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_koreen_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Such a heartbreaking, raw, beautiful, love story within another love story.
I cried three times so be warned lol
By far one of my favorite reads ❤️ My heart left a piece of itself within this book and I frankly don’t ever want it back .
5✨❤️😭
Favorite quote :
“I realized, with depressing clarity, that she wasn’t the venom at all. She was the antidote. But the quantities were all off.”
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Stalking
rubellaface's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Then together with our FMC, we learned to grieve and heal and try to make the best of things.
The author has a magical way with words, and having a novel within a novel takes the reader on a journey through the neuroses of being a writer and the power words have within and without the author's intention.
And somewhere along the way we also get to fall in love with older brother Tate-- a man we've been groomed to hate from the beginning and an OBGYN who made me regret for a split second choosing to have only female gynos in my life. But like all main characters in a Parker S Huntington novel, there's more to him than meets the eye, and like all of us, he's a little broken inside too.
I loved this novel. I loved Tate and Charlie. I still love Kellan. And I'm going to look closer at those I love and check in more. Just in case.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Stalking
readwithkb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
kittens_say_meoww's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
samix3reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
ruthhmarieereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
marybsimp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
lisacanteven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I laughed as much as I cried. There were some really light and funnily awkward scenes that served as great comic relief for the turmoil this book out you through. I thought that the author did a great job portraying grief and how different grief can be from person to person. I was thankful for how long this book was. I felt like it needed to be that long and raw to really pack the punch it intended. This book is so much more than a contemporary romance.
Note: heavy, heavy themes of suicide and infertility/pregnancy loss. Do not read of these subjects are triggers for you because you cannot skip over them.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy