3.75 AVERAGE

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wheresthebirds's review

4.75
emotional hopeful 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: Yes

'And if I'm extra lucky, maybe one day, I'll meet someone who will let me teach them about birds'

It's a solid four star book, but I need to be honest - I burst into tears during reading the last sentence, and there's no other way than give it 5⭐ for emotions

thewritebooks's review

5.0

Heart wrenching- had me in tears by the end. Beautiful characters, I fell in love with all of them and the representation was fantastic!

that_one_nerd's review

5.0

I really enjoyed reading this book, although it made me cry... multiple times.
emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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bruh0ke's review

1.0

It took me so long to read this book and it was so confusing so at the end I have nothing to say because she would go from the past to the present way too quick and with such little notice.

vera_michele's review

5.0

4.5/5 Stars

I'm sobbing. This book hit me like a storm. I cried and I laughed, and I smiled, and I fell in love with the romance even though I knew it was going to end in one of them dead. I felt for Jess so much and I had so much love for her. And so much hope. This book went into my heart and it's not gonna leave for awhile.
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sophhieee's review

1.75
emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

erica_dutton's review

3.0
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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izzyizreading's review

1.0

Read this book because it deals with grief and I liked it (enough) but what I liked is definitely outweighed by what I didn't like. I didnt like Jess, even in the Before... Also there was a few stereotypes/tropes, one being Jess having Mexican ancestry ("dad was half and then giving her anger issues.

CW: death of parent/loved one, homophobia, bi/panphobobia, ace/arophobia, transphobia, slurs (multiple use of d*), slut shaming, sexual assault, stereotypes