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emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
This book was unreal.
I loved this book from start to finish, it’s a biggish book and I didn’t get bored at all.
I felt so many emotions reading this, I cried and laughed was happy and then sad.
I hated/loved phoenix throughout the book and I adored Lennon from start to finish.
She was bullied in high school for being a plus size girl and it hit me hard, phoenix never ever bullied her for it and I loved him for that.
I was so gutted when he hurt her how he did.
Fast forward 4 years and phoenix is spiralling out of control and the only person storm could think of to help was Lennon.
Watching them have this love/hate relationship throughout was hard but amazing at the same time.
Im so happy with how it turned out and I loved everything about this book there isn’t anything I would change at all.
I can’t wait for more of Memphis and my girl Skyler, so happy that Lennon has found a true friend in her and I loved their friendship so much.
Would so love to see a book about storm too I love that guy.
definitely one of my favourite reads this year so far!
I loved this book from start to finish, it’s a biggish book and I didn’t get bored at all.
I felt so many emotions reading this, I cried and laughed was happy and then sad.
I hated/loved phoenix throughout the book and I adored Lennon from start to finish.
She was bullied in high school for being a plus size girl and it hit me hard, phoenix never ever bullied her for it and I loved him for that.
I was so gutted when he hurt her how he did.
Fast forward 4 years and phoenix is spiralling out of control and the only person storm could think of to help was Lennon.
Watching them have this love/hate relationship throughout was hard but amazing at the same time.
Im so happy with how it turned out and I loved everything about this book there isn’t anything I would change at all.
I can’t wait for more of Memphis and my girl Skyler, so happy that Lennon has found a true friend in her and I loved their friendship so much.
Would so love to see a book about storm too I love that guy.
definitely one of my favourite reads this year so far!
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Amazing, just amazing. Total roller coaster of emotions. Had me smiling one page and crying the next. My heart needs some recovery time after this because it was just too good!
I liked the first half. After that, the story was being dragged. It would've been better without the epilogue, after reading it I felt like there was a missing chapter.
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I read this book because someone recommended it to me. I really wanted to love it as much as they did. I just couldn't. The plot is fine, I think. But the way the two main protagonists were acting towards each other and the number of missing content notes in this book made it hard to like. I think what annoyed me the most is (Spoiler):
The classic trope of "fat girl has a thinner glow up and then gets the guy AND the way her dad had to die for the plot so she could be together with her famous boyfriend / then husband" (BORING) was uncalled for and I hated it. As if there wasn't enough trauma going on in the book. Trauma that should have been way more important than it was - Phoenix being in a car accident that killed his bandmate as well as a YOUNG MOTHER AND HER CHILD was mentioned once or twice, but then just glossed over by how big his d*ck was when he f*cked Lennon. Yes he felt guilty, maybe because it was his fault. But burying himself in his girl, who absolutely unconvincingly told herself and us that she wasn't into him, made him forget everything else. I didn't buy it, he should have been in therapy.
Also, as someone who was a fat teenager and is a fat woman now, reading about the self-hatred, the marking yourself with the sharpies, binge-eating, eating disorders being slapped around left and right - not great. Struggling with yourself is normal and fair, but only feeling good after a man gives you the confidence you lacked before? Or you lose weight because of grief? Or trauma? Not the message I like to read.
After all, I would much rather have read Storm's or Skylar's story.
Also, as someone who was a fat teenager and is a fat woman now, reading about the self-hatred, the marking yourself with the sharpies, binge-eating, eating disorders being slapped around left and right - not great. Struggling with yourself is normal and fair, but only feeling good after a man gives you the confidence you lacked before? Or you lose weight because of grief? Or trauma? Not the message I like to read.
After all, I would much rather have read Storm's or Skylar's story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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:
Yes
I don’t even know where to begin with The Words by A. Jade—this book wrecked me in the best way. My emotions were all over the place, like I wasn’t just reading the story, but living it. I cried—really cried—and that almost never happens. Only one other author has ever made me feel that deeply. Phoenix and Lennon’s story is raw and real, showing every side of love: the beautiful and the brutal, the joy and the heartbreak. It proves just how thin the line between love and hate really is.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A