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The way I used to be by Amber Smith

198 reviews

kiirstymariiee1996's review against another edition

5.0

dark sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

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travel_in_pages22's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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libraryofadventures's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

This was a very hard story to read and finish, for obvious reason. I cried several times while reading it. It was so heartbreaking and frustrating reading Eden's way of processing and coping with her trauma, I wanted to hug and shake her at the same time.
I recently watched "Unbelievable" series on Netflix before reading this book, it definitely proves that even if two people experienced the same thing, they won't necessarily react or cope with it the same way. So we should try to show empathy and kindness towards anyone, even though we don't understand what they're going through.

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cailinorlowski's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 57%

Did not enjoy the content

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miarenaereads's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rinku's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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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photonblue's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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daffu9529's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I first read this book back in 2016 when it released and have never forgotten since then. I’ve always wanted to reread it, so when I found about the sequel it seemed like the perfect opportunity to revisit it. This story hit me a lot harder at 24 than it did at 15. I understand so much more about Eden now, and the last part of this book struck me like a boulder. I cried uncontrollably for Eden, for everything she had to endure, and will continue to endure. This book is one I’ll always recommend. Such a gut wrenching story filled with tremendous loss, but even greater hope.

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acherry's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

it was literally like on of my favorite books sobbing😭 gonna read the next book rn !

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megan_reads14's review against another edition

4.0

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