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granolagrandma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual content and Alcoholism
taylormoore's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Infidelity
Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Lesbophobia
carolinacortez's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
"She could feel both the ocean and it's absence across her skin."
No sé si es por qué justo soy la hermana mayor, pero este libro me pegó demasiado, y también que es súper parecido a shameless entonces yo podía imaginarme todo súper bien.
"Do you know how much a body can weigh when it falls into your arms, helpless? Multiply it by three. Nina carried it all. All of the weight, in her arms, on her back."
Ame los guiños a las otras dos novelas de este universo. Ya solo me falta Carrie Soto para leer los 4 que están conectados, pero hasta ahorita ninguno decepciona, está mujer es buenísima en lo que hace.
"Must be nice. To be able to be weak. I wouldn't know."
PD. Lo mío con mick Riva es personal. Si Mick Riva tiene 1000 hater yo soy una de ellos, si solo tiene un hater, soy yo; y si no tiene haters es que me morí.
Graphic: Abandonment and Drug use
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Violence
gh1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Addiction, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
thekeyescollection's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Abandonment, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content
mchaneyp's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Sexual content
lorabgreen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Sexual content
hannah_beth_charles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Infidelity
samburkhouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Alcoholism, and Death of parent
Moderate: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Vomit, Gun violence, Body shaming, Car accident, and Medical content
mariakureads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
It's ok. I'm not going to like all the books I read but honestly as the book wore on, I didn't like a single character and couldn't connect with any honestly to care enough about what happened to them as the book switched back n forth between past and present tense, especially Mick. A deadbeat dad, if I ever read one.
Mick is entitled and the cliché rich rock star that leaves his wife and kids that when he decided he wants to come back, is too late to be any kind of father figure and he's not wanted or needed. These kids grew up without him just fine as Nina, the oldest of the bunch, stood up and became the parent that she didn't want to be in order to make ends meet.
I feel for Nina, I do, but there were so many times that her character was just so meh and allowed herself to be touched and fondled all because she didn't want to "cause a scene" that I gave up on her growing a spine and when she does, kudos because she does, it's towards the last 20 mins of the audiobook and I was done.
But the thing that bothered me the most of this entire book, and I do mean the entire book, is Reid's choice of using the phrase "he said" or "she said" throughout the entire book! OMG there are other ways to go about phrasing this and have read it and heard it in other books. I seriously got annoyed about how many times throughout the book the phrase appears that honestly I could have turned it into a drinking game. It got annoying quick and nothing against Julia Whelan, who narrates this because she was great, but seriously it was grating.
Graphic: Abandonment and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment