tennille's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
3.5
rileygatlin's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
attolis's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
4.25
Gorgeously written. Cried the whole time đź‘Ť
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness and Suicide attempt
Minor: Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief
hakkun1's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
thedisquietedpen's review against another edition
3.0
This book didn’t quite “catch” me until fairly late into it (at least a third of the rest through; perhaps even halfway through), so I’m only giving it three out of five. It was a pretty good read that dealt with mature topics in realistic ways. I found the narrator hard to relate to, but I’m not sure if it was her voice or her personality. But she did grow on me by the end.
rainbowrachel's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mamabirdgraph's review against another edition
5.0
A wrecked family caused by a shipwreck.
I loved the characters, the settings, the story. I cried. The prose was pretty. I wish there was a little more at the end.
“My tears were drying on my face, and when I surprised myself with a yawn, the salt tracks cracked like riverbeds.”
“Sadness moves like the tide, and this wave, like the others, will retreat.”
“No one thing could fix us, because no one thing was wrong. The fixing would be in keeping going, in trying. Survival was its own quest: we needed to choose to survive over and over again. We had to wash up on shore, and we had to choose to keep washing up every single day. We had to let the survival accrue, pebble after pebble, building a beach from a million tiny moments until suddenly we stopped, looked around, and thought, on a Saturday in Maine, I’m glad we’re here.”
I loved the characters, the settings, the story. I cried. The prose was pretty. I wish there was a little more at the end.
“My tears were drying on my face, and when I surprised myself with a yawn, the salt tracks cracked like riverbeds.”
“Sadness moves like the tide, and this wave, like the others, will retreat.”
“No one thing could fix us, because no one thing was wrong. The fixing would be in keeping going, in trying. Survival was its own quest: we needed to choose to survive over and over again. We had to wash up on shore, and we had to choose to keep washing up every single day. We had to let the survival accrue, pebble after pebble, building a beach from a million tiny moments until suddenly we stopped, looked around, and thought, on a Saturday in Maine, I’m glad we’re here.”
enrichbitch's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? No
4.5
kathryn14's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the premise but I didn't really connect with the story
6.5/10
6.5/10