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If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

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rickireadss's review against another edition

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3.5

this one HURT. i had a feeling it would make me cry, but it pretty much damaged me and i'm still recovering. PLS PLS check the cw before reading. i thought i was mentally okay enough to read this (newsflash: i was not and that's why it hurt so much), so learn from my mistake. i will say despite it triggering me, i think the story is very important. i do, with all of my heart, HATE OPEN ENDINGS TO BOOKS!!! i felt like it didn't wrap up enough for me. like i wasn't expecting a "happy" ending but i needed more than what we got.

⚠️: suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, homophobia, mental illness (depression), religious bigotry, suicide, gun violence
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danicampbell0506's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad slow-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

3.25

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sophia0808's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.25

im fcked up now. That was so sad. I know it’s supposed to be but damn.
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_teoeo's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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kfolezzz's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

3.75

I loved “they both die at the end” and the comparisons to this book set my expectations high. the best way i can describe it is beautifully heartbreaking, but i felt like st. jude didn’t really know how to end it — which is fair! i genuinely didn’t know what to expect, either, she set herself up for a difficult task. 

the queer love in this was relatable, but almost secondary to the depression. i’m no mental health expert, but i’m not sure that depression that severe would take the course it did over the book? but maybe the point is that it needed to end on a less sad note, given the material 
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123iloveyouiloveyou's review against another edition

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

4.5

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trussell12's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

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rachael_amber's review

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dark emotional inspiring sad 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? Yes

3.75

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bookcheshirecat's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

“I had always known grief was a type of loneliness, but when I went to college, I learned loneliness was a type of grief.” 

➽ If Tomorrow Doesn't Come is an emotional story about Avery, who's suffering from undiagnosed depression. She's not dealing well with college and one morning she decides to end her life. It doesn't end up happening, as an asteroid is headed for Earth and the world only has nine days left before it hits. With so little time left, Avery's going back home to her parents and spending time with her secret crush and best friend Cass. This was definitely a hard-hitting story at times, as it deals with Avery's mental health and fear of coming out to her parents, who aren't the most queer-friendly. Avery has a lot of things she never talked about, but the time to deal with them is running out. We also see glimpses of how the world descends into chaos as everyone is scrambling to go back home and prepare for the end of the world. I wish we'd seen more of the impact the asteroid and impending doom caused in the world. We only get snippets and it was disappointing that the premise wasn't used more.
The ending is ambiguous, which I expected. I was still a bit sad that we didn't even get a hint of  what happened to the world and is it's truly over for everyone.
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graciffer's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad 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? No

4.5

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