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bookishval's review against another edition
challenging
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
spellbindingtomes's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death of parent, and Grief
Minor: Dementia
theboricuabookworm's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
Giving this book 5 stars is as easy as breathing. Kennedy Ryan has a way of giving you the most emotional, gut-wrenching love story in a way that feels absolutely effortless. Such intense feelings and subjects and yet you can’t help but fall over and over. I was on edge and frustrated and yet I felt immense privilege watching these two fall back in love with each other. Before I Let Go is going to stay with me for a long long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death, and Child death
lindta_14's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-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? It's complicated
4.75
This book was so profound. I loved the deep dive into mental wellness, therapy and how delicately bit meaningfully Kennedy Ryan dealt with it especially in the context of black families and the relationship we have with mental health. This read was so beautiful. Cannot recommend it enough, and I don't even like 2nd chance romance as a trope.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Death, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Infertility and Panic attacks/disorders
pbrown05's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I really wanted to love this book based on the hype surrounding it but I didn’t. It was a struggle to get through. There’s a lot of sex scenes that seemed overly descriptive for the sake of word count. A lot of repetitiveness about the characters looks and not enough character development. The main characters have a relatable story but it was just a lackluster read. The author visited some serious topics like grief, child loss, divorce but didn’t really get into the nitty gritty of it like I hoped. I’m used to reading books where I know the ending but the characters didn’t make me feel for them like I love doing when reading. I wasn’t invested in them. It took me forever to finish but I kept going hoping it would get better but for me, it didn’t.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Grief
clara01's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
4.75
This book was amazing, the best second chance romance I've read. I highly recommend it!
Kennedy Ryan has written this book so beautifully. There was no toxic behavior, no miscommunication just love in it's different forms.
Kennedy Ryan has written this book so beautifully. There was no toxic behavior, no miscommunication just love in it's different forms.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Dementia
Minor: Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent
authenticakj's review against another edition
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy, Infertility, Grief, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Death, and Death of parent
jijirich's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Car accident
kaleys23's review against another edition
emotional
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, and Child death
Moderate: Death of parent
owlsreads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
4.0
Another lovely and heartbreaking novel from Kennedy Ryan!
One thing I love most about her stories is how they're always so sensitive when tackling difficult and heavy subjects. There are so many things left unspoken in the real world and Ryan has such a way to bring them to light in her novels. I loved how depression was addressed here and how much she hit on therapy being something helpful during the healing process.
In regard to the romance bits: I very much enjoyed the relationship progression here, but it was a little too slow at times. I appreciate how complex of a situation Yasmen and Josiah were in with all the unsaid things and the hurt between them. They both needed time to come to terms with certain things and, while I was so here for that character development, the initial agreement when they got back together didn't work for me.
Even so! This was a great read, as expected, and I'll be keeping an eye out for the sequel!
One thing I love most about her stories is how they're always so sensitive when tackling difficult and heavy subjects. There are so many things left unspoken in the real world and Ryan has such a way to bring them to light in her novels. I loved how depression was addressed here and how much she hit on therapy being something helpful during the healing process.
In regard to the romance bits: I very much enjoyed the relationship progression here, but it was a little too slow at times. I appreciate how complex of a situation Yasmen and Josiah were in with all the unsaid things and the hurt between them. They both needed time to come to terms with certain things and, while I was so here for that character development, the initial agreement when they got back together didn't work for me.
Even so! This was a great read, as expected, and I'll be keeping an eye out for the sequel!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Miscarriage, and Mental illness