A review by tyreadsbooks_
Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

"When love asks too much of us, how do we find the strength to put ourselves first?”

⟡ 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 :

-mental health journey

-London setting

-strong female friendships

-big feelings, both highs and lows 

-20s coming of age, self love

-character driven stories 

-multiple timelines 

-complicated relationships 

-comfort books, movies, meals, people ♡ 

⟡ 𝙈𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 :

A heartbreakingly beautiful story about love, grief, and human connection. 

It follows Adelaide, a twenty-something woman living in London, as she falls in love, falls apart, and slowly puts herself back together. 

I definitely wouldn’t call this a romance, but contemporary/literary fiction with heavy mental health themes. It is a roller coaster of real, honest, raw emotions. The writing had a beautiful poetic quality, I didn’t want to put it down. Feeling the highs and lows of life, both so intensely, is exhausting.

This book is proof that sometimes things just need to fall apart in order to get better, that sometimes rock bottom can become a sold foundation to rebuild on. Although most of the story is filled with sadness, it left me feeling hopeful, and I think that’s beautiful.

*read with care - there are lots of heavy, sensitive topics throughout this book, I recommend checking  trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting