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hollydyer328's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Abandonment
alicarty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Addiction, and Car accident
Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse
leahgustafson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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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I LOVE complex characters/family stories, and this has the potential to be a good one. The story begins when Tara Connelly is released from prison and is attempting to rebuild her life. Tara moves back in with her siblings who all have secrets and struggles of their own. In my opinion, the biggest “miss” for this book is that there could have been much more character development. I also wanted to see more growth in the relationship between the siblings.
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I felt like the romance was a little bit of a stretch. I’m not opposed to it and it offers some good themes to explore, but I felt it didn’t quite fit. I would have preferred to focus on the development of/the relationship between siblings. There were a few other plot points that seemed a little far fetched also.
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Overall, this one wasn’t quite what I was hoping for, but I would still read other books by Tracey Lange in the future!
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Graphic: Drug use and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment
chickaboogawah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Grief
sandonat's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking
daydaybookbay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Tara, Eddie, and Geraldine Connelly are adult siblings who live together and provide more than enough drama for themselves. Anyone with siblings will be able to relate to the love and frustrations siblings bring. This strong dynamic held between the family pulls each aspect of the story together. Reading from each of their point of view, the commonality is the bond these siblings continue building on.
The biggest twist was not much of a twist or surprise at all. From the get-go, there is a crazy amount of foreshadowing to the point its basically revealed within the first few chapters. To me, the plot lines are not the key factor of this novel, but the characters themselves are the focus. With each chapter brings more character development, and you begin to feel a bond with them individually.
Minor: Death of parent, Mental illness, Cursing, Violence, Abandonment, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Car accident, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Cancer
mysterymom40's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Death of parent, Abandonment, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Violence, Drug use, and Classism
katiejohns's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness
bookmarkie's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
kimveach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Police brutality, Abandonment, Ableism, Cancer, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Confinement, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders