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Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Quotes:
There’s nothing like the guilt you feel when there’s room in your heart to love evil.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
This Winter by Alice Oseman
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
"I started to realise how ill I was. And why I’d ended up there, (mental hospital).
It’s because I was actually dying."
-Charlie
It’s because I was actually dying."
-Charlie
Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm
Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
funny
hopeful
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
hopeful
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.5
Favorite character: Susannah
Least favorite character: Belly & Taylor
Final Thoughts: So much teenage girl drama which I didn't enjoy because I've had my fair share of it in middle school. Belly is SO STUPID and selfish and acting like a literal child even though she is 16 years old in this book.
Quotes:
- When a person you love dies, it doesn’t feel real.
- What does it mean when someone is really and truly gone?
- It’s scary how easy promises were broken. Just like that.
- You never know the last time you’ll see a place. A person.
- If anybody could make things right, it was my mother.
Least favorite character: Belly & Taylor
Final Thoughts: So much teenage girl drama which I didn't enjoy because I've had my fair share of it in middle school. Belly is SO STUPID and selfish and acting like a literal child even though she is 16 years old in this book.
Quotes:
- When a person you love dies, it doesn’t feel real.
- What does it mean when someone is really and truly gone?
- It’s scary how easy promises were broken. Just like that.
- You never know the last time you’ll see a place. A person.
- If anybody could make things right, it was my mother.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent