Reviews with content warning for Suicide - The Seven Year Slip

the romance plot wasn't the only part of "the seven year slip" that kept me turning the pages—i have a changed outlook on life after following clementine's life, love, struggle, and growth. very appreciative of the author including sapphic representation and writing about suicide, and i loved catching the different parallels and symbolism.

love always stays <3

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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dejanai1's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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darthrockstar's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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monica_brown00's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book took a little bit to get into but once I did, I couldn’t stop reading! It was funny, sad, and a great story about handling grief, love and life at the same time. Would definitely read again!

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naereads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This was such a cute read! I wasn’t sure what I was going into but ended up loving it. I wish it didn’t have to end. The whole story, while sometimes predictable, was tied together in a lovely way. It was peaceful and comforting while you root for the characters. There was some heartbreak but it only made you fall in love with the characters more.

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quasinaut's review against another edition

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hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This one is tricky for me. The book had the potential to be wonderful but it fell short for me, though it had its moments. It was cute, it was heartfelt, and any complaints I have are only because I know this book could have been just that much better.

A few issues:

Clementine and Iwan's convos often read as trying-too-hard-to-be-banter rather than actually being cute and witty. I much preferred when they had real discussioss with each other.
Drew and Fiona felt like afterthoughts rather than full characters in their own right.
There were some descriptions and turns of phrase that came up a few times. I think they were intended to be callbacks to previous scenes, but instead felt clunky and repetitive, like the author had forgotten she'd already used that phrasing before.
I didn't like how much Clementine used her job as her identity. Her job doesn't have to define her, but she acts like it's this huge, groundbreaking thing to want change.

Lastly, I'm not big on time travel stories, but that's a me thing. The plot made sense of the time travel aspect pretty well, all things considered.

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annaforthebooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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