Reviews with content warning for Drug use - The way I used to be

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The way I used to be by Amber Smith

199 reviews

keirarines08's review against another edition

4.75

medium-paced

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reverendputty's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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daisygraceee's review against another edition

4.5

emotional 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

Content Warnings

torisbookss's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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

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percy_still's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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emilycollins3's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

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spritelover's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sarah_elisabeth's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-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

A very cathartic novel. I teared up more than a couple times while reading this. I feel for the main character, of course, but I have to admit that her self-destructive behavior pissed me off a bit a few times in the book. But I absolutely 100% recommend this book.

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siffpedersen's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

laura_b14's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

this book was so amazing even though it was so sad. the author did so good with this book.

i want to hug eden so bad, and like when her brother was screaming in his room after he found out what his best friend did to her, i felt so bad.
eden never deserved what happened to her. she was vulnerable and she knew she couldn't speak out because no one would believe her and that genuinely speaks volumes about the real world too. she tried to cope in the best way she thought it would help, it was unhealthy but understandable. i love josh, we don't hear like loads about him but i think he played his role to help eden.

overall, i rate this book a 4.25, so well-written ⭐

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