Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Before We Were Strangers by Renée Carlino

5 reviews

kal517's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Pregnancy

jeswasik85's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

leximarie06's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

Im going to be honest, i was not expecting to like this book so much. Ive read my fair share of romance books but this one just had a more realistic vibe to it, it was so much easier to sympathize with the characters because the plot-line was just so raw and real. There was nothing crazy about it, it was just a story of two young college students in love. They both went after different things after they graduated, but met again 15 years later, and found out news that completely changed everything. 

The middle section of the book was pretty full of smut, and usually i don’t particularly seek out books with it, and when i read books that are heavily filled with smut, i have to soldier through it but it was different with this one. I didnt mind it, it just was a reflection of the intense love these two shared, it didnt feel forced. It, again, just felt so real. I can picture this being a real persons exact scenario which i think is why i liked it so much. A lot of romance novels feel too forced and rushed? they took their time with this which i appreciated.

I definitely recommend this book, it truly was a beautiful story. It was a “right person, wrong time” case. 

Im so happy Matt was able to form a bond with Ash, i think Ash was truly the best thing that could have happened to him at that point in his life, and i LOVE that Grace named her that. “The evidence of a love burning well” indeed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

yilliun's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to like this book and I went into it with very high expectations. I do like second chance romances, but this one made no sense to me

especially factoring in their LITERAL CHILD

. This very much reads like a product of hipster mid-2010s to me and I understand why some people might like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment

jessbaldwin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

5.0

Wow this second chance romance story is just amazing. Wasn’t expecting the twist towards the end such an emotional story which ended with a great happy ending

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content and Abandonment