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4.5 AVERAGE
4.5 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Wow. When they say you really don't know the reality of someone's life they mean it. I had no idea the girl I watched on nickelodeon all the time was so pained.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
went places i was not expecting, super well done and also my first audiobook!
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
best way I can describe it is “hauntingly casual.” I found myself very proud of her at the end.
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Eating disorder, Death of parent
sad
“I am ready to experience life beyond the scale.“
“Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don’t line up.”
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them? Especially moms. They’re the most romanticized of anyone.“
I thought I was in a reading slump, but it turns out I wasn’t really in one. I read this book every day, and even though it wasn’t amazing, reading it felt as natural as breathing. I had forgotten what that felt like it had been so long since I truly lost myself in a book. While this particular story didn’t make me smile or laugh, reading it felt like taking baby steps back into the world of books.
“Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don’t line up.”
“Why do we romanticize the dead? Why can’t we be honest about them? Especially moms. They’re the most romanticized of anyone.“
I thought I was in a reading slump, but it turns out I wasn’t really in one. I read this book every day, and even though it wasn’t amazing, reading it felt as natural as breathing. I had forgotten what that felt like it had been so long since I truly lost myself in a book. While this particular story didn’t make me smile or laugh, reading it felt like taking baby steps back into the world of books.
Imagine starting to read for the first time you’re unsure if you’ll like it or hate it. But as you turn the pages, you find yourself slowly drawn in, just wanting to see what happens next. That’s exactly what happened with this book. I kept reading and reading, not because it was incredible, but because I genuinely wanted to know how the story would end. It was the first time in a long while that I felt that simple pull to keep going.
For that reason, I’m giving this book three stars. It didn’t evoke strong emotions, but it reminded me of the joy of reading itself and sometimes, that’s enough to make a story worth it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Death, Eating disorder, Blood