190 reviews for:

This Is Me Trying

Racquel Marie

4.19 AVERAGE

dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
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mararjarvis's review

4.5
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional sad fast-paced

I liked it but it felt like it took me forever to get into it
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carjohnsxn's review

4.75
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

interesting explorations of grief, good revelations near the end that i wish had been discussed in more detail—but otherwise i think these narratives are just not for me, though i appreciate them
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danileah07's review

2.0
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Yes

Another Racquel Marie book I devoured the moment I got my hands on the book, and I cannot wait to continue to do so with everything this woman publishes.

God, Marie's writing is so tender, emotional, and gut-wrenching in the best way. It wraps you up in the warmest of hugs and encourages you to just to let yourself feel alongside the characters, whose emotions are a rollercoaster ride in itself. Marie has such a way of writing a whole cast of characters that are incredibly relatable and human. I just wanted to hug Bea and Santi so badly.

Overall, I worship the ground Marie walks on, and I will wait with baited breath for whatever story she may unleash onto the world next.