cdoubet's review
emotional
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Cancer, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cursing, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit and Injury/injury detail
kdailyreads's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Grief, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, and Cursing
zoe_pandacorn's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
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? No
4.75
Truly amazing second book in a series! The beginning was quite sad for my taste and went ion for quite a while but towards the middle it was much better and the ending was incredible!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Cancer and Cursing
Minor: Physical abuse and Vomit
Spoiler
Susannah’s death is mentioned multiple times.kenzie13hughes's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer
Minor: Vomit
m_antoinette_c's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Minor: Vomit
thereaderfriend's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-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
3.75
Much better character development in this one. Way sadder too. Dealt with a lot of grief. Is it me or does Laurel seem queer? Maybe not lesbian or bi, but maybe Aro or Demi? I'm probably reaching. I felt that there was more than a friendship/sisterhood bond between Laurel and Susannah.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer
Moderate: Grief and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Fatphobia
strayedthoughts's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Cancer, Death of parent, and Grief
hdecker's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Death of parent, Alcohol, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Vomit, Cursing, Misogyny, and Sexual content
jessicaludden's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
“I release you. I evict you from my heart. Because if I don’t do it now, I never will.”
This wasn’t very good? I was definitely less entertained than the first book. The plot of this one is what I was expecting for the third book. My main issue with this was Conrad. After the end of the first book I was kind of in the middle. I didn’t really have a preference between Conrad and Jeremiah. I was leaning slightly more towards Jeremiah, but I had nothing against Conrad. This book turned me into a Conrad hated. He genuinely sucks. He doesn’t communicate at all. Not only does he not tell Belly his feelings, but he even talk to Jeremiah about things. And yeah, I get it, he’s grieving. But he was kind of like this in the first book too. It just feels like he’s always leading Belly on and giving her little things to hold out hope for without ever following through. I’m SO glad she realized this at the end of the book and finally let go of him.
Now, while I love Jeremiah I feel like the romance between him and Belly came out of nowhere in this book. I loved getting his POV and sure he talked a little about his feelings for her and how they developed, but we got nothing from her. I don’t think she ever mentioned any feelings for him whatsoever. She was too wrapped up in Conrad. It seems like it’ll be Belly and Jeremiah’s turn in the next book so we’ll see if her feelings for him come through now that Conrad’s out of the picture.
As for the plot of this book, I couldn’t really tell you what happened. They saved the house from getting sold and I think that’s about it. It moved really slowly, but also quickly at the same time and not a lot happened. The main conflict was resolved fairly easily. Overall, this felt like a filler book. The only thing I enjoyed was Jeremiah.
Favorite Quotes:
“My dad used to say that with everything in life, there’s the game-changing moment. The one moment everything else hinges upon, but you hardly ever know it at the time. The three-pointer early on in the second quarter that changed up the whole tempo of the game. Wakes people up, brings them back to life. It all goes back to that one moment.”
“All I knew was, I wanted her to look at me like that. After that day, I was done for.”
“If happened because he’d wanted it to. It had always been his call—his decision whether or not we were together.”
“Just like always, he could devastate me with a look, a word.”
“He kissed like he was drowning and I was air.”
This wasn’t very good? I was definitely less entertained than the first book. The plot of this one is what I was expecting for the third book. My main issue with this was Conrad. After the end of the first book I was kind of in the middle. I didn’t really have a preference between Conrad and Jeremiah. I was leaning slightly more towards Jeremiah, but I had nothing against Conrad. This book turned me into a Conrad hated. He genuinely sucks. He doesn’t communicate at all. Not only does he not tell Belly his feelings, but he even talk to Jeremiah about things. And yeah, I get it, he’s grieving. But he was kind of like this in the first book too. It just feels like he’s always leading Belly on and giving her little things to hold out hope for without ever following through. I’m SO glad she realized this at the end of the book and finally let go of him.
Now, while I love Jeremiah I feel like the romance between him and Belly came out of nowhere in this book. I loved getting his POV and sure he talked a little about his feelings for her and how they developed, but we got nothing from her. I don’t think she ever mentioned any feelings for him whatsoever. She was too wrapped up in Conrad. It seems like it’ll be Belly and Jeremiah’s turn in the next book so we’ll see if her feelings for him come through now that Conrad’s out of the picture.
As for the plot of this book, I couldn’t really tell you what happened. They saved the house from getting sold and I think that’s about it. It moved really slowly, but also quickly at the same time and not a lot happened. The main conflict was resolved fairly easily. Overall, this felt like a filler book. The only thing I enjoyed was Jeremiah.
Favorite Quotes:
“My dad used to say that with everything in life, there’s the game-changing moment. The one moment everything else hinges upon, but you hardly ever know it at the time. The three-pointer early on in the second quarter that changed up the whole tempo of the game. Wakes people up, brings them back to life. It all goes back to that one moment.”
“All I knew was, I wanted her to look at me like that. After that day, I was done for.”
“If happened because he’d wanted it to. It had always been his call—his decision whether or not we were together.”
“Just like always, he could devastate me with a look, a word.”
“He kissed like he was drowning and I was air.”
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Grief, Vomit, and Death of parent
fruityjasmine's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: Vomit