rad_reads_123's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual content and Eating disorder
nicole_zx's review against another edition
reflective
medium-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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cancer
lindasoderlundd's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Cancer
const_elle_ations's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Minor: Blood
kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity and Grief
Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Death
jaidenmarie11's review
emotional
sad
medium-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
3.75
This book is good, it’s great even! But this year I’m dead set on rating fiction books based on enjoyment and only giving them five stars when I genuinely had the best time. That being said good god this book made me furious. I understand her dilemma and the emotions all of that would come with and it wasn’t even the indecisiveness that made me angry it was going from one polar end to another. One moment she’s like “this is it I’m going to pick this character I can’t believe I was so stupid to think I would ever choose the other” to “oh man but I really love this other guy I’m actually gonna chose him instead” AND WHEN SHE anyways, she made the right decision imo but the way she went about it pissed me off. I actually cried a bit while reading because it was pretty well written but I am not the same as I was in 2020 and just because a book makes me cry does not mean it gets 5 stars! (I’ve done that an embarrassing amount of times) I really liked this book in the beginning despite feeling some gaps in the story. The grief was really well explored and I thought was handled in a tasteful way. Again the end just kind of soured the whole thing for me. And there’s some quotes that hit like they actually took me aback how much I liked them. But alas, it just really wasn’t my jam those last 130 pages.
Spoiler
FUCKS JESSE RIGHT AFTER SHES DECIDED ON SAM LIKE SHE HAD TOLD JESSE SHE HAD CHOSEN SAM AND THEN PROCEEDED TO HAVE SEX WITH JESSE. Like please tell me how that makes any logical sense and if I were Sam and Emma come up to me with some “we went to the cabin together… alone” I’d say alright then bye! Like please have some self respect my man
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content
val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual content
cady_sass's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? Yes
5.0
Ow, my heart 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I am not well. You know going in that the ending is going to break your heart one way or another, but it’s still such a gut punch. I cried multiple times. 5 stars
Side note: the entire premise of this book is borderline unbelievable but the least believable part is that book store manager and a music teacher can afford to live in Cambridge. And she commutes to Acton? And gets there with time to spare to have breakfast dates? Does she leave the house at 4am? Massachusetts people will get it, everyone else just live in blissful ignorance believing this is possible 🤣
Side note: the entire premise of this book is borderline unbelievable but the least believable part is that book store manager and a music teacher can afford to live in Cambridge. And she commutes to Acton? And gets there with time to spare to have breakfast dates? Does she leave the house at 4am? Massachusetts people will get it, everyone else just live in blissful ignorance believing this is possible 🤣
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Infidelity, Alcohol, Grief, Cursing, Death, Abandonment, and Sexual content
Ocean trauma, deep water, animal attackkayaisreading's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Death, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
jadencove's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
3.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Medical trauma, and Sexual content