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dontreadthelastpage_13's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

i absolutely loved this book !! ash and poppy were so loveable and it was so well written. i cried a total of two times, which means that i thoroughly enjoyed it !

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silly_snail's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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jei_reads_sometimes's review

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I love the concept but wish we'd had more time in the love stage. I would have felt more invested in their after

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readingduckling's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved this book very much and it's a fantastic and sad story.
I didn't like the Harry Potter references because I think after the things that she did we should avoid everything JKR like the plague.

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mel_j's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This was cute, but nothing special. It had some lovely quotes, but the relationship was too insta-lovey for me. They felt too focused on each other – I thought Ash was going to mourn the loss of her family more, but all she could think of was Poppy.

I did like the illustrations – the roses! The moths! – and I loved Esen and Dev.
Maybe I'm too old now for YA, though.

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williamabookworm's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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readingqueerly's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I cannot begin to describe how I flew through this book. Paging were practically turning themselves. It's not like the story was particularly fast paced or it was dialogue heavy which reads faster. The writing style is just so smooth and easy it took no effort to glide through this whole book.
The story itself helps enormously of course. The way this book is structured both practically and plot-wise makes for a very interesting and compelling read. It very much feels like two books in one. The first part being the cute, fun, and sweet romcom, but the second being the hope crushing and heart wrenching existential dread part. It's easy to feel so much hope for them, but when that sad ending seems to be nearing it just made me want to read faster and make sure there was a life for them together beyond death (spoiler not spoiler I guess? It's literally in the blurb tho).
I really do recommend it if you're looking for a mildly spooky but mainly emotion filled book for this spooky period.

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cosmicwillow's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

i enjoyed this! it was well-written and a very interesting premise. however, i did find it to be missing something. maybe lacking in lore or just ash’s life outside of poppy after she dies but idk. i also think it’s odd for ash to call esen and dev her family but have them all still act so similarly to the way they did in the week after she died. i think that might also be what i felt was missing. but overall, this was a sweet romance and i really liked it!

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awkwardimagination's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Much better than I expected it to be. Ihad so many thoughts while reading this, but now I know nothing. A lot of the character decisions pissed me off, just bc I hate when people are vague. I kinda really wish this wasn't a romance and we got to see Ash be a Grim Reaper for longer; I wish this was just a slice of life/coming of age sorta fantasy book I mean, I think that would've been fun to read.

I had quite a few issues with it actually, characters being vague is only part of it, but I did still enjoy this book.

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