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clalaure's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Bullying
d0505's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
katiehasanxiety's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Bullying and Death of parent
theferret's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, and Death
eligru's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Toxic relationship and Abandonment
misslescatiz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
O Jesse é meio fofo, um pouco ciumento demais, mas né, já li piores (vou admitir isto: meu guilty pleasure é ler os mocinhos dos romances com ciúmes KDJKKNDSJ). E eu adorei a Kerry, mesmo ela sendo meio infantilzinha.
No entanto, tiveram umas coisas que me deixaram super confusa e sem reação, por exemplo:
Outro problema que encontrei foi o tanto de cenas em que os outros irmãos ficavam babando na Kerry, tipo, no começo do livro fiquei meio desconfortável achando que iríamos ter um triângulo amoroso entre os dois irmãos e a Kerry.
Outra coisa que me deixou nervosa: o tanto que os amigos dos personagens principais eram um pé no saco em relação ao relacionamento dos dois, tenho amigas que gostam de perguntar sobre os boys e gostam de deixar a situação constrangedora pros dois, mas nunca aconteceu algo do nível deste livro! (e olha que somos uns 10 anos mais novas que os protagonistas!!!).
É difícil pra mim acreditar que adultos de quase 30 anos se importem tanto com a vida amorosa de seus amigos, chegando ao ponto de
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol
brgntteva's review
- 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
3.5
At first I thought it was a romance, then I realised it was more women's fiction, dived into it bearing this thought in mind and it worked.
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The story unfolds around four adopted brothers, volatile Jesse, intense Damian, protective Lucas and sweet Noah (aka the Harlem Knights), each with his own different origin and personal baggage, all made Strong (in a figurative and literal way) by Mama Joy Strong, who runs a knitting shop in Harlem. A place which has become a shelter for every hurt child in the neighbourhood, Kerry included. When Mama Joy suddenly dies, the brothers have to figure out what to do, and Jesse and Kerry have to deal with their own path towards growing and trust and finding a purpose, and their own happiness.
Now, if I had gone towards it as a full on romance, I would have been slightly disappointed, not for a mere matter of "couple time", but because the novel is packed with family, friendship, working together and finding one's place in the world. And that's what makes it a lovely read.
I especially loved sassy Val, Kerry's best friend (what didn't come out of that mouth, I mostly lol), who always had the right perspective on everything, and I loved the brothers' dynamics, and how the whole neighbourhood was made quite vivid, what with all kids and grannies.
There was a lot of repetitive self-doubt and looping insecurity on Kerry's side and Jesse's, but the way he especially made his way through his feelings and his own skills was very well paced.
Steam level: near close door
I would love to read the stories of all the brothers.
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Grief