Reviews with content warning for Adult/minor relationship - The way I used to be

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The way I used to be by Amber Smith

52 reviews

kat7794's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad 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: Complicated

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kayleejanes'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: No

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bananapie123's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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erica_reads_things's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

Wow wow wow. Incredible read. Amber's writing had me instantly connected with every character that she introduced. I haven't cried from reading a book in a good year and this did it for me.

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kaitlynkramerr's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

⚠️This book a tear jerking book that brings awareness to rape. There are many times where people try to speak out but either fear their life or have not survived it. Eden was an innocent band girl that played clarinet. She thought the world of her brother’s friend Kevin and even liked him. However her innocence was taken from her and she truly lost herself. From quitting band with her best friend and changing her look she became a different person to not feel anything anymore. She masked the feeling with sex and replaced the fear with cigarettes and alcohol until she met this one guy and years later she finds the courage or meets her breaking point and is finally able to heal. I recommend this book to anyone who does not understand why some people seem reckless or to anyone who wants to cry because this book is devastating.

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metalynn's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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m_antoinette_c's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tayjah22's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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sarashoup98's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Content Warnings

laurenreads_2204's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad tense 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

This book is so heavy. The main character made me want to pull my hair out of sometimes because of her trauma, and the lack of communication that she had with the other characters. But my heart also broke for her pain. this book really made me feel strong emotions about the trauma and the chaos and the toxicity of everything when she’s trying to cover it. It took us through four years of high school and show the traumas of the events that happened and how it changed her whole life in perspective it’s such a good read.

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