A review by lyndsay_bibliophile
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No

2.0

I have mixed feelings… the dual timeline kept this book fast-paced, but I also had a strong desire just to be done with it. The relationships are unhealthy.
Descriptive teen sex without condoms and Elliot is obviously raped. I had an immediate ick that Macy moved in with Sean after the first night she slept with him. There is also a harmful reference to drug addiction - “At what point will Sean be forced to tell his perfect kid that her mom loved drugs more than she loved them?” - this is harmful and minimizing - addiction is a disease and the MC is a medical doctor, so this didn’t sit right with me. The story is predictable and I struggled to get into it at first, but it did get better.
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