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dajaelizabeth's review against another edition
dark
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
So I don’t know how to feel about this book. For 24 chapters I had to keep hearing about Laine’s only friend who is also her worst friend Kelly Anne and their co-dependent relationship. It was really toxic. I get her relationship is apart of her character development but it still sucks that it went on that long and honestly the pay off in the end was even worth it. To me she really didn’t have much character development by the end of it she just dropped a toxic friendship. She is a real people pleaser and it’s annoying the whole book. She likes to please her friend and even Nick the love interest because she just want to feel loved and cared for. I was happy when it ended but by the end I was annoyed every time I saw her name on the screen.
Nick was an okay character he at least asked her what she wanted and wanted her to choose what she wanted to do and pick everything for herself and not for him. I liked that also. I do believe that he was abused as a child cause I do remember reading about how he had scars on his back from when his dad use to punish him. And it was glossed over to me. He just keep saying his dad was fair but strong man. I do like his character development because he had strong control issues from the fact that he lost his girlfriend and daughter that he raised she wasn’t his but he cared for them. He lost them for the girlfriends dumb choices of going to meet with her ex and her ex was drinking and killed her and the daughter in a car accident. He burned the belt at the end which I found great he was letting go of his past and taking down his daughter Jane’s room.
Kelly Anne was annoying. She didn’t have a POV in the books but she was annoying as a person. She was very jealous of Laine and how she was growing with Nick as a person. And tried to blame her not having any other friends on her. I was glad to see her go.
Over the book wasn’t bad but it was like a bag of potato chips good but not sustainable. I would have liked a better epilogue and even two. One the end the book and one for the future honestly to see what happened later in life.
Also another thing I wanted to mentions was her wanting to have a baby with a man she doesn’t know. They have only know each other for a couple of weeks. It was weird. Also I do think Laine’s relationship with her mom who was absent shaped her relationship with Kelly Anne as well as Nick.
But over all the book was a 3.5 for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Rape, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol