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andreyuhh's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
0.25
“Well I have it on good authority that she wants a little more bad boy in her life”
I feel like this quote alone is enough for everyone to understand how cringe this book was. You’ll hear “baby” over a million times & it just feels so unauthentic for teenagers. I almost added it to my DNF list but I couldn’t bear to ruin my book streak lmao. I also listened to the audiobook and I must warn you to never ever listen to that. I had to listen to 4 different accents for 2 characters. 🙃
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Cancer
bookish_limits's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I am so sorryyyyy, I really did push off on reading this book because of all the love it got.
I just personally didn't like the non communication in this book. He was so good to her beyond reality, all she did was lie and hurt this poor man. I am sorry but I just didn't like how the love interest went.
Here are my notes throughout
Ch6
- why wouldn’t you wanna know where he stands. Stop avoiding him and see if he stood by his word and loves you like he did then
Ch7
- Better not to tell him and pretend I wasn’t interested 🤮 let the man be, he loved you and you just MIA on him. You deserve the cold shoulder from him right now
- Poppy mein?? Dude she ghosted you and your just gonna let her back in after her first sign of heartache. What about you and how you felt??
Ch8
- seriously, you’re dying of a chronic disease and the man who loves you is just finding out. Wtf is your problem 🙄
I just personally didn't like the non communication in this book. He was so good to her beyond reality, all she did was lie and hurt this poor man. I am sorry but I just didn't like how the love interest went.
Ch6
- why wouldn’t you wanna know where he stands. Stop avoiding him and see if he stood by his word and loves you like he did then
Ch7
- Better not to tell him and pretend I wasn’t interested 🤮 let the man be, he loved you and you just MIA on him. You deserve the cold shoulder from him right now
- Poppy mein?? Dude she ghosted you and your just gonna let her back in after her first sign of heartache. What about you and how you felt??
Ch8
- seriously, you’re dying of a chronic disease and the man who loves you is just finding out. Wtf is your problem 🙄
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Cancer
doey_zoe's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Terminal illness
Minor: Cancer
blessed1124's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
You’re going to cry
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Death
blu_1's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer
wowitscass's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Let me just start off by saying that all forms of art are not meant for everyone and people can have different opinions.
That being said, this book was painful to read. The dialogue felt very cliche John green 2014. *SPOILER*
The descriptions of death were very “angels coming home” and tried way too hard to be inspiring. Also the MMC describing most of the women in town as “bimbos” and putting the FMC up on a pedestal was ~not enjoyable~.
It did have good family elements and was sweet at times, but it overall was not good.
That being said, this book was painful to read. The dialogue felt very cliche John green 2014. *SPOILER*
The descriptions of death were very “angels coming home” and tried way too hard to be inspiring. Also the MMC describing most of the women in town as “bimbos” and putting the FMC up on a pedestal was ~not enjoyable~.
It did have good family elements and was sweet at times, but it overall was not good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cancer, and Grief
beccabae's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death
Minor: Drug use
chesneisanchez's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Cancer
annabananadel's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
“Why be miserable when you can be happy?”
Forever always. For infinity.
Been a long while since I’ve actually shed tears over a book. Inside a clothing store, no less. In Fukuoka, Japan. During our last day of the trip.
I knew coming in this story that it is a sad story. I just didn’t know that it was a devastating one. I got spoiled when I read the synopsis of the second book but it was not really a spoiler because you’ll know about it after the first quarter of the book. I felt their love for one another. How unfair life can be to separate this couple who are clearly meant to be. Soulmates. The journey the two of them took upon at such a young age. I just wanted to be there for them both.
Sometimes, when you read romances such as this, you tend to question your standards because you read about these fictional characters and how much they show love to one another. How can they love so much at that young age? That’s what I was thinking this whole read. Is it really possible for a couple to be in love this much during their teens? To feel so lost if one has moved to a different country? Apparently, it is possible. This book showed me that. Although I have not been in this situation, it makes me wonder if I would be such if this happened to me and my partner.
It’s such an enlightening story as well as we think about life and death. Poppy herself question why people rush to do things they could have done when they had the time. You really don’t know what would happen in the future. You really just have to say yes to new adventures.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death
ktbeth143's review against another edition
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I didn’t like this. It did not live up to my expectations. (and before you ask, I knew it was a sad-cancer-romance-story-where-she-dies-in-the-end before I started)
Giving it a 1.5 because I know part of the problem for me comes from listening to the audiobook version instead of reading it (meaning I can only critique the story, the not the grammar, etc). But the narrators in this story made it hard to keep myself in it. Normally I appreciate when narrators use different voices, and I wouldn’t even say these narrators did a bad job on the accents they used, but their accents were distracting. This made serious moments in the story lose the weight they were supposed to have on me.
And it certainly didn’t help that the chapters were so long. Everything was so drawn out. And then, with a couple of exceptions), the next chapter would do a time skip. And because it was in first-person (even though it was duel POV), it felt like listening to two unreliable narrators ramble on and on and on. I was bored for a lot of this book.
And the teenage rage Rune displays? Don’t get me wrong, it’s justified, and I can totally see how a young adult who hasn’t learned to process things yet would channel it all like that, but something about it was just annoying. Maybe it’s because it was the only catalyst of change. And even by the end, when he decides to forgive his dad, it felt like a random decision and not something he grew into. Which is fine, sometimes forgiveness happens like that, but it doesn’t make for a great story arch in my opinion.
And the ending wasn’t sad—it was sappy. Very cheesy (and not in a cute romcom way)
Overall, this felt like some very immature writing. I don’t know anything about the author, so this could’ve been her first published work and her other novels have gotten better. But this particular story felt too naive in tone and pace for a book that was all over my BookTok FYP and my Goodreads suggestions. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for a young adult romantic drama? 🤷♀️
Giving it a 1.5 because I know part of the problem for me comes from listening to the audiobook version instead of reading it (meaning I can only critique the story, the not the grammar, etc). But the narrators in this story made it hard to keep myself in it. Normally I appreciate when narrators use different voices, and I wouldn’t even say these narrators did a bad job on the accents they used, but their accents were distracting. This made serious moments in the story lose the weight they were supposed to have on me.
And it certainly didn’t help that the chapters were so long. Everything was so drawn out. And then, with a couple of exceptions), the next chapter would do a time skip. And because it was in first-person (even though it was duel POV), it felt like listening to two unreliable narrators ramble on and on and on. I was bored for a lot of this book.
And the ending wasn’t sad—it was sappy. Very cheesy (and not in a cute romcom way)
Overall, this felt like some very immature writing. I don’t know anything about the author, so this could’ve been her first published work and her other novels have gotten better. But this particular story felt too naive in tone and pace for a book that was all over my BookTok FYP and my Goodreads suggestions. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for a young adult romantic drama? 🤷♀️
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer