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wendy_schmit07's review against another edition
3.0
Change my mind again. This is gonna be 3.5 stars
peterparker88's review against another edition
5.0
This has easily become one of my favourite books to ever exist.
emjay0303's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
itslaurensbookshelf_'s review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
sholey_woolv101's review against another edition
5.0
This book isn’t just about grief—it is grief. It’s the kind that lingers in the spaces between words, in the laughter that feels borrowed, in love that is both infinite and running out of time.
“We were dead kids. Broken kids. Kids who did not make it, kids who had to claw their way through days with fingers that bled.”
I Fell in Love with Hope doesn’t soften the pain. It lets it sink into you, lets it ache in the quiet moments. The friendships, the love, the desperation to hold onto something—anything—when the world keeps stealing from you.
“You don’t grieve people once. You grieve them over and over again.”
That’s what this book felt like. A slow, painful goodbye you knew was coming but still weren’t ready for. And when it ends, it leaves you standing in the aftermath, with nothing but echoes and the heavy weight of hope that refuses to die.
“We were dead kids. Broken kids. Kids who did not make it, kids who had to claw their way through days with fingers that bled.”
I Fell in Love with Hope doesn’t soften the pain. It lets it sink into you, lets it ache in the quiet moments. The friendships, the love, the desperation to hold onto something—anything—when the world keeps stealing from you.
“You don’t grieve people once. You grieve them over and over again.”
That’s what this book felt like. A slow, painful goodbye you knew was coming but still weren’t ready for. And when it ends, it leaves you standing in the aftermath, with nothing but echoes and the heavy weight of hope that refuses to die.
bookishsakii's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
styxis's review against another edition
3.0
Destruction is addictive, he writes. The more I am, the less I want to be. The less I am, the lesser I want to become.
Death is sudden. It has no taste for irony or reason. It doesn't wait for another tick of the metronome. It doesn't wait for goodbyes. Death is a taker, plain, direct, no tricks up its sleeve. And it will give you nothing in return but a last endless kiss for those you leave behind.
This entire book read like a 400-page tragic poem. I'm genuinely saddened to admit that it threw me into a bit of a reading slump, despite its beautiful writing and deeply soulful characters. Each one of them felt like they deserved a long, comforting hug.
I especially enjoyed the narrative thing going on (if you've read it, you'll know exactly what I mean), but unfortunately the book lacked a plot which made it quite strenuous to read. And towards the end, !!SPOILER!!
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the author seemed to rush through killing off her characters,lauren_east2's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars. As someone with an autoimmune disease and other chronic illnesses, this was a beautiful read
sunshine_mel's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
renc's review against another edition
5.0
No cause this book was so amazingly written and brought me to tears several times. I think this is the most beautiful book I’ve ever read.