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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was emotional and funny. It was inspiring, made you hopeful and made you think of where you are now and what you want out of your future too. I loved the relationship Sarah had with her mother and how is went throughout the book and into the future. It was great to get more of Win and see their friendship/sisterhood continue to grow and strengthen. I loved Caleb and how he was there for Sarah throughout it all and wanted their love and relationship to continue. It was great to see them change together and continue to love and support one another.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.25 ⭐️
Que continuação incrível de Out on a Limb, estou sem palavras!
Este livro foi lindíssimo e só não dei mais classificação porque não me senti tão colado como senti com Out on a Limb.
A Sarah é uma mulher maravilhosa, a sentir-se totalmente perdida, com um relacionamento de anos e ainda a fazer o luto pela morte da mãe. Já nem vale a pena referir a amizade dela com a Win porque é a coisa mais bonita de sempre (melhorada ainda mais com a Gus e o Bo). Fico muito feliz por a Sarah ter encontrado o seu propósito, visto que realmente eu achava estranho como ela, sendo a mulher forte que é, não tinha trabalho nem hobby nenhum. As partes que ela falou da mãe e do passado foram muito tocantes, fiquei com o coração super apertado.
O Caleb é um homem incrível loucamente apaixonado pela Sarah, que deixa qualquer mulher rendida!
O desenrolar da relação foi tão interessante e tocou em pontos que nunca pensei que seriam importantes pensar numa relação tao longo como a deles.
As amizades que eles criaram no acampamento tambem foram tão boas.
Leiam este livro, trust me!!!
Que continuação incrível de Out on a Limb, estou sem palavras!
Este livro foi lindíssimo e só não dei mais classificação porque não me senti tão colado como senti com Out on a Limb.
A Sarah é uma mulher maravilhosa, a sentir-se totalmente perdida, com um relacionamento de anos e ainda a fazer o luto pela morte da mãe. Já nem vale a pena referir a amizade dela com a Win porque é a coisa mais bonita de sempre (melhorada ainda mais com a Gus e o Bo). Fico muito feliz por a Sarah ter encontrado o seu propósito, visto que realmente eu achava estranho como ela, sendo a mulher forte que é, não tinha trabalho nem hobby nenhum. As partes que ela falou da mãe e do passado foram muito tocantes, fiquei com o coração super apertado.
O Caleb é um homem incrível loucamente apaixonado pela Sarah, que deixa qualquer mulher rendida!
O desenrolar da relação foi tão interessante e tocou em pontos que nunca pensei que seriam importantes pensar numa relação tao longo como a deles.
As amizades que eles criaram no acampamento tambem foram tão boas.
Leiam este livro, trust me!!!
my only complaint is i wish this were double the length. i didn’t want it to end.
“If you give me the space to grow, I’ll plant myself next to you. Always.”
This was a truly beautiful book.
Sarah and Caleb Linwood are high school sweethearts - married at nineteen and together for seventeen years, they have supported each other through all of life's ups and downs. But Sarah is now wondering who she is outside of Caleb. She knows she loves Caleb and she can't imagine her life without him, but she never developed her own identity outside of him. After Caleb stepped in, unasked, during a charity fundraiser Sarah organized, all the resentments Sarah had been carrying came bubbling up. To save their relationship, Sarah and Caleb go on a hiking retreat determined to help couples through rough patches.
This was such an emotional book. I think marriage-in-trouble books are generally emotional, but Hannah Bonam-Young packed a lot of emotional punches in this story. I think the challenges Sarah and Caleb face are so relatable and realistic. The raw and honest conversations they had - with each other and with the other people on their retreat - were great to read and really touching.
Overall, this was a fantastic read and a great follow-up to Out on a Limb. Hannah knows how to pull on your heartstrings and get you invested in her characters. Fair warning, you may (probably) need tissues.
“I hope that if you have to rewrite your life, you won’t erase my part in it, that you’ll let me stay a part of your story.”
Star Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 / ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating:
This was a truly beautiful book.
