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christygsp's review against another edition
Love interest who is an ass to the main character but she still loves him = not my thing at all.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Terminal illness
sincerely_inayah's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
I shouldn't have read the epilogue, completely ruined the book for me. There were some red flags for me throughout, but the epilogue sealed the deal.
I think it's very odd that throughout theis book the main characters progressively become more and more intertwined while removing themselves from interactions from their other relatives.
To have a dying child and to have her sleeping in the bed with another child each night is wild to me. Esp on a pediatric ward. That boy would have been allowed to stay duringvisiting hours, but not sleepover.
Rune is allowed to sleep in her bed and her parents took turn sleeping in a visitor room. Just, no. This also continued once she was home and he just essentially dropped out of school the last two months of his life because he was in love đ?
Also the request for her to "go home" as he kissed her is insane. Typically a dying individual is not alert enough in those final hours to be speaking and reminiscing. The author also put a huge weight on the teenage boy to remember the feel of his girlfriends last breath on his lips for the rest of his life.
I feel like that would be remembered as traumatic by him and maybe upsetting to the parents if this was a real event.
It is also odd that on the year anniversary, instead of anyone celebrating Poppy's life, it was just the boyfriend sending her their "kisses"... two of which occured post-intercourse. Idk, it's just off-putting.
But the final straw, for sure, was this man realizing he died, and immediately celebrating the fact that he was with her forever. Fuck his family, career, pets, etc. For 10 years he had a whole life and was thrilled to be dead because he was finally back with the teenage love of his life.
This book was just very much not for me, lol.
I think it's very odd that throughout theis book the main characters progressively become more and more intertwined while removing themselves from interactions from their other relatives.
To have a dying child and to have her sleeping in the bed with another child each night is wild to me. Esp on a pediatric ward. That boy would have been allowed to stay duringvisiting hours, but not sleepover.
Rune is allowed to sleep in her bed and her parents took turn sleeping in a visitor room. Just, no. This also continued once she was home and he just essentially dropped out of school the last two months of his life because he was in love đ?
Also the request for her to "go home" as he kissed her is insane. Typically a dying individual is not alert enough in those final hours to be speaking and reminiscing. The author also put a huge weight on the teenage boy to remember the feel of his girlfriends last breath on his lips for the rest of his life.
I feel like that would be remembered as traumatic by him and maybe upsetting to the parents if this was a real event.
It is also odd that on the year anniversary, instead of anyone celebrating Poppy's life, it was just the boyfriend sending her their "kisses"... two of which occured post-intercourse. Idk, it's just off-putting.
But the final straw, for sure, was this man realizing he died, and immediately celebrating the fact that he was with her forever. Fuck his family, career, pets, etc. For 10 years he had a whole life and was thrilled to be dead because he was finally back with the teenage love of his life.
This book was just very much not for me, lol.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness
thetinysnail's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- 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
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Drug use and Sexual content
bre_renea's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
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 beyond beautiful. If you donât want to cry then I definitely donât recommend reading it though. I started crying at about 37% (I think) and it never really stopped. The crying got really bad around 72% though. I had to take a break to calm down. Poppy and Rune are so cute. I wish they had more time together
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Medical content
soph_mills's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Grief
s_wandering's review against another edition
Beautiful love story that iâd no doubt had given 5âď¸ if circumstances were different.
I wish I had known the topic covered in this book prior to reading (my fault for not checking)
Maybe in the future when the topic of terminal illness at a young age no longer stings I can pick it up again, but for now I have to DNF
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I wish I had known the topic covered in this book prior to reading (my fault for not checking)
Maybe in the future when the topic of
Check the TWâs
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death of parent
bookwormloverofbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Grief
bookaholic84's review against another edition
emotional
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? N/A
5.0
I donât know where to begin, my first tear was on page 15 and I sobbed through the majority of this book, my heart is broken and this book with live with me for infinity
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Grief
taylorp98's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
crobinson81217's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
This book gutted me. Some parts were a little cheesy or unrealistic, but I was sobbing⌠and I canât remember the last time I did that while reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, and Terminal illness