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Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

38 reviews

ainaruizdegauna's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

When I started this book fir my book club, I didn't expect to get so attached to the characters and to cry so hard at some points of the book. But here we are. Brilliant book. You should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Misogyny, and Car accident

basketkaceee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

hannahelaine's review against another edition

DNF @ 36%. I honestly am just getting a lot of cognitive dissonance from this book? It literally has a “The State of the Black Author” panel in the book that condemns blaxploitation in media, and how there needs to be more black joy and showing black people as literally just any other person instead of deeply and always traumatized. And then it seems (to me, who is a white person) to do exactly the opposite and be the paragon of blaxploitation.  Maybe I’m missing something since this book isn’t written for me specifically and I don’t have the cultural context for it. I don’t know. But it seems very dissonant in what it’s saying and doing. It feels icky. I may be misinterpreting the author— I certainly haven’t stumbled on any black reviewers saying the same thing, so I may be totally getting it wrong. But it feels icky for me, so I’m just going to leave it. 

I honestly don’t even have thoughts on the romance or even the plot because that has overshadowed everything else for me.  I feel weird about it and I’m just not going to continue. 

Finally, this is a little more a nitpick than criticism on the book, but some content warnings would be good to put in this one. There’s a lot of extremely dangerous self-harming situations. I didn’t know this going in, and recently have been having pretty bad mental health issues requiring partial hospitalization. Luckily It didn’t throw my mood or thoughts in a bad direction, but it could have. A little warning ahead of time would have been nice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

neverlandpages4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

jkreads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

5⭐️

TW: alcoholism, drug use, self harm, child neglect, paedophilia

Just…wow. This book was beautiful. A searing tale of Black love, pain and success told in beautiful prose brimming with emotion. 

Seven Days in June is easily the best second-chance romance I’ve ever read. All of the angst and pain experienced by Eva and Shane had a purpose, none of it was gratuitous or over the top. The journey they went on throughout the book was SO satisfying, and it really felt like I was right there with them, I was so invested.

I’m always nervous going into a book with disability/illness rep because it’s never guaranteed to be done well. That was not the case here. I really loved how descriptive Tia Williams was in talking about Eva’s chronic pain and the impact that this had on every aspect of her life. I also loved that there wasn’t an underlying message of ‘just push through’. Sure, there were times where Eva tried to push through the pain but she knew this would come at a price. So many books that I see being hailed as having great disability rep very much promote the toxic message that ‘if you just push through and accommodate yourself, you can do anything’ when that just isn’t the reality for many disabled people. Eva spoke about parenting from bed or the couch, which I can very much relate to as this is something I’ve had to resort to on days where I’m struggling.

I listened to this on audio and the narration was wonderful, it really helped me connect with the story on a deeper level. I will probably be purchasing a physical copy of this as well though, because it’s definitely going to be one that I reread in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

rickireadss's review against another edition

3.0

i went into this one with such high hopes, and i honestly think that was what ruined it for me. i loved the chronic migraines rep. i somewhat tolerated the fact that both mcs were writers - i feel like this is hit or miss with me, but usually a miss. i did not check the CW before reading, and that was definitely my bad, but most of the reviews i had seen on tiktok or insta hadn't mentioned it being a "heavy" book -- this one most defintitely was, and it was much heavier than i could have anticipated. i ended up soft-DNFing this like 50% in and left in untouched for almost a month, but i pushed through hoping it would magically get better (spoiler alert: it did not) this was just not my favorite, and one of my disappointments of the year.

⚠️: self harm, drug abuse, alcoholism, drug use, addiction, chronic illness, suicidal thoughts, mental illness, suicidal attempt, abandonment, gun violence, death, grief, injury/injury detail, child abuse, child death, violence, sexual assault, toxic relationship, blood, sexual harassment, emotional abuse, racism, medical content, car accident, medical trauma, death of parent, domestic abuse, physical abuse, bullying, panic attacks/disorders, murder, forced institutionalization, pedophilia, vomit, ableism, sexism, adult/minor relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

lizziaha's review against another edition

3.0

The most compelling part of this book is Shane’s love for Eva. He’s an addict, and that’s palpable in the book. It’s not a want, but a need. Otherwise, the book wasn’t quite what I expected, and didn’t have the things I look for in a romance. Eva’s relationship with her daughter was not very fleshed out—despite part of Eva’s storyline being her matrilineal line—and their arguments seemed unrealistic, especially on Eva’s side. I also found a few other things unrealistic, including Audrey’s near-expulsion and the timing of Eva’s writing deadline. Also, it felt like this book was attempting to make a political statement without actually committing to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

kaileycoronado's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

Good sex scenes hehe

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, and Self harm

niybereading's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really enjoyed this book.

The childhood trauma, self-harm, and invisible disability were things I'd never read in a book so far, and I feel like this was written very well. The pop culture references were almost overbearing; in a way, they felt out of touch and dated, but realizing that the author was a pop culture editor explained this. I think I'm one of the few that didn't mind the “breakup” at the end; it made sense to me. I didn't feel like either of them were ready for a relationship, at least not with each other just yet. But I did enjoy their attraction to one another; it felt like fate. Studies suggest that a traumatic event (i.e., an overdose) can stunt you emotionally, so it didn't confuse me that the two were still thinking about each other over a decade later. There was one time when I felt like the sexual content was a little random (that interaction during the sleepover when she asked him to go to Belle Fleur with her), but overall, it was pretty mild and “appropriate” for their level of intimacy. I did feel like Audre’s language was quite extensive for a 12-year-old, but regardless, I enjoyed her readings. The epilogue was like the cherry on top for me. I’m glad that Eva and Shane got the closure and happy ending that they both deserved.

Also, the narrator was amazing at capturing the emotions and tones of the situations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

inappropriate and violent interaction between adult man and minor girl

otheywanttosing's review against another edition

4.0

"I liked everything about you. Even the scary parts."

This was a funny, raw, second-chance romance that opened my eyes and crumpled my heart.

Tia Williams' writing is unafraid to confront a painful past for the sake of true healing and happiness. If you want to read on motherhood, on breaking generational curses, on race in America, on chronic illness, on addiction, on the Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known ™️—but all of that with easy humour and grace through characters that feel like genuine people—read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Racism, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Police brutality