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Minor: Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism
Cried at the end. Unapologetic about it. The only thing I'm most upset about is that I'll have to wait another year for her next one.
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy
Minor: Terminal illness
Moderate: Death, Car accident
Minor: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy
“There’s an old saying about stories, and how there are always three versions of them: yours, mine, and the truth.”
Lowkey, I was kind of nervous about this one, due to the mixed reviews I've been seeing. I've always enjoyed Emily Henry's books, they're fun, fast paced reads, palette cleansers, if you will, with some depth in between. And this one... was no exception. I don't know what it is about the romance in this book, but even though Alice and Hayden had a few moments together I was eating it up. And I got into Margaret's Story later. It took a while, but by the end, I was there. That part really did remind me of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. The romance did feel rushed, and maybe a bit insta-love, but I really didn't care. I actually would have liked there to be more focus on the romance, instead of it being a 50-50 split.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief
Moderate: Medical content, Car accident, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy
Minor: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pregnancy
Graphic: Death, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Forced institutionalization
Margaret’s story was both beautiful and heartbreaking, and I was completely drawn in. That twist at the end genuinely caught me off guard, even though some parts were a bit predictable. I liked not always knowing where the story would lead.
There is a romance plot which is between Alice and Hayden, who are competing to write Margaret’s story, but I felt like their chemistry could’ve been explored a bit more deeply. Still, the emotional weight of the book more than made up for it.
Overall, this was a emotionally rich read, and I’d recommend it to anyone interested in seeing a different, refreshing side of Emily Henry’s storytelling.
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Dementia, Car accident, Pregnancy
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting