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taulkstoomuch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I started off not enjoying this book at all, Dexter was such an annoying and unlikable character, which was super odd considering that this is supposedly a romance book. Emma seems to have no personality outside of liking Dexter either (my biggest gripe with this book ugh!). But as the story continued, I started to hope for good things to happen to him, and her, and them. However, I do feel that if their characters were better developed, the book would have been more impactful for me. But goodness me, did the latter half of this book have me shocked.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
avacole2005's review
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol
cnannery19'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
3.75
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
hstcrow's review against another edition
2.0
The earlier years were the best part. Em deserved better, which I think everyone (in and out of the book) knows. The very ending was cute. It was just a bit meh tbh and Dex really ruined it for me
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
zara89's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Car accident
emilyseebold'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
loulou_22'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
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol
kathshiroma's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent
Minor: Fatphobia and Infertility
hjb_128'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
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
thesquishyfrog's review against another edition
- 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
The first half of this book was like listening to someone tell me the plot of this book. Actually, scratch that. The first half of this book felt like I was watching someone explain the plot to someone else. In other terms, not very good. If I didn’t have a thing against putting books down on purpose, I would have stopped reading.
Once we stopped playing the fun game of “for how many chapters can Dexter be drunk?”, it got better. Not much, but enough for me to finish it. I don’t know, it just wasn’t that good. Great concept, not great execution.
Read it if you want, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you are that bored.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Death
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Vomit