and thoughts of the main character, Oona, quite frustrating. Also, some of the pacing is a bit off, too long focussed on one topic and not enough time focussed on another, for example.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer and Car accident

travelthrupages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

becca_thegrimreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book has been on my to-read list for over a year, and I was really looking forward to finally reading it. Unfortunately, this book fell flat for me. There were many things I enjoyed, but overall there was very little that kept my interest. 

Now, that already sounds very negative so I’m going to try and add some positivity into this review. The premise for this book is intriguing and showed a lot of promise. Oona is celebrating New Year’s Eve and her birthday with her boyfriend and friends. At the stroke of midnight, she is transported to another year of her life yet hasn’t aged internally. She finds out that every year at the stroke of midnight she will wake up in another year of her life, transporting her back and forth in time. Interesting, no? Now, where this fails is that it grows very tiresome. Oona repeatedly makes terrible decisions, and though she is warned by herself from the previous year, she still goes ahead with them. Then as the book progresses there are combining plot points and cliches that just seemed over the top and unbelievable. (Cos time-travel is totally believable?) 

Then we move on to our characters. Oona isn’t a likeable person, she comes across as very selfish and self-pitying. We keep hearing about the wise older version of Oona throughout the book, yet we never get to meet her. Any friends that she makes along the way are brief as hanging on to them while jumping through time would be impossible. Yet having said that, Oona has multiple relationships and never with nice men. The only two characters I did like were Madeline and Kenzie, who Oona did not appreciate at all and it infuriated me how badly she treated Madeline. If I’m being totally honest there were a lot of things Oona did in this book that made my blood boil.  

I hate giving negative reviews, but there was a lot to be said after reading this book. It was one that I think could have been executed a little better. There were some lovely moments, but they did not make up for the many glaring issues the book had. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Death and Infidelity