A review by readsbyti
The Words by A. Jade

emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If you want pure emotional baggage and toxicity this is the book! I’m not even saying that as a bad thing, I actually liked reading this. Whilst at the start I didn’t like Phoenix and his behaviour, especially after the timeskip, this sort of feels like a guilty pleasure read, I loved it and hate that I love it. The love Phoenix has for Lennon (once he eventually admitted to it) played a huge role in how I felt about Phoenix overall, you could tell bro loved her he just was not emotionally mature enough to admit it and go about it in other, less toxic, ways.

Lennons character as a whole could’ve used faaaarr more development though, even after the timeskip she still felt like the same Lennon from high school but just hid her insecurities more instead of overcoming them gradually and being a more confident within herself. To see she basically had no growth after the timeskip nor resilience built following the situation she was in was disappointing. 

The revenge plot didn’t give what it was supposed to gave either, kinda felt buried almost immediately, really would’ve preferred it played out and that be the conflict than what we go and the ending felt super rushed for a 600+ page book. That being said though, I did damn near cry a lot and despite my words I liked it.
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