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vanesst's review
- 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
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Alcohol
jg34's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
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!!
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
Minor: Racism and Sexual content
mariapatrickbooks's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
aliteraryescape's review
- 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: Child death
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Sexual content
kjofalltrades's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
cyndi1966's review
- 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: Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death and Infidelity
Minor: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
blackgirlbuyingreads'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: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
jennastopreading'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
This book is mostly set in Louisville, KY, the city I spent the first 23 years of my life in, and this helped me connect to the story right out the gates, but the characters and their soul did the rest. Tallie has to be one of the most uniquely intriguing fictional women that I've ever read. She's emotionally intelligent, kind hearted, independent, and successful. In another life, maybe I could be more like her when I grew up. On a rainy night in October, she stops when she sees a man about to jump off a bridge into the Ohio River, and in turn, her world changes forever.
Instead of calling 9-1-1 or giving up, she brings the man she affectionately starts off referring to as "Bridge" into her home, and he makes his way into her heart. As a reader, this was a lyrical story of respect, connection, and mutual adoration unfolding between two strangers. As Tallie and Bridge get to know one another, and the layers of the onion of each of their stories are peeled back, I grew more and more attached to both of them.
A fantastic story by Leesa Cross-Smith that left me with goosebumps and a lump in my throat. I will absolutely be reading more of her work in the future!
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Cursing and Miscarriage
kwurtzel3's review
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Mental illness
scorttarius's review
- 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 was immediately wrapped up and fell in love with the characters (except Joel he can choke😂🤭) it definitely makes you think about how we operate life and makes you kind of wonder what would you do?
My big take away from this is just to love life even if it’s the little things because they can become the big things
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Child death and Fire/Fire injury