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Adelaide Williams is a hot mess, and that's being generous. The way in which this woman fills up and nearly bursts with emotion for any and everything is overwhelmingly exhausting. Her character is painted as light, bubbly, generous, kind, quirky, ridiculous (in a fun way), and terribly traumatized.

I found quite a bit of this experience of Adelaide's to be very far-fetched. She was constantly being flung from one tragic experience to another with little to no breathing room in between. It often had become to be too much. All the tragedy felt very thrown together on the author's part.

That said, I think this book is beautifully written and earnest. I am glad I read it even if I feel like I need my soul cleaned in the aftermath.

I will caution that this book deals with heavy topics such as abusive relationships, non-consensual sɘx, death, miscarriage, and suicidal ideation and attempts. Read at your own risk.

ekma710's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

themonaleia's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

megmj's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

ebear20's review against another edition

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5.0

Reading this book felt like having a crush for the first time again. I felt all the pain when Rory wouldn't text Adelaide back. I felt all the excitement when he did. What really shocked me was how Wheeler was able to replicate all the emotions I personally have felt in these types of relationships in the past. For the most part, this book IS reality, which is what made me love it so much. It felt very introspective to read about something I've personally experienced. I felt frustrated for Adelaide in the book, and therefore upset that I let myself be played the way Adelaide so obviously was as well.
Throughout the book, the reader discovers that this book is less about a romance, and more about Adelaide finding herself through the mess that this relationship is. At first when the book shifted from being about love, I was thrown. I wasn’t sure I liked that route. But, it ended up working really well, and made me like the book more. At points, all of this did seem a bit cheesy, but I think that’s something I liked about this book. We all are a bit cheesy at times and we don’t always say the most proper, put together things. Wheeler writes this book in the way that someone thinks, which is what I appreciated most.

carlireadsrecs's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad slow-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

2.0

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