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carodonahue's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- 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
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief
imkedogger's review against another edition
emotional
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? Yes
4.75
This book was so great. Iwan and Clementine have been stuck in my head since finishing this book and I can't even begin to describe how much I loved it. There was a perfect balance between romance, grief, and just figuring out life in your late twenties/ early thirties. The magical realism aspect was unlike anything I'd ever read before and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who might be interested.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Dementia
fernandalaram's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief
bergha1998's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-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
4.0
Wow, so good. All the emotions with her aunt and then the time travelling love story with Iwan. Heartbreakingly beautiful and I enjoyed it just as much as the Dead Romantics.
Insta Love, Grief, 1/2 🔥
“My aunt used to say, if you don’t fit in, fool everyone until you do. She also said to keep your passport renewed, to pair red wines with meats and whites with everything else, to find work that is fulfilling to your heart as well as your head, to never forget to fall in love whenever you can find it because love is nothing if not a matter of timing, and to chase the moon.”
“I kept him at arm’s length because at least there he wouldn’t be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying. I could keep pretending I was fine—because I was fine. I had to be. I didn’t like people worrying about me when they had so many other things to worry about. That was my allure, right? That you didn’t need to worry about Clementine West. She always figured it out.”
“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
“There was something just so reassuring about books. They had beginnings and middles and ends, and if you didn’t like a part, you could skip to the next chapter. If someone died, you could stop on the last page before, and they’d live on forever. Happy endings were definite, evils defeated, and the good lasted forever.”
“Be merciless about your dreams.”
“Snapshots of places I’d been, and the person I’d been when I painted them.”
“Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.”
Insta Love, Grief, 1/2 🔥
“My aunt used to say, if you don’t fit in, fool everyone until you do. She also said to keep your passport renewed, to pair red wines with meats and whites with everything else, to find work that is fulfilling to your heart as well as your head, to never forget to fall in love whenever you can find it because love is nothing if not a matter of timing, and to chase the moon.”
“I kept him at arm’s length because at least there he wouldn’t be able to see how broken I was. I could keep lying. I could keep pretending I was fine—because I was fine. I had to be. I didn’t like people worrying about me when they had so many other things to worry about. That was my allure, right? That you didn’t need to worry about Clementine West. She always figured it out.”
“I loved how a book, a story, a set of words in a sentence organized in the exact right order, made you miss places you’ve never visited, and people you’ve never met.”
“There was something just so reassuring about books. They had beginnings and middles and ends, and if you didn’t like a part, you could skip to the next chapter. If someone died, you could stop on the last page before, and they’d live on forever. Happy endings were definite, evils defeated, and the good lasted forever.”
“Be merciless about your dreams.”
“Snapshots of places I’d been, and the person I’d been when I painted them.”
“Because the things that mattered most never really left. The love stays. The love always stays, and so do we.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide
annaforthebooks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide
shetravelsinbooks's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
After hearing so many rave reviews of this book on TikTok, I was ecstatic to read it. I loved the plot line. I enjoyed the majority of the characters (not a fan of the constant LGBTQ characters being forced into my face but they weren’t the main characters at least). There’s also a pair of pigeons whose names made me laugh out loud every time I read them. That was about all I enjoyed.
This book does briefly in a very round about way talk about suicide. As a survivor of parents who committed suicide and one who struggles with depression, I didn’t like how it didn’t deal with it head on. It felt like the author was too scared to be open with it. I also felt like some of the choices made by both main characters were completely illogical, which made me like them less. I didn’t care for all the build up of the characters so that I finally enjoyed them, then had that rug ripped from underneath me. There were many chapters that felt slow and incredibly boring. I know I skimmed over a fair amount because it dragged on. There were way too many slow spots that just weren’t needed and felt like intentional fillers. One major plot point without spoiling it really made no sense to me (the character build up and reasoning or lack thereof about suicide). I felt like this book had so much potential and I was incredibly let down.
This book does briefly in a very round about way talk about suicide. As a survivor of parents who committed suicide and one who struggles with depression, I didn’t like how it didn’t deal with it head on. It felt like the author was too scared to be open with it. I also felt like some of the choices made by both main characters were completely illogical, which made me like them less. I didn’t care for all the build up of the characters so that I finally enjoyed them, then had that rug ripped from underneath me. There were many chapters that felt slow and incredibly boring. I know I skimmed over a fair amount because it dragged on. There were way too many slow spots that just weren’t needed and felt like intentional fillers. One major plot point without spoiling it really made no sense to me (the character build up and reasoning or lack thereof about suicide). I felt like this book had so much potential and I was incredibly let down.
Content Warnings
Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, and Abandonment
kyleethecatlady's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-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? Yes
5.0
I think this is my new favorite book? It has funny and sad parts. I love the characters. When I first read the summary, I was a little iffy because I wasn’t sure about the whole seven years difference & how that would work out, but I really like how Ashley Poston handled it. I haven’t read her previous book yet, but I definitely will now!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Pregnancy
jacks_beloved's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, and Grief
supermormongirl's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Literally everything you could ever ask for in a book 💛✨🍋🍊🍋✨💛
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Death of a loved one (close aunt who is more like a parent)agrandromance's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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? Yes
5.0
Beautiful. I’ve fallen for this author’s work. It’s about love and grief and magic and time. Gorgeous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Death, Mental illness, and Sexual content