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Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Car accident
Minor: Terminal illness, Dementia, Pregnancy, Classism
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Moderate: Gun violence, Car accident
Slow start but becomes a fantastic whirlwind in the second half.
Minus .25 because personally I hate
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Dementia, Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
This felt like it was trying to be three stories in one... a drama about traumatic family relationships, a mystery about the life of an older celebrity woman who is surrounded by secrets, and an Emily Henry romance with cute banter and fun characters. And it had pieces of all of those, but I wish we had committed to one or even two of those plotlines. Alice's mom sucked and maybe it's because of my own mommy issues but I just have trouble believing that every problem she had with her mom was solved after one emotional confession. I did like the two main characters, but I felt like they were underdeveloped. It was pretty instalovey and overall just felt very rushed. I wish we had spent more time getting to know them. Again it feels unfair to compare it to Emily Henry's past books but sue me, I'm doing that. And the whole Margaret story just felt so much like Evelyn Hugo, PLUS with Julia Whelan narrating? Girl I was waiting for Mick Riva to show up.
It's still a 3.5ish. And I'll continue to read every book she writes so really no harm done 🙂↕️
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Car accident
Minor: Mental illness, Dementia, Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy