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_b0ok_l0v3r's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Drug use, Cursing, Death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Child death, Stalking, and Car accident
meghan1997's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I went into this with no prior knowledge of the book or its contents, and was instantly captured by the author's writing style.
Reading this book for the first time (which came out when I was in high school) as an adult, had me deeply reflecting and looking back on my own coming of age years.
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Sexual assault
mick_rt's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Car accident
Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault
moonylovesstars's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Child death, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Mental illness, Self harm, and Drug use
delaneylacerte4's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Car accident, Bullying, and Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Suicide attempt
kaerinae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Car accident
Minor: Self harm
itsmecalib_'s review against another edition
3.25
I get why If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin was hyped up.
This book is coming of age meets romance meets YA…but made it raw…and low key a little bleak? That isn’t BAD but it’s definitely not an uplifting book or an easy read.
What I Like:
* What a ROLLER COASTER. Respect.
* It started slow but by half way through I had a hard time putting it down.
* The teenager feels are real.
* We love a long term book. It covers like 7th grade to a year after high school graduation.
* You know the end right from the beginning. (but like end minus 15 pages)
What I Don’t Like:
* You know the end right from the beginning.
* The teenager happenings are…extreme. It’s like a less explicit Euphoria. I know these things happen, yes, but it’s not the experience of the majority.
* It’s longer than it needed to be.
Would I reread? No. Will I read the sequel? Yes.
Is it a personal fave? No. Am I glad I read it? Sure.
Moderate: Car accident and Suicidal thoughts
malsam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, and Death
Moderate: Suicide
libroandthings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Suicide, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders
trisjt'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: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
Minor: Self harm, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Eating disorder, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Vomit