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elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A decent book about suicide and grief, especially as compared to other books like it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Sexism and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual assault
jennswan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Abandonment
laurennlesliex's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
This book is amazing! It follows Cody whose best friend Meg committed suicide without any indication. Meg had completely planned out her death and gave clear instructions. Cody tries to find out why Meg would do such a thing and I’m doing so, Cody discovered a whole new life that she had no idea about.
This book is the first book that really made me turn the page for a while. It was very good and full of mystery. I really needed to know what was going to happen. I love a book where I can fully envision what is happening, and this book made me completely see what was happening. In my head I can see what all the people look like, what the houses look like and when I can do that, I know I’m going to really enjoy this book. I also love a book where I start to develop feelings for the characters in whatever way. In this book, I really wish that Ben Mcallister was a real person. I found myself while reading this book, that I was getting so invested and it was really making me think of answers. Was she protecting someone? Who is All_BS? Why did she do this? What is on those emails? It really got me wanting to know more. I’d recommend this book to someone who doesn’t like the typical love story book but wants that aspect as it does have romance but also some racy moments and some swearing and a lot of things that are from an adult nature. I don’t think there was a moment in this book where I wasn’t completely absorbed.
This book is the first book that really made me turn the page for a while. It was very good and full of mystery. I really needed to know what was going to happen. I love a book where I can fully envision what is happening, and this book made me completely see what was happening. In my head I can see what all the people look like, what the houses look like and when I can do that, I know I’m going to really enjoy this book. I also love a book where I start to develop feelings for the characters in whatever way. In this book, I really wish that Ben Mcallister was a real person. I found myself while reading this book, that I was getting so invested and it was really making me think of answers. Was she protecting someone? Who is All_BS? Why did she do this? What is on those emails? It really got me wanting to know more. I’d recommend this book to someone who doesn’t like the typical love story book but wants that aspect as it does have romance but also some racy moments and some swearing and a lot of things that are from an adult nature. I don’t think there was a moment in this book where I wasn’t completely absorbed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
linaxreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
magnolialane's review against another edition
sad
slow-paced
2.75
Bit boring. It’s just stuff her bff didn’t tell her.
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
missgrangerr's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
bookstagramuser's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
**Spoilers Below**
⚠️TW: Suicide⚠️
I Was Here is a book about a young girl called Cody that is dealing with the loss of her bestfriend Meg, who sadly took her own life. Taken with grief, Cody just cannot imagine a world where Meg was responsible for taking her own life and after meeting Megs college friends and hearing more and more about her life away from the small town they grew up in, Cody took it upon herself to do some investigations into Megs tragic death. This book is an easy read yet a difficult one all wrapped into one. It takes you through the journey of grief and denial that Cody goes down. What's even heavier is learning that Meg is based off of a young lady called Suzy who was real and really did end her own life. Although heavy, this book has a big lesson about forgiveness and understanding not to blame yourself when in a situation like Cody. I would recommend this book if you are able to read heavier stuff like this. And if anyone is going through anything similar, there are numbers in the back of the book that you can reach out to. You're not alone and my dms are always open!❤️
⚠️TW: Suicide⚠️
I Was Here is a book about a young girl called Cody that is dealing with the loss of her bestfriend Meg, who sadly took her own life. Taken with grief, Cody just cannot imagine a world where Meg was responsible for taking her own life and after meeting Megs college friends and hearing more and more about her life away from the small town they grew up in, Cody took it upon herself to do some investigations into Megs tragic death. This book is an easy read yet a difficult one all wrapped into one. It takes you through the journey of grief and denial that Cody goes down. What's even heavier is learning that Meg is based off of a young lady called Suzy who was real and really did end her own life. Although heavy, this book has a big lesson about forgiveness and understanding not to blame yourself when in a situation like Cody. I would recommend this book if you are able to read heavier stuff like this. And if anyone is going through anything similar, there are numbers in the back of the book that you can reach out to. You're not alone and my dms are always open!❤️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
**SPOILER** The main plot of this book is that a young girl is pushed to commit suicide via an online forum and the guy that encouraged her got away with it because he didn't "technically" do anything wrong. The Author said that she based this story off of something that actually happened. I found it extremely upsetting so I just want to be very clear and transparent about how sad it is. I know this is a spoiler completely but it's something that people may want to know when considering this book.jench391's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide
hjoyner12's review against another edition
Very YA, uncomfortable with the subject matter and unwilling to stick it out to find out if there was any value in it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide