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nicolecoryn'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
4.0
Graphic: Grief and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, and Drug use
motherthing'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
2.0
A good chunk of the book is dedicated to the grandma and yet her plot line fizzles out. Sewanne’s dad also suddenly sees the error of his ways out of nowhere and Adaku ends up in the hospital for whatever reason it is because I skipped all of that.
I also don’t like when books are self-aware and the main characters keep spewing out tropes they find themselves in. Granted, this book is about book narrators, but still…
I don’t know. I liked a few moments here and there but overall, I was just waiting for it to wrap up.
Moderate: Dementia and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug use
cristinareading'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
4.5
Graphic: Dementia and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
igel_in_berlin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
I think the main problem was that I missed the romance development.
And this book looks trying to write deeper and better written romcom than the usual, and I ended up feeling like eating healthy salad instead of a portion of fires - probably healthier but lucking smth crucial.
Moderate: Terminal illness, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
plueschi77'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
4.75
Graphic: Dementia, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt
livelyghost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Sewanee is a fun lead - complicated but not a mess, hopeful but not all sunshine all the time, and a lovely friend and family member. Her family and friends are written with enough story to make you interested but not distracted. Every pull quote from June was gold. Nick is someone I could tell you maybe two things about and I literally just finished the book.
Overall I have mixed feelings. This was a quick read and I enjoyed some of the characters, but the writing just felt like I was getting a lot of appetizers and not a main course sprinkled with some uneven pacing.
Ultimately, I don’t think it matters what I say, does it? Will you ever truly believe, deep down, that anything other than pity brought me over to you? Nothing I can say will ever make that disappear for you. I can tell you I don’t see it and you will always see it. I can tell you that you’re everything that keeps me up at night and everything I daydream about and how that makes you feel might last a day or a week or an hour. Feelings are temporary. They stick around as long as you believe in them and then they’re gone, waiting to be believed in again. If they were permanent, then we’d only have to say I love you once and then be done with it for the rest of our lives.
Moderate: Eating disorder, Dementia, and Death of parent
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Body shaming