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The way I used to be by Amber Smith

65 reviews

ghanshaw's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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hansbookshelf's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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nsantana12's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think….this maybe my new favorite book. It’s raw, and it’s real.

The ending had me in tears, a complete mess. My heart absolutely ached for Eden. I am proud of her and she’s a fictional character!

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triple_m's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think people get so caught up in this book because the author took on the challenge of writing about such a dark subject matter. I feel like trauma-based fiction often get generous ratings because on some level we feel like a the rating diminishes the characters trauma.

That being said it wasn’t a bad book by any means, it just didn’t blow me away. I found it to be a bit too long and I hated the whole plot line with her guy friend who irrationally had a crush on her. That whole plot point was so confusing. And her best friend sucked. I understand that Edith/Eden (whatever) was a difficult person to love and her best friend was going through her own shit but forgetting a birthday, barely apologizing, and then immediately bringing it back to you is imo unforgivable.

Amanda

EVENTUALLY Amanda figured out E was raped but I’m so confused. Even though she was originally under the impression that she had consensual sex with her brother, why the fuck would she care that much??? She was 14 so I understand thinking that it’s weird or gross but she HATED E for it (and therefore made her already hard life infinitely harder). Also, I have a hard time believing that E made it all the way to her senior year before the rumor about her having sex with the guy who raped her got back to her. Amanda and her friends were clearly gossiping about it.

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nelanels's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

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_sina's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

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humairaa___'s review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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rosslynlyell's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional sad tense 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

This book is something you want to read when you want to feel broken. It was written beautifully and in my opinion shows accurately what can happen to the main character and her response. The main character was lovingly complicated, and I am satisfied with the ending, but I wish it went on for a little bit longer.

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