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adiloretto's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"This is what I never knew about loss—it’s also about what you gain. You carry a weight that you never had before. It’s never behind you. It’s alongside you."
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Dementia, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Chronic illness and Drug use
erinreadsbooks'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
Read if you like emotional, funny, poignant stories about love and friendship and growing up in adulthood.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
capmorrow'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
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Dementia, and Grief
marycage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Infidelity
gabrielastbr'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? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
k8lynn'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
byrdy'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
4.25
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, and Car accident
Minor: Dementia and Toxic friendship
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- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Dementia, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Abandonment
sgrifgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Dementia, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse
Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
cozycritiques's review against another edition
- Just Last Night
Thank you, NetGalley and William Morrow, for the e-ARC.
Tropes: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Love Triangle, Found Family, Best Friend’s Sibling
Spice Scale: 🌶
CW: Death, Grief, Panic Attack, Past Abuse
This is one of those books that I think is going to stay with me for a while. When I read the blurb on NetGalley, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect—maybe some pining, intrigue, and uncovered secrets, a new love interest that changes the main character’s outlook on everything. And I did get that, but I also got a poignant look at loss, grief, and guilt and how those can affect even the tightest knit friendships and relationships. I think what I enjoyed the most is how powerful the relationships are in this story. While there is quite a bit of plot, the relationships between the characters really drive the narrative.
The portrayal of the friendship between Eve, Ed, Susie, and Justin isn’t just a rose-colored view of friendship. Yes, their friendship is full of fun and laughter, but it’s also raw and honest and messy. When Susie’s brother Finlay enters the scene, we get a look at the complexity of sibling relationships and how two people living through what seems like the experience can come out of it with two completely different versions of events. The romance in this is slow to start, only really beginning in the second half of the book, but it’s set up well and resolves nicely. It isn’t what drives the book, which I actually really enjoyed.
Just One Night takes a complicated and messy topic and manages to combine it with a sweet, slow-burn romance in a beautiful and powerful way.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders