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I fell in love with hope by Lancali

74 reviews

sneha_sharma's review

dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

It took me some time to grasp the story and build interest. The plot is slow in the beginning, speeds up a bit and maintains the same pace throughout, until the end. Also the dialogues are too poetic, and sort of hinder the flow of reading.
A major thing that should be mentioned somewhere in the beginning or on the back of the book is trigger warnings.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Rape

robin_hood's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I feel like it was trying too hard to be poetic and whimsical, but in the end it just fell flat. The metaphors are overused and repeated in every chapter, the dialogue is unrealistic, and the writing itself is hard to follow, choppy, and grammatically challenged. 

It was an easy read, yes, but I really only finished it because I was reading it for someone else. If I’d picked it up on my own, I would’ve probably DNFed it.

The ending was? Sad? The other characters’ stories and

deaths

were well done and emotional, but the whole thing with Sam and Hikari was lost on me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Self harm

Minor: Rape

shaleen64's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

I struggled to engage with the first half of the book as I found Sam the narrator’s character confusing. However, the second half of the book is inspiring and heartbreaking in equal measure and the ending does not leave any room for confusion. This book makes you reflect on what you have to be grateful for. 

For those will a chronic or terminal illness it validates how hard it can be and for those without it gives you a glimpse of what our lives are like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Death, Eating disorder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood and Homophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Vomit

oakairi's review

I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't for me. 

My main issue with the book is how over the top it is when it comes to the language; it's too poetic and flowery and comes off as though it's trying too hard to be quotable. For this reason, I did find the story to be emotional, but a lot of it felt forced with how it was written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Medical content

ashmak06's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Medical content, Suicide, Death, Grief, Self harm, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, and Pregnancy

mediocre_writings's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Self harm, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Rape and Bullying

thebookkeepers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Wow. This book was such an emotional roller coaster and I thoroughly enjoyed it. If you love SAD shit, this book delivers. Check the trigger warning because it isn’t for the faint of heart. The story takes place in a hospital and the characters are chronically ill teens who find hope, love, and happiness amongst the ugly parts of their lives. This is written entirely with prose and has a poetic cadence to it. I love the touch of magic realism within & the depth of character development we get. Sometimes the book moved slow and I wasn’t 💯 clear on some details, but these were mostly cleared up by the end. 

LGBTQ+ rep: bisexual main character, m/m side character romance, f/f romance 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Mental illness, Death of parent, Suicide, Self harm, Child death, and Chronic illness

avery_hutchinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Emotionally devastating, full over-flowery language, and a beautiful picture of friendship, loss, and what it means to be human.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Death, Eating disorder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Rape

vi_holmes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

Make sure you have tissues and read the warnings, but this is a pretty good debut! Neo has my soul and I loved Sonny so much! Also Eric is such a mood. 
I will say that the ending felt long winded and some of the dialog was idealic/unnatural especially in the last quarter of the book. But the way the author doesn't shy away from the harsh subjects she tackles in the book really makes up for!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Eating disorder, Grief, Self harm, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Hate crime, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

xxzellazephirahxx's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm