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Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Alcohol
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Pregnancy
this is only the second emily henry book ive read but it’s immediately become my favourite. i loved the premise, i loved the characters, i loved the storytelling- i just loved it.
alice was immediately likeable. i wanted to be her friend, she felt so real with all of her feelings about the world and her relationships with her parents. how she could see the world with so much joy and didn’t want to focus on the negatives because that wasn’t was life was about. she wanted to focus on the here and now because life is short. i related to that a lot.
hayden was also lovely; im glad it wasn’t a enemies to lovers thing- that wouldn’t have been right. and whilst their relationship did develop quickly, i didn’t mind that. in most ways it felt right. they were both investigating this story and stuck on the same island, why wouldn’t they become friends and then lovers? the pacing felt natural at most points and i felt myself loving them too.
whilst there were a number of characters to follow (most in the present, some in the past) none of them felt undeveloped. i felt like i knew all of them and loved/liked them all individually.
i only had a couple of issues with the book (i didn’t love the final pages, but that’s my issue) and i felt too many words were in italics (again that’s my issue) but not enough of an issue for me to rate it lower. i loved reading this and found myself thinking about it when i wasn’t reading it. i’m not surprised i read it so quickly; it was very readable and un-put-downable.
it does have very similar vibes to seven husbands of evelyn hugo so if you’re a fan of that (which i am!) then this book is for you!
Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Death, Car accident
Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Car accident
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Loved the final parts with Alice’s parents story and choosing love.
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Car accident
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Minor: Violence, Injury/Injury detail