Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

215 reviews

rachelann88's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

Not for me. Don't think any of the characters were complex enough to be real people and/or were good examples of young love and life. Thoroughly did not enjoy the choices the author made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts

lbooks4's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

Some characters are unlikable and the plot is irritating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide attempt and Self harm

sophia_2309's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

gfdupont's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide attempt, Death, and Pregnancy

sara_says_'s review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

laurenrestad's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book broke me. i loved it though. i’m going to need a epilogue on it, or even a version where finny lives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child death, Car accident, and Cursing

summersquash01's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

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

5.0

So I adored the book. I loved it so much, i started crying in the end.

WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE FINNY 😭

Laura nowlin has a very basic style of writing, however i loved it. Just a small criticism: the plot was way too slow. In my opinion,

the breakup with Jamie should’ve been way earlier than in the last 150 pages or smth

to actually let the relationship between autumn and finny flourish. 
The beginning was interesting, but the middle was quite boring, the end took me by surprise tho. 
Overall, i loved the book, and i read the second one (if only i had told her) in a day or so. Absolutely adored it. Thank you for blessing me with this masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Gore, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Death, and Grief

deerling's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I don't get the hype of this book. It was easy to read and I wanted to continue reading it, but at some point it was more of wanting to get the book done rather than wanting to know what happened next. After the halfway there was some boring parts. The language was mediocre, and once one character's eye color suddenly changed. The writing was also confusing and I actually had to google how exactly one part of the book went because I couldn't comprehend from the text itself.

At first I thought that the narrator Autumn was okay, but the further I got in the book, the more I started to dislike her. Honestly none of the characters really spoke to me. I also didn't like how Autumn dated another guy for four years even though she was clearly loving someone else more than her boyfriend the whole time. I think this book gives some false information about what relationships are like and what to expect about them.

Even though the ending was hinted at the beginning, it still came as a shock to me because I had already forgot about the first few pages. I admit that I cried a bit in the end, so points for that I guess. Still, the ending left a bad taste in my mouth, and I don't like how things were handled.

I probably won't read the sequel that tells the story from Finn's point of view. Though I am a bit curious to know if it is any better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Pregnancy

llychu's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

would i recommend this? HELL NO 😭😭😭 i know im in the minority and this book can be suchhhh a hit or miss, but fromy my standpoint, this book was almost insufferable

so disappointing i cannot emphasize this enough 😭 and a second book for what??? oh, right. JS FOR MONEY CS I HEARD THAT WAS EVEN MORE DISAPPOINTING 💀 like is that even possible??
ok anyway for the actual review:
incredibly incredibly slow from the second chapter alllllll the way till like 4 chapters before the end maybe

definitely more of a coming of age than romance; romance only picks up at the very end but its hinted throughout, + finny might as well not even be the main love interest cs jaime??? his name is on like every page from start to end

ending was incredibly rushed and i cant even feel sad for her cs girl what rhe hell

LIKE WHAT RHE HELL DID I JUST READ ONG

like yes i knew this was coming but WHAT. WHAT as in a plot twist way but the plot twist was js for shock factor and it was js slapped in there like bro 💀 worst plot “twist” ever—if you would even consider this to have a plot cs its js that bad

im being merciful with my .5
i mean hell even with my ONE .5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Self harm, and Car accident

Minor: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship

p.s. the abortion thing can be inferred but its not explicitly stated in the book

aaashtyn's review

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

What a chaotic ending!!! This was an enjoyable read that I’m sure many can relate to. The characters were sweet and captured those high school thoughts and feelings. There were times I thought there wasn’t much occurring in the plot, and it’s a pretty quick read. Overall great book and a good read if you want a plot twist!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol