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Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

5 reviews

cecereads__'s review against another edition

4.5

Sunburn is both literal and metaphorical with the mc and first person pov, Lucy, experiencing the gloriously bright sun that’s making her come alive, and the subsequent redness/mark and constant sting that can follow if we’re not careful; if we don’t take care of ourselves enough.  

I really loved this. An Irish setting is always going to get me.

A sapphic coming-of-age story including all that comes with first love (eagerness, starry-eyes, forevers, intensity, etc) and with small-town mindsets and religious upbringings. 

I know that Martin wasn’t told until the end for a reason. He’s a gem btw. I still wonder what he would have said about it being a shared secret he was in on to stop his heart from breaking too. Idk. Obviously Lucy was not ready to deal with her feelings even when time told her how she would still grow out of the town and the ppl with or without Susannah

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

andlovetoowillruinus's review

5.0

(vibrating in place with gritted teeth and blood streaming from my eyes) i’m so normal abt this book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Outing

Minor: Drug use, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Classism

jordanbolker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

A beautiful coming out story that everyone should read! The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was that there was more internal dialogue and narration than actual dialogue. But it was beautiful, raw, emotional and I loved it overall. One of my favorite summer reads!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hookerkitty's review

emotional funny hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I don’t think there’s a single person I’ve been attracted to, male or female, who made me obsessed with their spit or want to be masticated by them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Dementia, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

emisbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

i cannot put my thoughts on this book into words. it was truly incredible.

the writing is so beautiful. the descriptions of love and yearning are so raw. the main themes of queerness, growing up female, homesickness, places, platonic and romantic love are explored so deeply. this book is equal parts heartbreaking and uplifting. the characters feel like real people. 

i feel really bad for martin. i have never seen a character be so dedicated to another only for that dedication to not be reciprocated in the way they want. ouch.

easiest 5 stars i've ever given. this is a new favourite book of all time for me. highly, HIGHLY recommend. i truly have no criticisms of this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit