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להציל את 6 by Chloe Walsh

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annagounari's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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

5.0

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thebookishmama's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

My heart is in pieces on the floor. Oofta this one hurt for so many reasons. I was a bit hesitate going in purely because I loved Johnny and Shannon and was nervous to shift to different characters but I am so so so glad Walsh gave us this book about Joey and Aoife. It is full of so much pain, emotion, turmoil, and heartbreak in a way that you don’t expect from a romance book. That being said, I would say romance is the undertone to this story. It’s still there, and it’s powerful and beautiful but it’s not the focus. The things both of these characters go through is something no child should ever have to deal with. It’s heavy and it’s emotional and it’s not pretty, and neither is their reactions. But all of that is what made this feel so real and raw as we follow their journey over multiple years. Joey, my sweet broken boy, wow am I glad to have been able to be inside his head. The things he thinks and feels and the things he goes through, all of it just so hard hitting. I don’t want to make it seem like this is just some dark book, there is a lot of light and hope and love too, I just think the harder stuff is what really impacted me here. And the way Aoife loves him is so powerful, she truly is a rock. And reading the acknowledgments made it hit even harder. I’m so thankful Walsh gave us these two, even though it wasn’t always the plan. It was much needed and I can’t wait to read the second part to their story.

I do want to emphasize yet again that this is ABSOLUTELY NOT A YA BOOK!!!!! I do not understand how it’s being classified this way, I do not care how old the characters are. This is not a book that should be read by anyone under the age of at least 18. I will include triggers below.

Triggers:

Child abuse, domestic abuse, sexual assault, mention of suicide, drug abuse, blood

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rumoursfromlnez's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

4.5

The last 100 pages were just heart breaking. Both joey and Aoife deserve so much better </3

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ava_p3289's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad 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

This book is honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read in my entire life. The story is heart wrenching and inspiring. The characters draw me in and I care for every single one like they are real friends or family of mine. This book may not be for everyone so heed the trigger warnings and go in with an open mind, but in the end, I think you’ll love it dearly. It’s beautiful and moving. It put me in a major slump but I have zero regrets. READ THIS!

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avery_eagle's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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andeng's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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asruy's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense

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

4.5

I wanna start by saying I feel terrible for the fact that her child died. Like I was shook when I read that in the acknowledgments - that’s so sad. I honestly feel really guilty cause while I was reading it I kept thinking it just doesn’t feel as good as the first two. And when she said I’m sorry if you read this book and thought my writing wasn’t as good - absolutely sent me. Idk why Chloe insists on making me cry. But the .5 was lowkey for her. She’s a fantastic author and I feel so so sorry for her (but I’m so happy she continued writing).
Ok let’s get to the juicy deets. Lowkey I gave this book a 4 cause it felt like a recap even tho it obviously wasn’t. I feel like it was very recapy. And some people might like that but I honestly love details and I don’t like a lot of time skips. For example the first two book were mainly focused on like 3 months but this book jumped through 6 years and it was less pages then the other two. I’m not complaining tho cause it was really lovely. I’m not gonna lie idk why but I wasn’t expecting to love Aoife as much as I do. She’s such a lovely girl, I think she perf for Joey and I liked their relationship. He literally loved her soo much and I liked that they were their own people and didn’t change for each other/ force each other to change (except for his not so little addiction problem). When iris (goo goo dolls) came on the car radio and she was like this is our song I WAS LITERALLY LIKE THATS CRAZY CAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT TOO!!! But the song list at the end when she put cardigan and all too well😭😭 for Aoife’s feelings plssss Mrs Walsh you are trying to kill me?!?! All I’m all Joey Lynch and Aoife Malloy are my faves I absolutely love them both to death especially my baby Joseph<33333
The fact that he’s close with her mam and dad is sooo cute. I absolutely adore tony and joeys little bromance.
Also seeing his home life was so emotional constantly cause of what I already know happens from the other books. But seeing his relationship with his siblings and how he’s literally a mother and father to them. Literally seany boo and dada oo-ee 4lyf🥹🥹 I’m tearing up now just thinking about it. Also can I just say I love Tadgh and Ollie I’m really glad the siblings get screen time and their own personalitys - but lowkey Tadgh is sooo much like Joey. Also I get really tearyeyed when I think about getting his pov when he finds out his parents died cause I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle that. Spoiler that I’m so annoyed about is that he’s gonna have a kid (idk how I feel about it but I feel like I have to read more to see how it’s gonna happen). Also I’m sooooooo excited about the next book cause we’ll have more Gibsie (I LEGIT MISSED HIM) also I actually love joeys relationship with them (him and Johnny) - like when they carried the mams coffin with him🥹 literally ryders4lyfe. Gassed that they’re all gonna be in 6th yr together. Also it’s so sad that Darren abandoned him but low-key I’m happy that they’re gonna mend things.
OMG - this has nothing to do with this book - BUT OMG LIZZIE AND HUGHIE I MEAN I SUSPECTED IT WHEN I SAW THE COVER FOR HIS BOOK BUT I WAS SHOOOOOOK WHEN I HEARD CHEATING TROPE I LITERALLY DID NOT SUSPECT THAT AT ALL!!!!! I thought he was obsessed with Katie(lowkey confused af) but we’ll see…

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iisa's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-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

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downtown_kb's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.0

Ok, so this story starts out when Joey and Aoife are 12 and we go on a rollercoaster of hormone filled teenage angst, drama and bullshit until age 18. Then it just turns into angst.

It was hard to stomach. If you have read Binding/Keeping13 you know how much Joey stands between his parent’s abuse and his siblings. He takes it all and then he copes with drugs. So we get front and center POV for alllll of that. Heavy and were just getting started. I had a hard time with the pacing at first because we spent so much time with them at ages 13-14. And while I appreciated the nostalgia of the time period, generationally, I had a hard time relating to the drama and then remembering they were so young. haha.

This is not a swoony romance. This is gritty but great writing. I think by the time you get to the 3rd part of this book you understand these two pretty well. Joey desperately needs someone in his corner he can trust because he’s drowning. Aoife is prepared to put Joey before everything else to prove she is that person. So in this book we get to know our couple and see the huge obstacles in between them. On to part 2…I hear it’s even more heavy. eek.

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readwthsam's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad slow-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

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