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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: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Racism, Infertility, Mental illness, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Child death, and Sexual content
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: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Racism, Infertility, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Infidelity and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Child death, 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: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, and Infertility
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, and Medical content
Minor: Cursing and Miscarriage
kwestlovee'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: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Death
kyrstin_p1989'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
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Suicide, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Infertility, and Panic attacks/disorders
phippsmr's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Racial slurs, and Injury/Injury detail
menomica's review against another edition
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Minor: Infertility and Sexual content
aimeegarnier's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Racism, Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Death
venetiana's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Moderate: Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement
Minor: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Infertility, Drug use, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, and Vomit
lexie_simons'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: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, Mental illness, and Infertility