tnguyenn's review
3.0
God I fucking hate Priscilla - she’s so condescending and rude.The way she talks to anna is so belittling. The way she reacted to Anna telling her about her autism diagnosis actually shocked me. How can someone be so ignorant?
I hate Anna’s family. They treat her like she’s worth nothing. They’re so judgemental, rude, patronising, condescending, belittling, small minded, snobby. I hate them and the way they make Anna feel. I hate how they discredit everything she does at every chance they get. Fuck the “tough love” bullshit - there is no love behind their actions and hurtful words. It’s not tough love - it’s plain gaslighting. I hate how they immediately dismiss Quan because of how he looks. Fuck them all.
Quan is the greenest of green flags, love how patient and understanding he was with Anna and that he never tried to push her and always made sure she was comfortable
I hate Anna’s family. They treat her like she’s worth nothing. They’re so judgemental, rude, patronising, condescending, belittling, small minded, snobby. I hate them and the way they make Anna feel. I hate how they discredit everything she does at every chance they get. Fuck the “tough love” bullshit - there is no love behind their actions and hurtful words. It’s not tough love - it’s plain gaslighting. I hate how they immediately dismiss Quan because of how he looks. Fuck them all.
Quan is the greenest of green flags, love how patient and understanding he was with Anna and that he never tried to push her and always made sure she was comfortable
claire_n's review
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
4.5
rrickman33's review
3.0
3.5/5
This was not a rom com. Do not expect to laugh, it's not really even a romance in the second half of the book. It's a really deep novel about finding your own voice, trauma, family, and caregiving for a parent.
While I enjoyed all those things about it I went in with other expectations that made it hard for me to love this. Like 70% of this book was sad, her family was straight up mean to her and gaslit her constantly. Quan gave and gave and gave and Anna was not in a place to really give anything in return so I'm honestly confused how they stayed together with this dynamic? But again, we barely saw him so I have no idea what was going through his head.
I wanted more of Quan and more of them together, towards the end almost everything happens off page and we just read about how it already passed. The autism representation was wonderful in this book but Quan was coming off of cancer and that was barely explored but should have been more.
Overall, this is a heartfelt, sad, semi-romance novel that I definitely recommend if you're looking for something more serious!
This was not a rom com. Do not expect to laugh, it's not really even a romance in the second half of the book. It's a really deep novel about finding your own voice, trauma, family, and caregiving for a parent.
While I enjoyed all those things about it I went in with other expectations that made it hard for me to love this. Like 70% of this book was sad, her family was straight up mean to her and gaslit her constantly. Quan gave and gave and gave and Anna was not in a place to really give anything in return so I'm honestly confused how they stayed together with this dynamic? But again, we barely saw him so I have no idea what was going through his head.
I wanted more of Quan and more of them together, towards the end almost everything happens off page and we just read about how it already passed. The autism representation was wonderful in this book but Quan was coming off of cancer and that was barely explored but should have been more.
Overall, this is a heartfelt, sad, semi-romance novel that I definitely recommend if you're looking for something more serious!
beckhs's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.5
karpediem's review
2.25
Found it quite hard to relate to the main character and her decision-making, and wasn't super compelling without that
auudrey's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Ableism
Moderate: Toxic relationship
doggearredreadss's review
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-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
leafonthewind's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
3.75
cowahbull'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
4.0