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yayarose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol
strawberrytheauthor'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
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
ladygetslit'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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer, Drug abuse, Suicide, Car accident, and Outing
addyson_raelynn'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
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide
teora'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicide, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Homophobia
olivialandryxo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is one of the saddest contemporaries I’ve ever read, but also one of the best portrayals of grief I’ve ever seen. I loved all of the characters (except maybe Rohan), and I would really like to give Autumn, Logan, Shay and Dante enormous hugs.
I loved the way music helped all of them through their grief, and how, in the end, they helped each other. I loved the friendships in this book, and Autumn and Dante’s budding romance was so adorable. I loved the way this book didn’t have a perfect ending, but still a hopeful one, and that throughout it all was a reminder to appreciate the beauty that remains after loss. (Also, in that context, isn’t that just a beautiful, poetic title?? Props to Woodfolk for that. 👏🏻)
This is an undeniably heavy read, but if it’s one you can handle, I highly recommend it. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it.
Representation
- Black protagonist
- Korean protagonist
- gay protagonist
- queer side characters (includes sapphic and gay rep)
- side characters of color (includes Black and Latine rep)
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Car accident
All things tagged moderate happened prior to the story, but are mentioned frequently throughout.