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amissabellator'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: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Ableism, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, and Medical content
The text follows Anna Sun - a woman who is diagnosed with autism with low-support needs - (and, to a lesser extent, Quan Diep - a man who has recently overcome personal illness (booksandcoffeewithlexi'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
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Gaslighting and Death of parent
analenegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
After reading the author's note and the acknowledgements, I can see that Hoang wrote this book as part memoir and that it was deeply personal, which I thing shows throughout and is quite possibly why the end does not read as well as the rest of the book. As someone who is also exploring the possibility of autism as an adult women, Anna's character and her motivations made sense to me, although her relationship with therapy throughout was upsetting and at times made me want to reach through the page and shake her.
I wanted to touch on the use of Aspergers throughout the book. Although the author is autistic herself, she uses Aspergers in her bio and it is mentioned multiple times throughout the book. While she acknowledges it is no longer the term used, and that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is, she uses the term without acknowledging the inherent damage of the word and its history. Aspergers is a term that divides the ASD community and comes from the name of a Nazi Doctor who used it to decide who was useful or not and who lived or died. It either needs to be acknowledged or left out.
Quan was a fantastic love interest who was perhaps too good for this world and for this book. I was picturing him throughout as quite muscly so it was little shocking when they said lean runners muscles. I really enjoyed his and Anna's dynamic, although I wish we'd had more actual dialogue between the two in the last section as it felt like he really disappeared at the end. On his non-romance plot throughout, I thought that the resolution with
The final section of this book is really where Hoang lost me, and why this book is rated what it is. I genuinely believe that Hoang was trying to write an ending to her own story while she is still in the middle of it, and it feels rushed, the time jumps do not work, and the lack of dialogue and almost only inner monologue is frustrating. We also lose Quan's perspective in the end and it stops feeling like a Romance novel at all. I also wished we would have gotten a resolution for her relationship with her sister,
I'm very excited to talk to my book club about this book and see their perspective on the story.
Graphic: Death of parent, Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
dejanira's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infertility
amplawrence'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Ableism, Medical content, Death of parent, Bullying, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Cancer and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Infertility
inthemoonforcheese'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
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Ableism, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment
pointlessmoss'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
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, and Cursing
Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Cancer, and Infertility
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
embla_v's review against another edition
3.5
Anna blev känd över en natt när ett youtube klipp av henne som spelar violin blev viralt. Men efter det så har hon kämpat med att hitta glädjen i musiken igen och nu vill hennes pojkvän öppna upp deras förhållande. Anna är förkrossad och vill få hämd men vad kan hon göra? Jo, hon kan också ligga med andra.
Quan (bikaraktär i tidigare böcker i serien) har varit sjuk och ska nu ut i dejting livet igen och då träffar han Anna. Men när Annas familj drabbas av en tragedi ställs allt på ända och de måste kämpa för sin kärlek men också för sig själva.
En berättelse i stil med tidigare böcker i serien. Jag rekommenderar att läsa de två andra böckerna först och sedan denna.
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Ableism
Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Cancer, Death, and Infertility
jourdynne27'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: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
tlaynejones's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Terminal illness, and Gaslighting