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292 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

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I didn’t expect to cry about my cat who just died while reading this book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

skirteen's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Vomit

ohdomino's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage

Minor: Vomit

lindsayvale's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic

haley49's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was an almost a dnf because I wasn’t expecting a lot of the tough opening themes

depression, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, infidelity, infertility, and miscarriage.

but it got a lot more hopeful around the 15-20% mark and ended up being really funny. It really attempts to understand the experience of getting through the worst of depression and grieving the life you wanted, having the courage to be yourself, and finding joy in the small interactions with strangers and instant friends. It gives understanding and compassion for everyone going through their own lives in a really beautiful way. The final scene with the bride nearly brought me to tears on my lunch break. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma

Minor: Toxic relationship

kristinaroose's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Pandemic/Epidemic

jwhite432's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional 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

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really enjoyed getting to know each character and seeing their relationships with Phoebe develop. plot was unlike anything i’ve read before which made it more interesting, but i did find it to be slow at points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

hdunscombe's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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This is my favorite book of 2025 so far. It's worth noting that I was worried this story would be too depressing for me since it involves suicidal ideation at the beginning; it's certainly heavy material, and if that feels like it would be triggering, it might be best to skip this book. In my reading I found the frankness with which characters discuss struggling severely with mental health to be refreshing, in that they shed a lot of the stigma that exists around depression. Any heavy material throughout was handled with sensitivity, and the focus ends up being on catharsis, feeling those experiences honestly, recovering, and finding humor, hope, and belonging in unexpected places.

The hopeful tone of the book kicks in pretty early on, when Phoebe discovers how an abrupt shift in surroundings, priorities, and people can provide the jolt needed to break out of a depression, and that forging new relationships can bring clarity to the root causes of hopelessness in old relationships. And despite all of the heavy topics, I found myself laughing aloud quite a bit. The chemistry and longing between certain characters was subtle yet magnetic, the quippy conversations were so satisfying and clever that I wanted to be there to partake, and the whole premise of starting fresh in every way was a great escape.

Helen Laser's audiobook narration was also phenomenal—she brings the perfect tone and sass to Espach's dialogue. At one point when a character was flossing and talking at the same time, it genuinely sounded like she was flossing haha. 10/10. Didn't want it to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Toxic friendship

pristineflowers's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The ending made the journey fall flat for me. I became deeply invested in these characters, and I don’t feel comfortably resolved with them. 

a quote I loved: “Phoebe will never be a mother. Phoebe will never know what it’s like to create life inside of her. But there are other ways to create. Other ways to love. Other reasons to live.” Chapter 21”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit

spolarson's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness