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Good for You by Camille Pagán

9 reviews

paulaortuno's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Terminal illness, and Alcoholism

vj_thompson's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I tandem read this book. At first, I really enjoyed the beginning part of the story but then I couldn’t get over the frustrating flaws in the writing. The constant lack of communication between Aly and Wyatt was unbearable. Aly’s character almost had too many flaws and needed to stop thinking she was broken. She would have a break through then go right back thinking she was unloveable. Given the story, I get it, but it was not fun to read. The narrator was just ok. I really which there was a separate male narrator instead of a woman that could do a female voice.

A big thing, please don’t go into this book thinking it’s romance. It reminded me of Emily Henry’s book. This is a contemporary romance with romance included. I would advice to  I save money on reading this, unless you have Kindle Unlimited.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Suicide attempt

wackzo's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

3.0

there was some good lines that i enjoyed but it was kinda boring and forgettable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Child death, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

bookie22's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism

kristen_mk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

This book has great commentary surrounding grief and how no matter how long it's been, the people left carry the weight of that loss.  As a big fan of previous Camille Pagan books, I was so excited to read this one.  Sadly I didn't enjoy this one as much as her other books.   I actually felt like it could be a little longer to get to know the characters more and develop their chemistry. However, it won't deter me from future Camille Pagan books as I still love her writing.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to review this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Terminal illness and Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

booksandlucy_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Cancer

goroskiju's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I didn't enjoy this book and wouldn't recommend. There's some tough topics and I just think it wasn't done well. Everything felt very surface level. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

laheath's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

I received this as part of Amazon's First Reads, where it was listed as Women's Fiction. Since then, I've seen it listed as romance (ok understandable), and even read reviews that describe it as witty (uh, no, says my tissue box). There are a lot of feelings triggered by this book, and ok, a couple of funny moments when the female lead is frustrated with someone, but primarily, I felt the book examined how the two main characters, Aly and Wyatt, were processing their shared grief over the loss of Luke, older brother to Aly and best friend to Wyatt. Aly has kept herself buried in her work to avoid dealing with her grief until circumstances force her to deal with Luke's house, which unbeknownst to her, Luke has left to her and Wyatt in his will. Despite their forced proximity, their relationship seemed somewhat rushed. I liked that baggage was explored for both of them. Some of the minor characters were so endearing and others were just irritating. The ending tied everything up nicely, but I wish Aly's plans had been more defined. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Child death and Suicidal thoughts

brittanneb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, and Physical abuse