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jillkaarlela's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Ok I get it now, I understand the hype. The banter and the tension is completely unmatched. You will me smiling with butterflies fluttering in your stomach during the entire book. This is so much more than a romcom. This is grief, this is healing, this is love with two imperfect people finding happiness and joy in just being together, no matter what life brings. It will break your heart and put it back together. This is absolutely stunning, and gave me all of the feels. I just have no way to express the amount of joy that this brings me. I just love it. Emily Henry does not miss. If you somehow haven’t read this book yet, it is a must read for any romance fan.
Age rating: maybe 16+, a few brief steamy scenes
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, and Sexual content
gloriazthompson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
no thoughts just vibes you know
Graphic: Infidelity, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Cancer, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction
laurataylor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Genocide
lnickel7's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Cancer, Cursing, and Infidelity
Minor: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship
jadatrack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, and Cursing
Minor: Child abuse
kalireads13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexism
Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Cursing
jojo_'s review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity and Cancer
Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Misogyny, and Vomit
readwithria's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Things I didn’t love:
- The cover, the title, and the blurb were all very misleading. All of those add together to market a romantic comedy, which is not what I would call this book. I would not want to read this in the summer on the beach, this feels like a piece of literature with a romance plot more so than a romance book with some other subplots. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not what was marketed to me and also not what I was looking for when I picked this book up.
- The books starts with two chapters of backstory dump. This is not my favorite way for a book to start. It’s not lazy, but it’s not the most creative way to convey all of that information to a reader. I feel like the first chapter would’ve been more interesting if it had been January at the funeral having these thoughts and then encountering Sonya instead of her thinking about all of it. She didn’t actually speak to a human face-to-face until the third chapter, all of the dialogue was in her memories, and that made it really slow for me to get into this book.
- the ending felt rushed. I wanted to spend more of the book with January and guess in a defined relationship. Not necessarily a third of the book, not necessarily earlier in the book, but I wanted more book after they got together before the epilogue.
And now that that’s out of the way, let’s end with the things I did like!
- Gus in January had the most adorable friendship. I prefer the grumpy sunshine dynamic in friendships to in relationships because I feel like it’s not actually true in relationships. Usually the grump isn’t grumpy with her and the sunshine person can be cloudy with their person, but they were genuinely grumpy and sunshine all throughout their friendship and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
- The middle of this book was excellent. The writing style hit its flow, the plot was moving, the fun side characters were there and felt more present, and the pace kept me wanting to read more.
- I like the premises of this book. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about reading a book about authors, because it can (and was) be very meta but I thought it was cute!
What I recommend this book as a pallet cleanse book? No. Would you recommend this book to people who like romantic comedies? Probably. What I recommend this book to people who like women’s fiction? Probably. This book is a little weird and that I can’t tell if it’s a romance book or a piece of literary fiction, which makes it hard to find the right person to read it. But I did enjoy it, though I probably won’t read it again. 3.5 stars.
Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Infidelity, Grief, Cursing, and Alcohol
Minor: Car accident
stardustandrockets's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, and Infidelity
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cancer, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Car accident, Cursing, and Suicide