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One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

6 reviews

bxnny's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pregnancy

imaginingly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

this is the book that has made me cry the most, i think, EVER in my life 
the beginning was very odd and the writing style was kind of ~meh~ but the actual story was very good. the book captured grief very well 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Pregnancy, Body shaming, and Mental illness

kaitlinlovesbooks's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Death

kaitlynnnng's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow. This story broke my heart, put it back together, broke it again, and put it back together again.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

bookishcoffeedrinker's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have only read one TJR book before this one and DnF'd another.

 With all authors there are hit and misses and this one was somewhere in between as a cute contemporary romance to start of the new year.

(For reference I've read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and absolutely adored it. I DNF'd Daisy Jones and the Six. It wasn't quite my style.)

 

This book centres around Emma Blair who's husband goes missing on their one year anniversary from being married. She grieves, moves on and a few years later she is engaged to an old friend Sam who worked with her at her parents bookshop while in high school. Plot twist her husband is alive and comes home, now she has to choose between her fiancée and recently now not presumed dead husband Jesse (who was her high school sweetheart).

The formatting of the book jumped back to flashbacks to explain the way the mc's met and how they all came together. The dry humour and witty banter from the teenage years was fun and relatable and it didn't bore me. Into the early adult years Emma and Jesse's relationship felt glossed over and abruptly he was gone and boom we've set up a love triangle.

Skip over to the end because I'm too lazy to write a really long review the things that irked me the most were the fact that Emma was able to make her decision in just three days, Jesse accepted her decision in one conversation and the fact that Jesse's return felt unrealistic as he was on a deserted island for 3 years and showed no sign of PTSD apart from saying he didn't "feel right." 

 

I'll come back and write a better review eventually. I am just spouting a summary at this point. 

Overall this book was enjoyable. It's not something I'd jump to recommend to people at first look at my bookshelf but if you want a cutesy fast paced romance read this would be appropriate. It wasn't a TJR tear-jerker but I am willing to read more of her books because I am a sucker for contemporary romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy, Self harm, and Medical content

mallory10100's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

i loved this book, taylor jenkins reid remains my favourite author!! a great last read of the year :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Vomit

i HIGHLY recommend this book!!