Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

9 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Child death, Cursing, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

michelle_my_belle's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Child death

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Dementia, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

books_withblooms's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Grief, Mental illness, Child death, Death, and Cursing

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, and Death

Minor: Dementia

ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Cursing, Grief, Child death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Dementia

wblove's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book triggered so many emotions in me that I didn't even realize I was holding on to/dealing with. It is deeply emotional, but real,  and raw, and honest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Death and Medical trauma

books_wit_britt's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Miscarriage

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Cursing, Child death, and Mental illness

churrosmom's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

This is a heavy, heavy romance novel, bordering fiction rather than romance. Trigger warnings listed below. Yasmen and Josiah are divorced, coparenting, and running a business together. Their marriage fell apart after they lost Josiah's aunt and son (stillbirth after an accident) in short succession. Yasmen fell into a deep depression and Josiah wasn't supportive of her. The story takes place two years later, after Yasmen has healed and they keep being drawn towards each other.

The star of this book is the depth of its portrayal of the main character, Yasmen's depression and grief. This is probably the most realistic depiction of therapy that I have ever read in a novel. As someone who has been in therapy for almost 7 years and has had a number of therapists, I think that the main character's struggles with depression are so accurate in that it is hard for her to find a therapist who is a good fit, and it takes a combination of medication and long-term therapy with the right therapist to heal. So many books I've read have a magical therapist where the character goes to therapy twice and everything is resolved, and that is not the case here. It's also so realistic that unfortunately her family (husband and daughter) do not understand her depression and blame her for their family falling apart, and it takes themselves going to therapy to understand. I also like that we see the husband, Josiah, perspective on therapy and depression evolve (shoutout to the feelings wheel!!).

I do feel like the romance takes a back seat in this story, for better or for worse. After reading other reviews it does make me realize that we don't actually see much of the couple's love and growth together besides their sexual attraction. There is some minor drama with other characters Yasmen and Josiah date but they were set aside really easily.

Trigger warnings: Depression/mental health, suicidal ideation, death (of parents, parental figures), stillbirth, explicit sexual content.

**Disclaimer: Received an eARC from the publisher on Netgalley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Ableism, Child death, Miscarriage, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Medical trauma

Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, and Cursing