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Even If We Break by Marieke Nijkamp

4 reviews

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Hate crime, Medical content, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Murder, Transphobia, Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Grief, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

rxanne5's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? N/A

4.5

I have re read this book a few times by now. I do love this book a lot. 

I'm a huge nerd so it's only natural I'm liking this book so much. It has been a while since I read it again though. There are spoilers ahead!

I love the character building in this book. I like how Marieke Nijkamp builds characters disabled or lgbtq+ people can relate to without it being a huge plot point or something that tries to get 'fixed' throughout the book.

I could also relate to some of the characters. I do like the plot twists in this book, but I had a bad feeling about Liv the whole time already. This is definitely my favorite book if the two I have read by this author and I also got a friend hooked on this. 

There are some beautiful quotes in this book, that also made me think for a while. Great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Transphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Ableism, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Self harm

rosesandstuff's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

I wish we had more of the murderers perspective,

the look into Liva’s mind really made the book for me

but overall this book made me so happy and tense and I loved it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Addiction, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Car accident

xela260's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Ableism, and Homophobia