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ratqueen0317's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia and Death
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Infertility
hbhummer17's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Dementia, and Grief
culinaryjules's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This is a book about endings, grief, and new beginnings. It is beautifully written about the loss of a spouse, and you really feel Kate’s anguish. I do like how the story ended, although you do see it coming a mile away. I did feel as though the book dragged some unnecessarily, along with the aforementioned predictability; however, it is still an inspiring romantic story about love and second chances.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, and Dementia
eve_liest's review
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Dementia, Infertility, and Miscarriage
alyse_turns_pages's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Author Emma Grey takes us alongside Kate while she walks down the road of being newly widowed. Her journey with grief is a fragile one as she must maintain a sense of strength and stability for their young son Charlie. I know from personal experience how debilitating grief can be and the dark thoughts that come with it—living life with one foot straddling heaven and the other earthside leaves you with a nagging guilt that is unbearable.
I deeply appreciated that a light was shone on how friends, family & yes even strangers can help support someone during times of tragedy. Hugh was an exemplary example of just sitting beside someone in their grief. Yes, he did do much more than that but at his core, he wasn’t afraid of Kate’s emotions and he wasn’t afraid to simply sit with her while she felt them.
There are many, many quotes that readers who have endured a loss like this will cling to…just that same feeling Kate had with Hugh…”Yes. This person knows exactly what this feels like.” “I’m not alone in my grief.”
Despite this story being heavily focused on what it's like to tragically lose someone you love, it is a redeeming story of how life can still be beautiful. How loss doesn’t define us but simply becomes a part of us, a piece that we will carry forever.
Thank you Emma for writing this novel, and thank you for sharing bits and pieces of your husband through Cam and Hugh. Thank you for sharing your heart. Thank you for allowing us to sit beside you in your grief, and simultaneously sitting beside mine as well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
samneel's review
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Death, and Dementia
krheath's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Dementia, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Infertility
Minor: Car accident
maria1085's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved this book. What a beautiful, real, raw story about grief. Believable characters, profoundly sad and moving, a true testament of how even when someone is gone you never really truly lose them. Emma Grey wrote from such a vulnerable place and created these characters with such depth and emotion. I felt all the emotions with Kate, I think anyone who has loved and lost someone would resonate with this book. You cry with Kate, you laugh with Kate, and you grieve with Kate. This book will bring you to tears. It will break your heart and put it back together. The way that Emma Grey used her own experience to write this book really comes alive through the characters and pages. Her writing and storytelling was so powerful and inspiring. Grief is something that people feel they have to go through alone, and is often not talked about, but this book challenges that and tells us that when you’re grieving, you’re not alone. This will be in my top books this year.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Dementia, Grief, and Death
jodibee's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Dementia, Death, and Miscarriage
machenn's review
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- 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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, Chronic illness, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness
Minor: Infertility and Car accident