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If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

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sweetlittleredw's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

3.0

At first, I didn’t like this book. It took me about 43% for it to start getting into the nitty gritty. I thought the book was going to be about getting to Cass in Brooklyn. BUT it wasn’t and that made it so much better. It wasn’t a story about a girl running to the love of her life. It was a story about a girl finding the want to live, the desire to make a future for herself, and to choose what she wanted her life to be not what she thought others wanted from her. I deeply connected to Avery. I wasn’t sure if I was queer until college. Even then, I questioned the validity of it. Thankfully I did not have all of the religious guilt that Avery does. I also went through a major depressive episode in college. I didn’t go to classes. I didn’t know I should even tell my profs what I was going through. I didn’t want to tell my parents. I didn’t know who or how to reach out. My only big qualm was the ending.
I was sad that we didn’t get to know Theo it one of the meteor. Maybe that meant they all died. Maybe the happy ever after was her being with Cass in the end ready to live out the future. I wanted a happy happy ending though. I wanted to hear (because I was audiobook) “epilogue three months later. Teddy was running around blah blah blah”. But no. We didn’t get that. And that is gonna be on my mind for so so long
 
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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
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4.25

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mel_j's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

I did not enjoy this as much as I'd hoped to. I loved the mental health rep, LGBTQ+ rep and PoC rep but could not connect with the characters at all. The timeline confused me and the ending was one of those non-endings I dislike. Still, it had sone heartwarming moments. 
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4.5

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emotional hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

F 😭 u 😭 c 😭 k 😭 
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booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

hank you Bloomsbury for an arc in exchange for an honest review. 

If you liked They Both Die At The End and the movie Don’t Look Up, If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come Is For You. 

What would you do if you only had nine days left to live, not only you but the whole world. In if Tomorrow Doesn’t Come Avery has been battling depression and suicidal thoughts all her life and on the day she decides to go through with it her best friend Cass (who she has been in love with her whole life) tells her there is an asteroid headed for earth and she needs to see her one last time. 

At the end of the world Avery learns to live not only others but finally for herself too. 

This book was written with such kindness and care for those suffering from depression and suicidal thoughts. St Jude also wrote a compelling love story between two best friends and religious trauma. My favorite part of this story was how much love Avery’s family has for each other. They way they care and show up for one another even though it is the end of the world. 

My only down side is that cass is Mexican and Indian, and there was one scene where another character was touching their hair with out consent. It was just added and not talked about why that was a bad thing. 

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Homophobia
Bigotry 
Racism
Suicidal thoughts
Depression
Alcohol
Gun violence 
Violence
Suicide
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valerlance's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

This is a precious friends-to-lovers romance, a thoughtful and real depiction of suicidal depression, and a tragic pre-apocalypse story wrapped up in one of my favorite books I've ever read. I believe in and love all of the characters, good guys and bad guys alike. And I adore the writing! This story is simultaneously personal and low stakes and as high stakes as anything can get--the world is ending! I really recommend this read <3

I read an Advance Reading Copy of this book!
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