Reviews

The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker

amanda_93's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

katielund's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

sarah_pearce's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Reading the book description, it checked all of the boxes for me: dark, psychological, a big secret involved, suspense... but it was hard for me to get through. 

kenzie_nicole's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

haileyhughes's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

misfate's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

melonfizz's review

5.0

“The hunger was always there, beating fists against the tight seal I had fastened around it, but I pushed it down. It hurt too much to be big. Too big to fit in the clothes that smelled of Linda and the streets. Too big to hide. Too big to love.”

sunflower_martha's review

4.0

Let me write a review while stuck on the tram.

I got this book out of a video-recommendation on tiktok and then I let it sit on my shelf for five months just to start it right on the first day of spring.
Naturally, having to wait, some expectations built up and I have to say I was absolutely positively surprised by this book.
It's powerful in its description of a childhood gone wrong and its echo through your whole life. At times I forgot I was reading fiction and thought of it as a real true crime story.
It's heartbreaking in many little ways, exactly like real life.
It's a perfect portrait of the many many ways adults fail children and then blame them for the wreckage.
I absolutely recommend it.

courtneyyloves's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Eerie, dark, and interesting. You keep reading to find out what happens and why no one helped. 

chartania's review

challenging dark hopeful sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Simultaneously one of the best and worst things I've ever read.