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thanksfrthemoomeries's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is extremely raw and daunting. While the writing isn’t perfect, that’s okay. I think the story and the nature of the characters makes up for that.
I never thought I’d rate a book this highly with a main character I dislike, but here we are.
I never thought I’d rate a book this highly with a main character I dislike, but here we are.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Abortion, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Suicide and Sexual assault
bookishkellyn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
sad
- 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
5.0
Brooklyn reminded me of the main character in The Coldest Winter Ever if she was a preacher’s kid. The book opens with her murder at age 24/25 before rewinding back to see her as a rebellious and selfish 17-year-old and onward. Driven by understandable trust issues, she self-sabotaged and did everyone in her life dirty. I guessed her killer beforehand but don’t believe her lack of loyalty deserved a death sentence. The author did a great job of creating a complicated character you couldn’t root for but also couldn’t stop reading about. The heavy plot points had me still thinking about this book long after I’d finished it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Outing, Pregnancy, Violence, Abortion, Homophobia, and Grief
Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Infidelity
jaduhluhdabooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Brooklyn is a confident, upbeat young girl who’s entranced by the high life and the harming city of New York. Having grown up under the intensely close and persecuted eyes of her religious parents, she vowed to leave and make something of herself.
This novel walks with Brooklyn from the ripe age of 17 and so on. It is about familial drama and the weight of the choices that we make that ultimately make or break the life we’re building. Haunted by the choices that she makes early on, Brooklyn discover that the high life may not be the best life, but is seeking the best life worth the sacrifice?
Ugh, I cried at some parts of this book because I resonate with Brooklyn and also I was sad for her. Sad for the deep pain and reality of not knowing love and how loved you are and what it looks like to fight for reconciliation. This book is heavy and real and raw.
I think I gave it 3 stars, because I really struggled with the explicitly of the sexual relationships showcased in this book. I am not one to glorify underaged sexual encounters regardless of consent and I recognize the time period and how real that presentation is, I just think there’s a fine line between awareness and glorification and it comes with the language that we choose to describe such things.
This novel walks with Brooklyn from the ripe age of 17 and so on. It is about familial drama and the weight of the choices that we make that ultimately make or break the life we’re building. Haunted by the choices that she makes early on, Brooklyn discover that the high life may not be the best life, but is seeking the best life worth the sacrifice?
Ugh, I cried at some parts of this book because I resonate with Brooklyn and also I was sad for her. Sad for the deep pain and reality of not knowing love and how loved you are and what it looks like to fight for reconciliation. This book is heavy and real and raw.
I think I gave it 3 stars, because I really struggled with the explicitly of the sexual relationships showcased in this book. I am not one to glorify underaged sexual encounters regardless of consent and I recognize the time period and how real that presentation is, I just think there’s a fine line between awareness and glorification and it comes with the language that we choose to describe such things.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Abortion, Violence, Pedophilia, Grief, and Emotional abuse
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