Sarah and Caleb Linwood are high school sweethearts - married at nineteen and together for seventeen years, they have supported each other through all of life's ups and downs. But Sarah is now wondering who she is outside of Caleb. She knows she loves Caleb and she can't imagine her life without him, but she never developed her own identity outside of him. After Caleb stepped in, unasked, during a charity fundraiser Sarah organized, all the resentments Sarah had been carrying came bubbling up. To save their relationship, Sarah and Caleb go on a hiking retreat determined to help couples through rough patches.
This was such an emotional book. I think marriage-in-trouble books are generally emotional, but Hannah Bonam-Young packed a lot of emotional punches in this story. I think the challenges Sarah and Caleb face are so relatable and realistic. The raw and honest conversations they had - with each other and with the other people on their retreat - were great to read and really touching.
Overall, this was a fantastic read and a great follow-up to Out on a Limb. Hannah knows how to pull on your heartstrings and get you invested in her characters. Fair warning, you may (probably) need tissues.
“I hope that if you have to rewrite your life, you won’t erase my part in it, that you’ll let me stay a part of your story.”
Star Rating:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 / ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice Rating:
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked this book, and found myself getting emotional at times! A must read for anyone that’s been in a long-term relationship or marriage with someone they met as a teen. Not a ton of spice, but the spicy scenes were done RIGHT. At first, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the FMC, Sarah, and found her spoiled, overly privileged and bored with her easy life. But as time went on and I got to know her more (along with her past traumas), I started to realized WHY her life is the way that it is, and how she needed to actively work on herself in order to fix her marriage. I appreciated the cast of characters that were on this couples retreat with them and how they added value to the plot and main character development.
I’ve noticed this author tends to write perfect men that can do no wrong. So I found myself on Caleb’s side for every conflict and got a bit irritated at how easy it was for Sarah to chase her dreams of being a writer since Caleb worked hard to provide for her + his trust fund financially supporting them.
Prior to the retreat, I really feel that Sarah could’ve done something in her free time as a SAHW to continue her education or strengthen her skillsets either for free or find something that didn’t involve a large financial investment. She could’ve pursued part-time work, freelancing…anything really. This was also something that gave me a sour taste with Out on a Limb as well—Wyn working minimum wage at her big age to make ends meet, then Beau swooping in to save her financially, set her up with savings and get her dream career and summer camp off the ground.
I took a star off because of the k-drama-esque plot device used towards the end of the book. I would’ve loved to see Caleb and Sarah finish out their hike and head back home to apply everything they’ve learned to their marriage and have a happy ending. While they did have a happy ending a la “10 years later” epilogue, I hated the book ended with Caleb getting injured on the hike and basically being comatose until he woke up RIGHT at the end. Definitely felt unnecessary, even if they used one of those hospital scenes to help repair Sarah’s relationship with her in-laws.
I’ve noticed this author tends to write perfect men that can do no wrong. So I found myself on Caleb’s side for every conflict and got a bit irritated at how easy it was for Sarah to chase her dreams of being a writer since Caleb worked hard to provide for her + his trust fund financially supporting them.
Prior to the retreat, I really feel that Sarah could’ve done something in her free time as a SAHW to continue her education or strengthen her skillsets either for free or find something that didn’t involve a large financial investment. She could’ve pursued part-time work, freelancing…anything really. This was also something that gave me a sour taste with Out on a Limb as well—Wyn working minimum wage at her big age to make ends meet, then Beau swooping in to save her financially, set her up with savings and get her dream career and summer camp off the ground.
I took a star off because of
I love everything Hannah Bonam-Young writes. I read this in one afternoon.
Out of the Woods feels like a therapy session—but in a good way. Discussing all of the shit you’ve been through and the heavy hand life has dealt you so that you can ultimately feel lighter, have clarity, and feel better understood
Out of the Woods feels like a therapy session—but in a good way. Discussing all of the shit you’ve been through and the heavy hand life has dealt you so that you can ultimately feel lighter, have clarity, and feel better understood