raeerdna'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
3.5
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Rape
Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Eating disorder
Minor: Suicide, Car accident, Cancer, and Abortion
gummifrog'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: Biphobia, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Lesbophobia
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Car accident, and Alcoholism
Minor: Rape, Medical content, and Outing
amelia_d's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I found this book incredibly moving and I adored the multiple complex characters and relationships.
This isn't at all my usual genre and I didn't expect to care much about it but it's one of my highest rated books in the last year.
I thoroughly recommend the audiobook read by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan and Robin Miles.
Moderate: Car accident, Death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Cancer, and Terminal illness
sylvia_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
And to be fair part of the reason I had a bit of trouble getting into it, was the culture shock of turning from a string of fantasy books to this contemporary romance, a genre I also rarely read and never in English.
But this book was just so good that I quickly forgot about that and got immersed by the story. It was excellent in showing the complexities of all characters, there is not a single completely good or completely bad character in the book. They all do bad things and yet you keep rooting for the protagonists. You’re happy when things go right, you get mad at their behalf and I got very sad at some points.
I just want to wholeheartedly recommend this book to everyone, because I loved it and I might actually buy it for myself as I got this copy from the library (but maybe in Dutch this time ;)).
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Rape, and Sexism
Minor: Pregnancy
jastran_'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
5.0
this time i listened to the audiobook and i found it just as enjoyable as reading it the first time :)
Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Biphobia, Homophobia, and Cancer
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Abandonment
lemriesu'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
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content, Misogyny, Biphobia, Rape, Terminal illness, Suicide, Car accident, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Racism, Addiction, Abortion, and Adult/minor relationship
ghast's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Sexism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Cancer, Racism, and Rape
Minor: Abortion and Drug use
scorpiobooklover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
Moderate: Rape
bookdragonenby'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
4.25
Spoiler
I hated how Harry died, wishing for him to live happily after John died. Evelyn was wrong on so many levels for how she handled Harry's accident, I sympathize with her predicament losing a soul mate is never easy. The raw look at assault and abuse that takes place in the book was eye opening for me at how normalized it was for people at the time to hide the abuse and assault that they were faced with. Evelyn selling herself over the years to become what she wanted, to leave her sad life behind. Is bravery and using the resources given to you wisely.Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Biphobia, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault, Abortion, Addiction, Rape, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Murder
clairetiunn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Abortion and Rape