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If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

8 reviews

lwiggett's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

2.75

I wish I could rate the parts of the book separately… 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Car accident, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Alcohol, and Drug abuse

laurenrestad's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

i sobbed. i did. i really did. i then cried four times. if i think about it, i cry. this series/ book broke me. i’m never going to be the same. sounds dramatic, but it’s heart breaking. i need, NEED, a version where

finny lives. him and autumn get married, see how he reacts to her pregnancy, and how his relationship is with his daughter.

i’m not okay after this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

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

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

katierosecrane's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I never knew I needed a second book to If he had been with me. I loved this book it tackles the monster topic of grief. I felt like I had lost Finn with Autumn. Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Car accident, Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, Child death, Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and 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

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Sexual content