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emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
Look at this cover y’all! This is the second book I picked solely because of its outer beauty and because it was “available now” on @libby.app. Like the first this one also turned out to be just as beautiful inside as it is outside. I could really relate to parts of this #youngadultbook. I used to dance so I loved that aspect of it. I am a nurse so the parts about cancer treatments was interesting but also very sad. My life has been touched by addictions on various levels so that part was heart wrenching and inspiring. It’s also inspiring to know the writer drew form her own experience as a child who went through cancer.
There were a couple issues with it being an audiobook and me traveling while listening. A few of the chapters ended a bit abruptly so I was worried I missed something. I did indeed miss a small detail early on that I thought would be unimportant but it was mentioned several times later. Since I was driving and had no idea where the detail first surfaced then I missed the fullness of it. Thankfully it didn’t take away from the story it was just an incidental but I suspect I would have laughed a bit more had I known all the details. This is definitely a #mustread but be aware there are some major triggers.
There were a couple issues with it being an audiobook and me traveling while listening. A few of the chapters ended a bit abruptly so I was worried I missed something. I did indeed miss a small detail early on that I thought would be unimportant but it was mentioned several times later. Since I was driving and had no idea where the detail first surfaced then I missed the fullness of it. Thankfully it didn’t take away from the story it was just an incidental but I suspect I would have laughed a bit more had I known all the details. This is definitely a #mustread but be aware there are some major triggers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Addiction, Chronic illness, Child death, Death, and Drug abuse
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