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More Than We Can Tell by Brigid Kemmerer

10 reviews

lananfried's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and Rape

Minor: Abandonment

psliz's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

had so much potential but it tried to tackle too many things that it felt underdeveloped

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexism

Moderate: Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Car accident, Self harm, Kidnapping, Bullying, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Rape, Homophobia, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Racism, and Child death

lwvies's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Racism

sadiegenene25's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

REV. FLETCHER. I fell in love with Rev in book 1, and just about lost my mind when I found out he had a book of his own. Declan was a wonderful protagonist in book 1, but Rev fascinated me, and I'm so glad we got a book about him and his life. He's so complex and kind and his trauma is so woven into everything about him, but in a way that makes him so fun and interesting to read. Emma was such a charming narrator, though she irked me at times. I was repeatedly upset with how poorly she treated her best friend, but she redeemed herself in the end.

also, if you're meeting up with a guy you've never met in person before, DON'T GET IN HIS CAR!!! I just knew it would be a disaster the moment she got into a car with a stranger. From that point she handled it well but WHAT was she thinking with that one?????

Overall, this book brings me to tears every time I read it and I would simply read ten more books of just Rev being Rev. Yet another slay from Brigid Kemmerer.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

lyla_wicks's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

i really loved rev’s character and felt so bad for what he went through, however i could not stand emma. she was so whiny and it felt like she victimised herself in every situation, even though she was the one being horrible to her best friend. despite this, their relationship was quite cute (albeit a bit cringe) and i loved the family dynamic between rev, his parents, and his foster brother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

rearic's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Homophobia

nya_r's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you don’t like YA books, read this. That may sound strange but this is very different from your typical YA book. It’s not cheesy and handles very heavy topics really well. I absolutely love Rev Fletcher. I liked him a lot in Letters to the Lost (the first book to this companion novel) but I honestly started reading this book to see more of Juliet and Declan. HOWEVER, I was reading it for Rev by chapter two. I just want to hug him and protect him. He’s honestly my favorite boy character ever. He was the sweetest. I cried so many times during this book. There were happy tears and sad tears and angry tears and frustrated tears… it was a mess haha. Please look up trigger warnings, but if you read it, you’ll love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Death of parent, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Cursing, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Rape, Terminal illness, Racism, Blood, Homophobia, Murder, Medical content, and Car accident

PLEASE LOOK UP TRIGGER WARNINGS!! This book dealt heavily with child abuse!!

readuntilthelastpage's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

cranereader's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

spearly's review against another edition

emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

I glance over at Rev. Every time I’m with him, I want to stare. Some of that is because he keeps so much hidden. All I ever see is the edge of his jaw, the sculpted arch of his lips, the line of his nose. His eyes, always in shadow.

I think of gaming, where I’m in control and no one sees the real me. I wonder if the computer is my version of the hoodie.

More Than We Can Tell follows Rev, Declan's best friend from Letters to the Lost, and Emma, a shy gamer girl who keeps running into Rev behind their local church. It delves into Rev's traumatic past that was hinted at in book 1 (and boy, does Kemmerer go there!), as well as Emma's experiences being a girl in the male-dominated field of video games.

This book was intense. I was so curious about Rev after reading Declan and Juliet's story, and safe to say, I was not disappointed. He is such an incredibly nuanced character. Usually I am not a fan of books with too much God-iness, too many religious themes and whatnot, but it made complete sense with Rev's character. It helped my understand him and his history with his abusive father. My heart broke for him.

And Emma! Obviously, she makes some mistakes. But she's a teenager going through something very similar to my own teenage experience, so I understood her motivations. And she was the perfect person to bring Rev out of his shell. I loved their chapters together, and the love story was even a bit more satisfying than D and J since we actually get a bit more detail with the romance. 

The Declan and Juliet cameos were perfection. We obviously saw more of D, considering he's Rev's best friend, and he's just as wonderful as I remember. 

I wouldn't be opposed to another companion novel featuring Cait (Emma's best friend). Brigid? What do you say?

Overall, a heart wrenching romance that delves even more into themes of grief, of trauma, and family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Racism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Infertility, Cursing, and Cancer