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Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh

18 reviews

joonvrses's review

challenging dark hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

avery_eagle's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

andeng's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Cursing, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexual content

asruy's review

dark emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Spoiler

I wanna start by saying I feel terrible for the fact that her child died. Like I was shook when I read that in the acknowledgments - that’s so sad. I honestly feel really guilty cause while I was reading it I kept thinking it just doesn’t feel as good as the first two. And when she said I’m sorry if you read this book and thought my writing wasn’t as good - absolutely sent me. Idk why Chloe insists on making me cry. But the .5 was lowkey for her. She’s a fantastic author and I feel so so sorry for her (but I’m so happy she continued writing). 
Ok let’s get to the juicy deets. Lowkey I gave this book a 4 cause it felt like a recap even tho it obviously wasn’t. I feel like it was very recapy. And some people might like that but I honestly love details and I don’t like a lot of time skips. For example the first two book were mainly focused on like 3 months but this book jumped through 6 years and it was less pages then the other two. I’m not complaining tho cause it was really lovely. I’m not gonna lie idk why but I wasn’t expecting to love Aoife as much as I do. She’s such a lovely girl, I think she perf for Joey and I liked their relationship. He literally loved her soo much and I liked that they were their own people and didn’t change for each other/ force each other to change (except for his not so little addiction problem). When iris (goo goo dolls) came on the car radio and she was like this is our song I WAS LITERALLY LIKE THATS CRAZY CAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT TOO!!! But the song list at the end when she put cardigan and all too well😭😭 for Aoife’s feelings plssss Mrs Walsh you are trying to kill me?!?! All I’m all Joey Lynch and Aoife Malloy are my faves I absolutely love them both to death especially my baby Joseph<33333
The fact that he’s close with her mam and dad is sooo cute. I absolutely adore tony and joeys little bromance. 
Also seeing his home life was so emotional constantly cause of what I already know happens from the other books. But seeing his relationship with his siblings and how he’s literally a mother and father to them. Literally seany boo and dada oo-ee 4lyf🥹🥹 I’m tearing up now just thinking about it. Also can I just say I love Tadgh and Ollie I’m really glad the siblings get screen time and their own personalitys - but lowkey Tadgh is sooo much like Joey. Also I get really tearyeyed when I think about getting his pov when he finds out his parents died cause I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle that. Spoiler that I’m so annoyed about is that he’s gonna have a kid (idk how I feel about it but I feel like I have to read more to see how it’s gonna happen). Also I’m sooooooo excited about the next book cause we’ll have more Gibsie (I LEGIT MISSED HIM) also I actually love joeys relationship with them (him and Johnny) - like when they carried the mams coffin with him🥹 literally ryders4lyfe. Gassed that they’re all gonna be in 6th yr together. Also it’s so sad that Darren abandoned him but low-key I’m happy that they’re gonna mend things. 
OMG - this has nothing to do with this book - BUT OMG LIZZIE AND HUGHIE I MEAN I SUSPECTED IT WHEN I SAW THE COVER FOR HIS BOOK BUT I WAS SHOOOOOOK WHEN I HEARD CHEATING TROPE I LITERALLY DID NOT SUSPECT THAT AT ALL!!!!! I thought he was obsessed with Katie(lowkey confused af) but we’ll see…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Toxic relationship

readwthsam's review

dark emotional funny sad slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

serena_hien's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, Pregnancy, Addiction, Blood, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed reading about Joey and Aoife's love story even though they're not my favorites, Joey is a bad boy with a heart of gold and Aoife is a badass whom I loved learning more about. Chloe Walsh continues to be able to break my heart and hook me to her books. Can't wait for the next one now that we are near the timeline of the first two books and I hope the rest of the cast will appear more and we will get to experience still more heartbreaking moments

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Bullying

luvfromcatherine's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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

4.0

so good. 

i love joey & aoife in the first 2 books & seeing joey being loved and cared for like he deserves is so good to see. 

such a sad read cause i knew he was protecting them etc but not to that extent. 

loved all the mentions of shannon obviously, but was so sad because it’s before she moved to tommen and met johnny when she was getting bullied at the school. 

was so funny when gibsie and johnny appeared outside the bar with such a gibsie line. 

so excited for the next book cause i guess it’s set in the same time as the first two books so we get joeys point of view from everything before 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, and Alcoholism

lostinfictionaluniverse's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

JOEYAOIFE, MY BABIES, MY KING N QUEEN, MY EVERYTHING. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH. FUCK THIS BOOK BROKE ME SO BAD. I JUST WANT TO JUMP OF A HILL RN. 😭😭
I TOOK ALMOST A MONTH TO FINISH IT COZ I COULDN'T HANDLE READING THEM IN PAIN 😭😭
This was everything. It was a perfect mix of happiness, sadness, pain, suffering and toxicity. I already knew how Joey was in B13 n K13 but really seeing it from his pov, it just broke me beyond. And Aoife, pls she is holding on but still so vulnerable. Seeing them in pain broke my heart so much. The Lynch fam deserves so much love and happiness. I just want to hug them and protect them from every pos out there. Ngl this book made me hate Darren n Marie as much as Teddy. And to think this is just the tip of the iceberg. The things that is coming in the next book, I won't survive it. 😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

sandwiiche's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Drug use