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anthy's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
brookewithbooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
This definitely tugged on my heart strings but it was a little boring for me most the time.
mkbeshears's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
amybartoli29's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, and Grief
kellib1422's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
elysehmyers's review against another edition
4.0
a solid 4 stars!
PHEEEWWWWWWW. This book. I had to recover from this book for a while after this book. I haven't cried this hard, both during *and* after a book like I did with this one. The relationship between the two leads is stunning. Friendship. Romance. Grief. Self-transformation. Self-discovery. Parenthood. It's all here. It's heavy and beautiful and just...SO MUCH.
Because of the serious nature of the themes introduced in this book, I really don't know of I can recommend this book to someone not intentionally seeking this out. But if you're ready to be emotionally destroyed for a while, this book is VERY good.
PHEEEWWWWWWW. This book. I had to recover from this book for a while after this book. I haven't cried this hard, both during *and* after a book like I did with this one. The relationship between the two leads is stunning. Friendship. Romance. Grief. Self-transformation. Self-discovery. Parenthood. It's all here. It's heavy and beautiful and just...SO MUCH.
Because of the serious nature of the themes introduced in this book, I really don't know of I can recommend this book to someone not intentionally seeking this out. But if you're ready to be emotionally destroyed for a while, this book is VERY good.
keepingyouonread's review against another edition
3.0
Kate’s first love and husband, Cam died two years ago from early onset Alzheimer’s. She’s a bit of a mess raising her son, juggling her job, and a somewhat quiet social life with best friend, Grace. When a storm, strands Kate and Hugh, her boss, at the beach for a weekend it’s the first time she can confront her grief and start moving forward.
What I liked: The emotions were high, I felt for Kate as a mom trying to make everything work. I would suggest reading trigger warnings because a few scenes were difficult to read.
The devastation a death of a spouse leaves on everyone is evident from Kate to her mother to her friends. I loved how she had a good network of support that really was an extended family.
What didn’t work for me: I felt like this was maybe 50 pages too long. I wanted Kate to get to where she needed to be faster. Justin seemed superfluous.
I’m not sure how I feel about the Kate/Hugh storyline. I also think the relationship went from a snails pace to sprint. I wanted more of them together as lovers not just friends.
On that note, I think the timeline could be a bit confusing and I wanted more of Cam and Kate before. We’re told about this great love but don’t see much of it before his disease.
Who should read it: This reminded me a bit of Me Before You. You like: friends to lovers, slow-burn romances, books about people working through grief, single moms.