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If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

15 reviews

rchulin1's review

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book is split up into three parts Finny’s, Jack’s, and lastly Autumn’s. I enjoyed seeing other perspectives but I wish we also got Sylvie’s or that we saw more of her in general I felt it would have matched the theme of healing this book has since she has a lot of healing to do herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Vomit, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Self harm, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

livreads2much's review

dark emotional sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Child death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Cursing, and Cancer

tibbettsn99's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

4.5

I really loved this book. In some ways, it wS better than the first. I especially loved the different perspectives.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual content, Mental illness, Grief, Pregnancy, Self harm, Car accident, Death, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

jamon7's review

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Wasn't as profoundly sad as I was expecting, but had some of what I was looking for. Perfectly enjoyable and interesting book. Ends pretty abruptly but not to a major detriment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy and Death

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

Jesus. Nowlin does it again. I legit cried the whole book. I can't even describe how horrible and amazing this book is. The book is divided into three parts between Finn, Jack, and Autumn. This gives us two additional insights we didn't have in the previous book and the story extends beyond the first book. It was a tad hard to follow in the beginning as I made the mistake of not reading the first book again but I don't feel like i'm missing all that much as it goes on. The chapters are shot enough that I dont feel like it drags but long enough that it feels like every chapter is detailed. I won't spoil it but good lord every bit of this book was so sad I was crying from page 25 till the end. Thank you so much to Laura Nowlin for finishing this series even when you said it was over! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Grief, Dysphoria, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death, Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

1243's review

sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I wish there was an opportunity for a character besides Jack, who wasn’t really focused on, in the first book to express their grief— like Sylvie.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual content, and Death

lias_library22's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Child death, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage

lexkazokas's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death

Moderate: Suicide attempt

tamm_yy's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Wonderful book if you are looking for time to spare. I found it good to read for conversation starters or to just ramble about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, Alcohol, Child death, and Suicide

pianoplayer279's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I thought that this was a great sequel that might even be better than the first book. Age 14+

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual content