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alegraswindow's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent
mal2001'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: Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ktdakotareads'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
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident
christygsp's review against another edition
4.0
Too slow to start. Not a fan of grief as a big character focus. Felt meh about it so didn’t continue.
Second attempt:
I’m so glad I gave this book another shot because I actually really enjoyed it!
It was slow to start, with a lot of grief hitting you in the face, but once we got past that and it took off running, I really enjoyed it. I liked the dynamic between the main characters, the element of fake dating and while serious drama or grief are not themes I normally gravitate towards, I think the author did a good job representing them.
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
plueschi77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship
okiecozyreader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I also finished Things You Save in a Fire, and I felt like I could see similarities. To me, both heroines are strong women in careers people don’t assume women would be powerful in (a firefighter and a bodyguard). She gives them strength and courage (and both don’t like slinky clothes and prefer pants). It’s interesting how neither of the women grew up with great families (and I think both have parents who left). Both stories involve a parent with cancer also.
This one, involves fake dating. Hannah loves going oversees and especially wants a job - but her boss decides that it is between her and a guy (she was in a relationship with) - and she has to prove herself in a high profile job with a movie star. His mother has been sick and wants them to come to their ranch, and the fake dating heats up. (Although I do love that her books are never uncomfortably spicy).
I love Katherine Center’s humor at often just the right time.
“Because it’s so much harder to love someone who’s difficult than to love someone who’s easy.” P17
“Cool pin necklace…”
Like a reflex I touched my beaded safety pin…
And the pin must have been more of a talisman than I’d realized, because only then did I magically remember how to talk.” P46
“I’d just have to wear girlfriend clothes and do girlfriend things and be … trapped behind that facade.” P103
Brazos River is named from “los brazos de Dios, which means ‘the arms of God” … because it drowned so many people that it’s where God collects their souls.” P124
“Every chance you take is a choice. A choice to decide who you are.” P259
Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
Minor: Suicide attempt
hazelgirl21'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
4.25
Graphic: Death and Car accident
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism
eaeaster's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Stalking, and Car accident
Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt
amandamarieger'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Stalking and Car accident
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
emireads'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
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol