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literarychronicles's review against another edition
4.0
It's been a while since I read this book. I will never review this if I wait to write a proper review. Hence, here are my random thoughts.
👍🏻Disability - How it is always not visible. I thought this part was very well written.
👍🏻Humour
👍🏻Strong MC
👍🏻Self-harm and mental health issues were well portrayed
👍🏻Chemistry between the 2 MCs
👍🏻Flawed Individuals with baggage, overcoming childhood trauma, (although not completely healed) succeeding in life, & helping others
👍🏻Theme - How everyone deserves love and redemption
👍🏻Black spirit and representation
👉🏼 I don't enjoy spice in romance, but I didn’t mind this because I enjoyed the story
👉🏼 The week the MCs spent as teenagers doesn't feel like love. It was messy, dangerous, & toxic.
👎🏼Too many pop culture references
👎🏼The 12 years old daughter seemed too mature and was unrealistic.
👎🏼The conflict near the end felt clichéd. It could have been avoided with a text messeage.
👎🏼The ending seemed a bit flat compared to the build-up
👎🏼The epilogue could have been a part of the main text.
TW: Drug/alcohol abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, child abuse, neglect
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
ayshajoelle's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Self harm
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
moriahleigh's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and Car accident
ells94w's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Self harm
Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual assault
chinelo_'s review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
lizziaha's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent
kayladarthur's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism and Abandonment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
While this book is mostly lighthearted, there are scenes that can be graphic for some.marstone's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
antidietleah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder