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emotional
reflective
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
this could've been more stars for me especially the last 100 or so pages but for some situations I was so angry at the way they were dealt with and some comments were totally unnecessary, like:
the pregnancy stuff, I get it was central to the book but I didnt think it was discussed in the most understanding way, some of it was really blunt and the way the characters dealt with it was in some places really immature, which took away the realness of it for me. the infertility stuff was a bit triggering as well and I didnt like the way it was handled
family relationships should've been written in a more considerate way, especially when its really close family members
that comment at the start about how they shouldn't adopt because they would be raising someone else's kid who might have problems?!?! like who tf says that?!?!?
apart from these things the plot, storyline and characters were all really good so I'm a bit conflicted on what to rate it
the pregnancy stuff, I get it was central to the book but I didnt think it was discussed in the most understanding way, some of it was really blunt and the way the characters dealt with it was in some places really immature, which took away the realness of it for me. the infertility stuff was a bit triggering as well and I didnt like the way it was handled
family relationships should've been written in a more considerate way, especially when its really close family members
that comment at the start about how they shouldn't adopt because they would be raising someone else's kid who might have problems?!?! like who tf says that?!?!?
apart from these things the plot, storyline and characters were all really good so I'm a bit conflicted on what to rate it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage
Minor: Self harm, Car accident, Death of parent
emotional
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Car accident
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Car accident
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I kinda struggled to get through this one as i personally couldn’t stand the character of Quinn however i really liked graham and felt bad because i couldn’t understand why Quinn was being so avoidant of him throughout the book
Towards the end i really liked the character development of Quinn in the end that earned this book another star so overall i rate this book 3/5 stars
Towards the end i really liked the character development of Quinn in the end that earned this book another star so overall i rate this book 3/5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy
Moderate: Cursing, Car accident
Minor: Death of parent
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy
Minor: Death
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Grief
Minor: Car accident
emotional
reflective
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
This is not the first book from Colleen Hoover that I’ve read. I will admit, at first when I started reading the book, I had little sympathy for what she was going through (assuming all the options for what she wanted were available to her). But as soon as I saw how challenging it was, despite all of their efforts - my perspective completely changed. This book brought tears to my eyes so many times. I got so angry when I found out what happens through the window. That’s how you know the book is good - when you feel it in your bones. I didn’t have high expectations of this book, but it is easily one of my favorites now because of how faithfully it conveys marriage and it’s challenges - including all category 5 hurricanes.
Some of my favorite quote from the book include:
Some of my favorite quote from the book include:
“It’s funny how you can be so happy with someone and love them so much, it created an underlying sense of fear in you that you never knew before them. The fear of losing them. The fear of them getting hurt”. (p. 192)
“The capacity of that love is meaningless if it outweighs your capacity to forgive”. (p. 197)
“Our marriage hasn’t been perfect. No marriage is perfect. There were times when she gave up on us. There were even more times I gave up on us. The secret to our longevity is that we never gave up at the same time”. (p. 200)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage
Moderate: Death, Car accident
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not going to lie the first half of this book I didn't really gravitate towards. It wasn't bad or anything. It was an easy read. It's just in the first half it felt like there was more sex than substance. It wasn't until I got to the second half (page 153ish maybe). It was the chapter where Graham cheats on Quinn is when I got invested. And for me it just got better from there. That's when I started to see more substance in their relationship that was contained from both the "then" and "now" perspectives. Their was relationship was finally showing some depth to me and I could see why they feel in love with one another. But what really sold me was the letters that Graham had written to Quinn. All this time I wanted to here Graham's perspective in all this and I'm so happy I got to have it. The ending was very satisfying to me and I feel like it tied the story up nicely. Now I still really can't get passed the stuff in the first half. Graham was a little iffy for me and I felt like he was coming on too strong. And I didn't think Quinn was all there either. I didn't really feel her love for Graham. Personally I'm not one for smut/spice and that was basically what the first half of the book consists of. Even though I couldn't be passed some of the weird stuff that happened in the beginning they had sex with an expired condom. Like come on, how horny can you be?! I did think this book was a nice read. If this whole book was like the second half it might've been a 5 star read for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Sexual content, Abortion
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity
Minor: Cursing, Car accident