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btwnprintedpgs's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Alcohol
Moderate: Misogyny and Abandonment
Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy
kbairbooks's review
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This was a struggle for me. At first I was really excited. Renovation? Interior design? YouTube show? Traveling/wanderlust? Cute small town with an attractive guy who knows what he wants? A pitbull named Kevin? It had all the fixings for a really lovable romance. And then Silas showed his colors, and it was downhill from there. There was the dash of ableism with the ‘gimped’ remark, The first shitty scene with Wallace (but that is just a me problem), and the concepts sprinkled throughout that fighting or putting so much work into a relationship meant it was worth fighting for. That is the most fucked up, toxic, heterosexual bullshit I’ve ever fucking heard. So many people in this book, in this cast, think shitty things are actually good in a relationship and that’s a really harmful thing to be putting out to the public. As well as Silas is the worst boyfriend I’ve ever fucking come across he’s so selfish, he’s not respectful towards women, he was pushy and arrogant and annoying and I really fucking hated his character. He ruined the book for me and I spent a good 30 to 40% in the middle wishing the book was over.
By the end I had really liked how it ended, I thought the wrapups of the characters were cool, I liked Kevin, I liked the kittens, I liked the sister, the dad, Maggie, Cody, and the other people for the most part. Dean was really bitchy, and a downer, and Silas really just fucked everything up but if you take out the dash of ableism, the concept of the really shitty relationships that was a narrative throughout the whole thing, and Silas in his entirety then it would have been an enjoyable read.
By the end I had really liked how it ended, I thought the wrapups of the characters were cool, I liked Kevin, I liked the kittens, I liked the sister, the dad, Maggie, Cody, and the other people for the most part. Dean was really bitchy, and a downer, and Silas really just fucked everything up but if you take out the dash of ableism, the concept of the really shitty relationships that was a narrative throughout the whole thing, and Silas in his entirety then it would have been an enjoyable read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Ableism
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