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raincityreads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Car accident
Minor: Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship
camchorse's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
2.5
Fran Littlewood's debut book uses a triple timeline format to chronicle what has led Grace Adams to the place of desperation she now finds herself in. Her daughter's 16th birthday has given her a reason to prove that she is still amazing and worthy of love. Unfortunately, despite Grace's best intentions, her journey to help her daughter celebrate her birthday is riddled with a series of unfortunate events.
The timeline jumps back and forth between 2002, four months before now and now. The previous time periods explain how Grace has ended up in her current predicament. I found the frequent jumping back and forth to be a little confusing. I could not always keep the details straight and the some of the situations Grace found herself in seemed to be far fetched.
Readers who enjoyed Where'd You Go, Bernadette? and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine will likely enjoy this one too. I found myself feeling impatient with the chaos surrounding Grace whether it was warranted or not.
Be sure to check the trigger warnings before reading this one.
Thanks to the Macmillan Audio Influencer Program for an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
The timeline jumps back and forth between 2002, four months before now and now. The previous time periods explain how Grace has ended up in her current predicament. I found the frequent jumping back and forth to be a little confusing. I could not always keep the details straight and the some of the situations Grace found herself in seemed to be far fetched.
Readers who enjoyed Where'd You Go, Bernadette? and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine will likely enjoy this one too. I found myself feeling impatient with the chaos surrounding Grace whether it was warranted or not.
Be sure to check the trigger warnings before reading this one.
Thanks to the Macmillan Audio Influencer Program for an ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Vomit, Blood, Infidelity, and Child death
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