3.75 AVERAGE

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I cried so much in the later part of this book. It is so good.
emotional 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: N/A
emotional sad slow-paced

“I’ll always be a paper flower in your life, and you deserve a real one.”

I was prepared to cry, just not prepared of how many packs of tissues I needed to get through this.

This book portrays loneliness and grief so perfectly it physically hurts. Dustin Thao, I will be forwarding my therapy expenses to you sir.

dustin thao.........JAIL. i am SICK of these tears i shed reading your books!!!!!!!! UGH
adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

When the book was starting out, I really was just looking for something light to read. It’s definitely that time of the year. This book focuses on the main character’s grief and it truly highlights how it’s a never ending process.

There were some serious self sabotaging moments in it, but isn’t that life? But they really do show that going back to the same situation expecting a different outcome is madness for sure. I appreciated the moments where reconciliation comes into play so much and the mc recognizes that on all fronts even to self. 

The ending however is so beautiful it almost makes up for how devastating the grief was. 
emotional sad
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.0🌟 

I cannot express my complete and utter conflicting feelings for this book. I almost DNF it several times, but powered through out of what felt like sheer spite.

I do not particularly love the writing, but I believe this is more of a personal gripe than anything else. However, at several points in this story the MC made me want to throw this book across the room.

I have never felt so much irritation and frustration toward a character, and despite everything, knowing the whole plot, I still feel this way. He felt stubborn, stupid, reckless. But I suppose that was the whole point.

I'm not sure I can recommend this book in good faith, however I will say the last two chapters were phenomenal, and made me feel like I hadn't completely wasted my time. 
emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes