A review by modernhobbitvibes
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Pros: The focus on friend-love and friends-as-family was good. Time loop plots are always fun and this was a good example of that.

Less a con, more that it's "not for me": Sometimes the teenagers act like teenagers in a way that activated my secondhand embarrassment hardcore. Less a criticism, more a warning that those prone to such feelings might cringe at a few sections.

Con: Kate was SEVERELY manic pixie dream girl'd in her characterization. That's the biggest factor that knocked this book down a few pegs. 

I'd say this is overall a pretty good book and worth reading, but the Kate characterization could've been better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

Cursing: Two f-words that I can remember. Gun violence/hate crime/murder/racism: Occurs in the

fourth loop; one character is shot for wearing a hoodie and being non-white in an upper-class neighborhood.

Infidelity:

Also occurs in the fourth loop.

There is onscreen kissing, bed-sharing, no explicit sex though. Family troubles (divorce, paternal abandonment) are recurring plot issues.