linaslittlelibrary'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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Drug use, and Gun violence
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Grief, Stalking, Cancer, and Death
theespressoedition's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
First and foremost: this book should not be YA. If you aged up the female protagonist just a year and a half, it would've been NA or adult and that would've been much more suitable. Seeing as it is YA, my rating should hopefully make a bit more sense once I get into the details.
The content in this book is heavy. It's under the guise of being a cute, You've Got Mail kind of thing. Online friends who meet IRL but don't realize who the other person is. You know the drill. But now that you're imagining the kind of adorable confusion and mystery, add in the fact that the love interest was attacked by a shark as a kid and has the scars to prove it (both physically and emotionally) and the MC was kidnapped and shot as a child, giving her severe PTSD. OH, and the best friend of the love interest is a major drug addict who likes to just take a shotgun places and scare the crap out of people while high. YEAH. Not a cute, YA romcom.
As someone with my own fears of gun violence, I felt on edge the entire time I read this book. There were scenes I had to skim entirely just because of the discomfort. This is written for a younger audience and at nearly 30, I could barely handle it. Again I say, this should not be YA.
If you're looking for something fun, summer-y, and cute, look the other way. This isn't it.
Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, and Grief
In-depth stories of a shark attack and also of a shootingdianaschmidty'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
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Violence and Addiction
Minor: Death, Cancer, and Infidelity
kclikesthings'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence
tkatt20'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
4.5
It would have been a 5 star book for me but I wasn't really enamored by the writing style but it was really cute and made me feel like this story was being told to me by a best friend so it wasn't a huge deal to me. I definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick summer read or someone really into romance.
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
abbbymyles'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
4.25
Porter’s character development is *chef’s kiss* and I get big ENTP vibes from him, which just makes me love him more.
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, and Stalking
cepbreed's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Spoiler
Bailey’s PTSD and just has her become “cured.”Song: Yearbook - James Ivy
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Gun violence
teresarwalsh's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence and Addiction
alaynatabor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Gun violence
Minor: Car accident, Drug abuse, and Drug use
ifersinklings's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Minor: Confinement and Death