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maryconney'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Abandonment
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Alcohol
slopez123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Death and Car accident
emmareads77books'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? Yes
4.0
Minor: Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
querciola's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy
jessalicemorris's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Grief
karalyndawn'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
Minor: Death
emmiebee'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
4.0
To the review: like a lot of people I found the beginning slow. I actually tried to read this a couple of years ago and dropped it. But this time I tried it again and read it all past chapter 7 in one sitting.
I think some of the reviews of the characters are harsh, I actually didn't have a hard time accepting what was happening: this is a woman who has dissociated through an entire marriage and the first time she's allowed herself to not only feel, but feel love and happiness and hope without the question of whether she deserves it, suddenly it all disappears.
She goes a little crazy, it happens.
It's not a perfect book, I got really frustrated when we suddenly switched viewpoints especially given the cliffhanger; it felt cheap. Especially since it's not the first time the author purposefully misled the audience. But it kept me going well past midnight to finish so I guess it worked.
Most of the character growth actually happens off the page. I think that's probably what frustrated me the most about the Eddie chapters.
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
sea_tea_books's review against another edition
3.25
3.25 ⭐
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment
asourceoffiction's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
I did like the way it subverted my expectations, exactly when I thought I had the plot all laid out. And I'm glad it did, because it would have been incredibly predictable otherwise, and the twist gave the whole book much more depth and interest.
For a story with so much sadness surrounding it, I found it oddly fluffy. I enjoyed it but it's not the most memorable remance I've read.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Car accident
Moderate: Infertility and Pregnancy
astoriareader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
- Sarah meets Eddie. They spend a week together. Eddie leaves for a vacation, and he promises to call. He doesn’t call.
- Sarah cannot wrap her head around fact that Eddie has vanished. Where did he go? Why didn’t he call? What gives?
- Super underwhelmed.
- Title & synopsis are pretty misleading. I thought this book would be similar to Adelaide, but only the first third are really about the concept of ghosting. The author tries to throw in some twists & switch directions, but it didn’t work for me.
- Walsh IS a talented writer, and I do enjoy reading her writing. This story, however, didn’t cut it for me.
- I found their “relationship” to be really cringey. The characters are also insufferable. It didn’t feel realistic to me that Sarah would be so obsessed with someone she knew for 7 days. Also, these characters are older, and they aren’t young & dumb. It didn’t seem believable to me that they would genuinely think the other was the love of their lives in 7 days.
- This book doesn’t have a satisfying ending, and it REALLY drags. I wasn’t a fan of the pacing
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Infertility and Grief
Minor: Bullying and Miscarriage