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Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

33 reviews

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Cursing, Car accident, Chronic illness, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Death

garrettcz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death, and Grief

kimberlyyyreads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

4.5

 Damn guys, what a fucking book this was.

The way that for years they communicated via writing their books toward each other is INSANE and the way they both KNEW that it was about each other! That is some damn chemistry right there.

"I idealize you in fiction because I idealize you in real like." I'm sorry how can someone say this and expect me to move on with my life?????

Shane and Eva's story is so devastatingly powerful, this book gripped my heart and refused to let go until the end. I was reading this at work and they way that I refused to put it down as soon as I picked it up just shows how WHIPPED I was.

I regret not reading this sooner because it's honestly such a great book!

Towards the end, the epilogue kinda lost me a little. I thought it would be more emotionally intense but it wasn't which isn't a bad thing tbh.

This is a book that I would GLADLY write a report about and it's one that I would love to spend hrs on end talking about.

UGH, IDK HOW I'M SUPPOSED TO PICK UP ANOTHER BOOK EVER AGAIN.

Tia Williams, I will for real read whatever material you write. You have made a fan out of me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Gun violence and Panic attacks/disorders

gwenswoons's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

5.0

Loved this beyond, beyond. Every word miraculous and just what it needs to be. Such gorgeously drawn characters, from the smallest side folks to the incredible MCs, each with powerful and deeply human challenges, layers, and growth. I adored the audio and can’t wait to have my hands on a physical copy - I will read it again. I loved it more than I have loved anything in a long time and it will stay with me forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Bullying, Grief, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death of parent

velorum's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I flew through this: the characters leap right off the page & scream “let me tell you about ME!”

There’s a ton of Internet jargon and pop culture references and slang, there’s generational trauma among a slew of trigger warnings and love and family and culture.  There was so MUCH (please heed the trigger warnings) and yet so much silliness and lightness that framed this story. Maybe that speaks to the author’s point of how life can be jarring and full and sad.

I prefer my epilogues to be ADDITIONAL to the story. Here, the epilogue was doing all the work to wrap up loose ends.

This story between Shane and Eva (Genevieve) is melancholy and a rapid, all-consuming love story. It burns and burns out.  Their second-chance encounter makes you want to know what the hell happed that week in June 15 years ago, and it all unravels as the story moves on. 

I think what made me really upset was Ty’s storyline and around the 78%(??) mark, I just wanted to DNF, and pushed through anyway. His death felt senseless and was a lazy way to develop Shane’s character.  

On second note, the last three chapters (epilogue included) were just a RUSH of plot and character development, and not in a good way…

TBC…  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Sexual content

rickireadss's review against another edition

3.0

i went into this one with such high hopes, and i honestly think that was what ruined it for me. i loved the chronic migraines rep. i somewhat tolerated the fact that both mcs were writers - i feel like this is hit or miss with me, but usually a miss. i did not check the CW before reading, and that was definitely my bad, but most of the reviews i had seen on tiktok or insta hadn't mentioned it being a "heavy" book -- this one most defintitely was, and it was much heavier than i could have anticipated. i ended up soft-DNFing this like 50% in and left in untouched for almost a month, but i pushed through hoping it would magically get better (spoiler alert: it did not) this was just not my favorite, and one of my disappointments of the year.

⚠️: self harm, drug abuse, alcoholism, drug use, addiction, chronic illness, suicidal thoughts, mental illness, suicidal attempt, abandonment, gun violence, death, grief, injury/injury detail, child abuse, child death, violence, sexual assault, toxic relationship, blood, sexual harassment, emotional abuse, racism, medical content, car accident, medical trauma, death of parent, domestic abuse, physical abuse, bullying, panic attacks/disorders, murder, forced institutionalization, pedophilia, vomit, ableism, sexism, adult/minor relationship

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Self harm, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Grief, Sexual harassment, Blood, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Racism, Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

jikuuu08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

this book was jaw dropping.
the way the words were constructed into a blade slicing deliciously into my throat, having me in a chokehold. 
the way you THOUGHT the back stories lined up, but really the truth comes and you drop to the floor staring at the ceiling, mind blown. 
this book was so beautiful to read and it had me grasping for more, WAITING for a moment where i could continue reading, the anticipation to what would happen next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Drug use, Cursing, Car accident, Grief, Drug abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism

marstone's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

Wow. 
I don’t read romance books, its not a genre I'm very interested in because I find it predictable, but if I were to read any romance, I am so happy it was this. It was not what I was expecting it to be at all and I almost didn’t commit to continuing it, but I cannot stop thinking about this book now. 
This is about 2 writers who shared an intimate romance in high school which was very brief. Now, years later as adults they have been reconnected and the main character wants to know why their relationship ended so soon and is trying to navigate trauma, chronic illness, and adult responsibilities while also grappling with her feelings towards him and the past that is being brought up again. As authors of different genres, they have been writing their characters based off of each other, in a way sending each other messages that they are still a part of each other’s lives. 
I’m not a fan of stories that include real life social media references or current slang (since I mostly read fantasy) because I feel like it takes me out of the story, but it’s not too over the top in this book and ultimately added a bit of lightheartedness to it. 
This was much darker than I anticipated with the themes it explored and the characters backstory and how broken they were but just trying to keep themselves together now yet there is agony and yearning gnawing at them with the intensity of their intimacy of just seven days and how they are forced to face that again and figure out how they fit into each other’s lives now as adults. 
This was absolutely beautiful and heart wrenching to see the trauma and sense of abandonment (a lot of trigger warnings listed) and figuring out why everything happened the way it did. I was so invested in their story and cried 5 times. I love it i love it i love it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

ashesonthebeach's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Self harm, and Sexual harassment

sterreks's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Drug use, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, and Mental illness

Moderate: Blood and Car accident