Reviews with content warning for Mass/school shootings - Once and for All

1.75 stars!

TW: school shootings (mentioned and kinda described, but not graphically), grief

To be completely honest, most of this book made absolutely no sense, but it still held my attention through the whole book.

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bookstoregirl2143's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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ayuming_reads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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_thebookishbarista_'s review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoy most of the Sarah Dessen books that I read and I’ve been reading from her since I was in 8th grade. This is a book that I’ve owned for a very long time and think I was scared to read it because it’s the e last book of hers that I had left to read. I’m excitedly waiting for her to release more in the future!! But anyways. I enjoyed this book. I wasn’t all out in love with this book like some of the others I’ve read from her. However, I do think that she always does such a good job of covering heavy topics while keeping things relatively light as well. Dealing with the grief that Louna went through is unimaginable, but sadly it happens all the time. Dessen’s book topics have managed to mature with me as I’ve grown up. I loved this romance, even though it had me on the edge of my seat until the very end.

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samix3reads's review against another edition

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lighthearted sad 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? No

4.25

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caseylovett's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Wedding planning runs in the family. Split timeline of a previous relationship with a tragic ending and a new relationship with an annoying guy who has a soft side. Characters feel too mature to be high school age but without adult aspects so they’re just boring children. Heavy mentions of school shootings without any content warning beforehand or acknowledgement of how serious the topic is. Tragedy is used as a dramatic plot point for a romance that has no chemistry regardless.

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hannyb99's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted slow-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

3.75

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