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Redeeming 6 by Chloe Walsh

12 reviews

ines_sofia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Medical content, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Eating disorder, and Drug abuse

siffpedersen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Torture, Vomit, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

maralmao's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Addiction, Violence, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

waffley's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I have to admit i loved the first 2 books more, but only because i’m mainly a fluffy happy reader, and rarely go in the angsty books. But man, the characters hooked me from the first 2 books  so i couldn't NOT read this! Im so so heartbroken for Joey and Aoife. There were times i hated them, and then there were times i really loved them. It made me feel so much. Both characters made some really bad decisions, and i was so frustrated and had to remind myself that they’re still kids. The book was also soooo long. Unnecessarily so. I found myself skipping forward from time to time and backtracking. Their relationship was also super toxic. I mean i admire how much Aoife was dedicated to joe, and i kinda admire how much leeway her parents gave her when she wanted to chase joe around to wherever (there were SO MANY TIMES her parents told her not to go out to chase him and to take care of herself…. But she still gets her way to get out except that one time they finally made her stay). But realistically, this was too intense and unhealthy. Its great it ended nicely, but also sad how joe ended up not being able to experience NOT taking care of a baby and just finally enjoying his youth a bit more. Im happy he’s content at the end but damn, he has another baby to raise now. 


But yea, mostly enjoyed seeing Shan, her adorable brothers, Gibsie, Johnny and his parents! They made everything worthwhile. Gibbs is a sweetheart. 

I’m also really really curious at how that thing with Lizzie, Katie, Hugie and Patrick is gonna go. Seeing blurbs about how there’s potential cheating made me so angry at Lizzie (not to mention she was pretty bitchy in the 1st 2 books), and i never thought i could like her OR read her book…. but darn it, Chloe Walsh has made me even more curious to learn more after reading this book! I just really hope its not the same story in another characters POV. I’m kinda getting bored of how it’s centered around the events of the first book. Hoping the next ones shows everyones lives AFTER the whole book 1-4 events. (Or at least just covers the past events briefly)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Cursing and Violence

josxphinchen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

andeng's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Rape, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

downtown_kb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. 

Read this book when you are in a good place emotionally because it will put you in a bad place emotionally. It is heavy, raw and the hits just keep coming, and coming, and coming. This deals very heavily with Joey’s heroin addiction, caused by a nightmare of domestic abuse and violence, as well as Aoife’s

pregnancy

. I’m sorry if that is a spoiler but literally that is what this whole book is about and if that’s not what you want to read about - no holding back in any way - don’t read this book. The list of content warnings is long and it is explicit.

That being said, Joey Lynch is quite possibly my favorite “book boyfriend” ever. Don’t misunderstand, he would be the worst boyfriend ever (until the end.) However, I was left completely in awe of everything he dealt with, sacrificed, and overcame for his family. Talk about a true hero and a freaking amazing human who was doing the best he could with the crumpled up piece of shit hand he was dealt.

And I understand that staying around for someone like Joey might not be advisable in the “romance” world, but Aoife’s sticking power was an impressive example of unconditional love. She saved his life. 

This book is anger, angst, hopelessness, devastation, and just the most raw story of Joey’s sacrifices for his family, his struggle to overcome his trauma/addiction, and Aoife’s refusal to ever give up on him. Theirs is a powerful love.

Chloe Walsh gave us another amazing story. I could hardly put this down. But yeah, if you thought Shannon’s story was heavy…it’s got nothing on Joey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Vomit, and Bullying

Minor: Police brutality

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Right in the feels, the highs were highs (no pun intended) but oh how the lows hurt me on this book.
I was right: I loved that we caught up to the first books timeline and we could interact more with the rest of the cast, but also, I loved following Joey and Aoife more this book than the previous one. It was lovely and heartbreaking to read their story. 
A whole 5/5 with all my heart

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, Suicide, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Bullying

alevmai's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion and Sexual assault

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense 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

4.5

did start to feel a bit repetitive at times, with the repeated dialogue from binding and keeping 13, and also the cycle of events that didn’t seem to change until the end of the book, however it was very interesting to see joey’s point of view of everything that happened, and the ending made me feel so happy and satisfied for them. i absolutely love joey and aoife, and really adored where their journey ended up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury