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This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith

21 reviews

vanesst's review

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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Content Warnings

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

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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Content Warnings

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

thetaylatrese's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

could be considered triggering if you struggle with any of these. amazing read but proceed with caution.

aliteraryescape's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual content

kjofalltrades's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

booksylamb's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

What's stellar is the immediate sense of living in the moment of each protagonist's story. Both leave a visceral mark on the reader's investment of how they came together and what that leaves behind. This is a book one might take delight in devouring over a slow weekend, unpacking the complexities of the human mind and spirit. Leesa Cross-Smith has the ability to place you into the world she's created, as if you are a neighboring character witnessing the development of the story as it unfolds. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

jennastopreading's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

I received this book in a giveaway shortly after it published and my biggest regret surrounding it was waiting so long to read it.

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!

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Content Warnings

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

menomica's review against another edition

This book is really interesting and I was so invested and really wanted to get to know more about Emmet but oh my fucking god why the fuck are him and Tallie boinking??? In what way does that seem appropriate??? It just totally ruins everything. The book would’ve been so much more enjoyable if they were just friends. You don’t need to fuck just because you’re two hot straight people! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility and Sexual content

venetiana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This started out really interesting, then became flat, then some plot twists, and a really bad solution. 

The ending was absolutely not satisfying - not for the most obvious reason (I can definitely respect and appreciate that), but because it really didn't fit the rest of the plot. The story simply gets interrupted and yanked back into "real life", I guess.

I wanted to like this book so much and now I'm just sad and disappointed, like I've fallen for a ruse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail