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This book was insanely good! Cass and Avery have my heart T^T💕 . I loved reading this book, but it was also quite difficult at times. It really broke my heart how hard Avery was trying, but just couldn’t get any help. I love Cass so much! 💗💗🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 I thought both of them were kinda relatable xD o^o.

I was so proud of Avery for standing up to the stupid priest in the end! Also her parents still being supportive of her, even though they were christians made me cry. It was so sweet! Their family in general was so beautiful, because even though they were imperfect the loved each other so much ;-;.

Teddy was obviously the best character ;D.

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Wow. I had this book on my wish list for a couple of months before it came out and read it as soon as I could. The amount of emotions that overcame me reading this are more than almost every book has exceeded, probably since I related so much to at least one piece of Avery, Cass, Aisha, Peter and Georgia but especially Avery. The way she describes her experiences with depression and suicidal ideation, and it’s progression, was so similar to my own experiences- it really got into the nitty gritty rather than just the overarching theme of depression and suicide. The representation from an LGBTQIA+, race/ ethnicity and religious perspective was also wonderful.

The only reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is that it took me a while to get into the book and I was confused at first with all of the characters being mentioned, prior to the character development which ended up being phenomenal.

Something else I liked about this book were the realistic portrayals of families who love each other so much, and would do anything for each other but also can cause irreversible harm to their loved ones and be a major source of trauma.

Also, while the “doomsday” plot is used a lot, the way the impending world destruction was incorporated into the plot was unique as in the book did not center around the asteroid and a journey of survival but rather it centers around family, friendship, reasons for living, and doing what is best for yourself.

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