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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5/5
This book is like finding your way home after you lost your glasses and weren't able to see your surroundings.
Sarah and Caleb have always been the idealistic couple. They are rich, decent enough looking, and successful. As we all know, this is all surface level bullshit. Underneath the facade, they are high school sweethearts who married really young and had tragic events shape the course of their early years. They have settled into a comfortable life, if not a little mundane.
The characters are realistic in their struggles and self-doubt. Their relationship is full of love and shared history, but over the course of time, the passion has dulled, and their communication has slipped into a secondhand thought.
Sarah has the most growth in this story. Sarah is struggling with her identity and self-esteem and the role she plays next to her husband.
I do feel like their issues were wrapped up really quickly with complete resolve.
The way the author wrote this was like a love letter to marriage. The highs, the lows, the pits, and the peaks. She doesn't sugar coat the time and energy it takes to make a marriage work. This isn't your fairy tale romance where you only get to see the good parts. She shows just enough of the ugly to make you appreciate the good moments all the more.
This book is like finding your way home after you lost your glasses and weren't able to see your surroundings.
Sarah and Caleb have always been the idealistic couple. They are rich, decent enough looking, and successful. As we all know, this is all surface level bullshit. Underneath the facade, they are high school sweethearts who married really young and had tragic events shape the course of their early years. They have settled into a comfortable life, if not a little mundane.
The characters are realistic in their struggles and self-doubt. Their relationship is full of love and shared history, but over the course of time, the passion has dulled, and their communication has slipped into a secondhand thought.
Sarah has the most growth in this story. Sarah is struggling with her identity and self-esteem and the role she plays next to her husband.
I do feel like their issues were wrapped up really quickly with complete resolve.
The way the author wrote this was like a love letter to marriage. The highs, the lows, the pits, and the peaks. She doesn't sugar coat the time and energy it takes to make a marriage work. This isn't your fairy tale romance where you only get to see the good parts. She shows just enough of the ugly to make you appreciate the good moments all the more.
Hannah Bonam-Young has totally stolen my heart! I was hooked from start to finish across all 315 pages. This book has definitely confirmed that Hannah is an auto-buy author for me from now on—I'm so excited to read more from her!
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
This sequel was perfect. I love Sarah in the first book. It was so refreshing to have a romance about a couple long into their relationship. I think there should be more like this. Relationships grow, and sometimes it can feel hard, but when you have the right partner by your side, it will all be alright. Plus, I loved getting more Bo and Win.
lighthearted
reflective
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
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
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:
Yes
Hannah has done it again and Out of the Woods hit hard. I had to take a few days after finishing it to process my thoughts and recover. I feel that most of us can relate to a lot within the book and have experienced the same feelings at some point in our lives. This makes the book so much more powerful to read as you can see yourself in Sarah and you feel like you are on the journey with her.
I loved that this book is interlinked with Out on a Limb and we get to be reunited with Win, Bo and Gus. It was nice to see where they are at as this book is after Out on a Limb and also we get more backstory on Win.
We follow current day and past timelines from when Sarah was a teenager going into adulthood.
I don’t want to say anything that may spoil the book for others but if you loved Out on a Limb and loved Hannah’s other books, this book will not disappoint. I have already preordered a physical copy
I loved that this book is interlinked with Out on a Limb and we get to be reunited with Win, Bo and Gus. It was nice to see where they are at as this book is after Out on a Limb and also we get more backstory on Win.
We follow current day and past timelines from when Sarah was a teenager going into adulthood.
I don’t want to say anything that may spoil the book for others but if you loved Out on a Limb and loved Hannah’s other books, this book will not disappoint. I have already preordered a physical copy
This was a good follow up to Out on Limb. Be prepared to cry! I loved Caleb and Sarah in the first book and it was nice to be able to get to know them more in the second. Even the most perfect seeming relationships need constant work to grow with each other through life. I like how this book let people show some of their rougher sides but didn’t make me hate them. The side characters were also fun and likable. I highly recommend this book!
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
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
