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Unsteady by Peyton Corinne

7 reviews

abidavisf's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.0

Unsteady is gorgeous, a book filled with characters with such depth and such heart that I can’t help but feel warm and fuzzy as I read about them. Sadie and Rhys are two broken humans, who come together to find healing and love and trust. Family is a huge part of this tale, and they create it together beautifully.

There are lots of little plot points that I’m hoping will be explored further in later books, as I have a lot of unanswered questions about these characters, particularly Bennett, Coach Kelley, Ro and Toren.  Can’t wait to see how their stories (hopefully) progress in the future. I also would have liked some of Sadie’s storylines to be fleshed out more, particularly around her custody case. We got very little information about how it came about, how it ended, and what happened to her father so I’d be very intrigued to get more information about that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism

sadiesadiesadie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

This was so good. I loved this book. I really liked the character development and the mental health development of the characters. Also the fact that once they got together, their mental health challenges didn’t disappear, showing that love didn’t cure their troubles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

After an unfortunate hit, Rhys experiences anxiety like no other. The way that it's portrayed in the novel is well written and exactly what it feels like. Sadie spends most of her life fighting the same anxiety and doesn't feel love, like truly, until Rhys shows her. They help each other through the worst times of their lives and fall in love through the process. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

booklov3r__'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment

culzean's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

toryann's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment

Minor: Fatphobia, Violence, and Car accident

themargherita_s's review against another edition

5.0

I've been waiting for this book since July (I think?), so obviously I had to pause whatever I was doing and read it as soon as it came out.

When I don't like a book I write paragraphs about the things that bothered me, but when there's something I love I never know how to express myself and explain what I enjoyed. Unfortunately this is one of those cases too.
I just... I cried. It made me emotional. It broke my heart and put it back together. So that obviously makes it a five star read for me.

I was so impatient and excited about this book that in the past couple of months I kept reading and rereading all the snippets that the author had shared, so many of the emotional and impactful moments I already knew and was expecting. They still got to me though, and there were also a lot of emotional moments that hadn't been shared before so it's not like I actually spoiled myself.

Content warnings: panic disorder, panic and anxiety attacks, PTSD, internalized ableism, fatphobia, parental neglect, toxic behaviors, addiction, abandonment, abuse, self-loathing, violence and accidents, blood.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, and Car accident