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aprilatthelibrary's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Car accident
whatemilysreading's review
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent and Addiction
Minor: Infidelity
kdailyreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Car accident
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit and Sexual content
jadior's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
mishale1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Daphne, Lanier and Mary Stuart met as tiny little girls day summer camp. They immediately became friends.
For Daphne, summer camp was the only place that felt like home, the only place that felt safe. Daphne’s mom had addiction problems and Daphne did not have an easy life. Her aunt June owns the camp and June is definitely the best blood relative Daphne ever had. In time, Lanier and Mary Stuart became unofficial sisters as well.
The woman are now around 30. They’re still best friends. They even have a tradition where they send weekly emails with “hard things” that they ask each other to take off their plates.
This year a few things are happening that challenge things. June might lose the summer camp. And Daphne has reconnected with her first love who happens to be Lanier’s brother.
There’s some drama between the friends but you’ll really root for them to work it out.
I loved the idea of the family weekend at the summer camp where old campers came back together for the weekend. I felt like this part of the story could have been it’s own book. I want more of that. If the author wrote a story about all of these old campers reuniting at summer camp, I’d read that in a heartbeat. I feel like that’s another story all on it’s own.
As always, I enjoyed this story. This author has really become one of my favorites and her books are an auto-buy for me.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity
q_tipsforsale's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Car accident, and Drug abuse
beccarwolf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Addiction
booked_with_meg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Alcohol