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summerslittlelibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
nialiversuch'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: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, and Medical content
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
gwenswoons'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent
mels_reading_log'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Eating disorder
stopprivatejets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Grief
danikajoan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
sophiesometimesreads'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
3.5
The relationship between Sally and Noah was cute, and I was rooting for them, but I felt like the conflict in the third chapter was a bit jarring, given the format of the first chapter didn't really give much insight into the flaws of the characters. I think a bit more development of the characters in the first part of the book would've made this feel a bit more natural. The love also did feel a little fast tracked, thiugh I guess thus is relatively normal for people of their age so it didn't put me off too much, but was something that took away slightly from me believing in their relationship. In saying all this, like I said previously, I was really rooting for them as a couple and enjoyed watching their story unfold.
It is also important to note that the second and third parts of this book deal heavily with the pandemic and covid. It didn't completely take me out of the book, but I found that it delved far deeper into these topics than I expected and I don't know if it was necessary. I feel like, to me, that we aren't far enough removed from these events for me to be able to compeltely enjoy a book that deals with these topics. It wasn't enough to make me DNF, and I did still enjoy watching their relationship develop more through these events, I just think similar events through a different point in time could've been better.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and the relationship and the characters, but there was just some things that took me out of the story a little bit. I would be interested in picking up another book by this author, though.
Graphic: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent
bessadams'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
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic
analenegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Beyond that, I did not like Sally, and I felt like the writing of this book was incredibly stilted, especially the conversation aspects. The best writing was in the emails, but the rest of it did not sound like real people talking.
I also was just not personally ready for the COVID aspects; I don't yet want that reminder in books. The epilogue also read so weird it pulled me out of the story a lot.
Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Grief
kit_carmichael'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
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy