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Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief
Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Pregnancy
I enjoyed the main love interests and how they actively worked through problems and worked to understand and apologize with each other. Their issues seemed more grounded in logic versus narrative contrivances. They were not able to talk to each other about certain things due to
I was also quite moved by the parental relationship with the main female character and her mother. I loathed the mother. She made me so angry.
Margaret and the story she told were so interesting and heartbreaking.
And Julia Wheylan, when she read Margaret in a moment of seething anger, her voice gave me chills. She sounded genuinely scary. She did a great job on the audiobook.
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Animal death
Came for a Romcom, Stayed for what is essentially a love letter to journalism.
Above and Beyond all, this is a story about love -in all it's forms- from familial, platonic, romantic to all the complexities and nuances that comes with loving.
The Cast is delightful, you can't help but empathize and care for and with all the flawed humanity of the characters, no one is perfect and this book serves as a remind that it's ok not to be, not when the people who love you will do in spite of everything.
Don't get it twisted though, the romance is off the charts, Alice and Hayden may have invented a new level to being down bad for each other, the chemistry and tension is truly off the charts.
Alice Scott might be my new favorite emhen FMC, a juxtaposition of hopeful whimsiness that isn't born out of naivety but rather having seen the worst and still choosing love not despite bur rather because of it.
The main question that haunts this book is that about agency and heritage, how much of our identity and what we go through is defined or impacted by those who came before us; pondering the validity of the concept of free will.
If nothing else, trust that this is a book that will heal you, leaving you with teary eyed with a fluttery heart.
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Overall, good book but I resonated more with the secondary characters rather than the main ones.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Grief
Minor: Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol
Graphic: Mental illness, Car accident
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
The last couple of chapters felt rushed but overall a really cute story that had layers to it and a surprising amount of substance. This book broached some important topics that I don't often see addressed in romance books, and while some parts weren't resolved, they were handled well and leave room for the reader to contemplate. I might be an Emily Henry fan now 😍
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content
Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Classism