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sholtie's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Much of the content surrounds sexual expectations and miscommunication, though the main sexual encounter is entered into consensually. There is brief mention/allusion to sexual abuse of one of the main characters as a child, though it is not the main focus of the bookemmacb's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
For a book that started off as an 'ok well I've started so let's slog through to the end of this since it's so short' type of read, the last two thirds of this book had me entranced. It's a sweetly sad story of two people who, had they just had a little more maturity or life experience in the one key moment, might have been happy.
There are definitely some darker undertones to this book, but overall I finished it with an odd sense of nostalgia for a different ending that might have been!
There are definitely some darker undertones to this book, but overall I finished it with an odd sense of nostalgia for a different ending that might have been!
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
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