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This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

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laurenbiscombe's review

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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smt109's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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swimmer120x's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

This book was a good, but a hard read. It discusses the story of a person who is suicidal, along with another main character, Tallie, who has her own struggles in life. The one part that significantly bothered me is that Tallie is a licensed, clinical therapist and does one thing in which I find to be unethical, if not illegal, which I will describe in the next sentence. Spoiler, but not spoiler, she rescues the suicidal person, but does not bring him to the hospital for an evaluation. She states that she does not have to report this, even as a mandated reporter, because "he is not a client of hers". I feel like this is ethically wrong and potentially even illegal. Tallie, in the end, does end up staying with him for 72 hours, similar to a psych hold, although, that is not her original intention (so she can't use that as an excuse as to why she didn't bring him the the hospital for a more thorough evaluation). If you can get past this fact, then I would recommend this book. If you cannot, then this book may not be for you.

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vanesst's review

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dark emotional hopeful sad slow-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

3.0

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jg34's review against another edition

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sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

I am so conflicted!!!!!! Mostly because of the ending so the rest of this will probably be spoiler city.

I know this was not marketed as a romance and if the romance that was happening in most of the book were to come to fruition it would have been really problematic… but my romance loving heart is so sad!!!! their weekend together would not be a good start to a relationship and their dynamic was already bad and it’s not healthy to be in a relationship when your mental state is so fragile…. But couldn’t he have gotten better and then they get back together? I know that’s not how it works ok but I’m still so sad.
And NICO? We barely know anything about him why did she end up with him 😭😭😭 I liked that we got a brief scene of them together again and there is maybe a flicker of hope that he will come back to Louisville but it sounds like Tallie is 100% settled with damn Nico and there is no hope for her and Rye :((( just why did her and rye even get together is the first place if it wasn’t going to be end game ya know what I mean??

BUT this is real life and our mental health cannot depend on just one person I suppose so this was maybe the happiest ending. I am still sad tho.

Other than the ending, this book was emotional and raw and real. I mean the whole premise is a tad unbelievable I guess but the relationships and interactions felt real and heartfelt. It is a bit mysterious too. Not lighthearted though! You might cry!!

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