A review by sakisreads
It's Not All Downhill from Here, by Terry McMillan
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- 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 was such a lovely book to read 🥰 I needed something uplifting and hopeful and found this on a list of books labelled light-hearted reads; they weren’t wrong but they weren’t right either 🥲 However, in saying all that in the spoilers, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and loved seeing Lorentha and the others’ character development. I’ve started to see now that aging isn’t such a bad thing, and that it really isn’t all downhill from here! ✨ I would definitely recommend this!
Spoiler
Having to go and grapple with Carl’s death, Jalecia’s declining mental health and addiction, Poochie’s health challenges and so on were immensely difficult and not something I expected to read!Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicide, and Racial slurs