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puekki's review
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Moderate: Outing, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Abandonment
emma_123's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
naju's review
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
rereading this now, i remember liking the book when i was 16, but completely forgetting the plot as soon as i finished it. i was in a bad place and i guess i saw myself in laurel (and it didn't raise any red flags lmao)
i wouldn't recommend it really to anyone. it feels like a filler book from the late 2010s of the john green variation. it's nothing new, in fact it tries to be the perks of being a wallflower very often. it adds nothing to the YA genre of not like other girls it tries to be, except its stylistic promise of being told to us via love letters written to dead people.
✧
i wouldn't recommend it really to anyone. it feels like a filler book from the late 2010s of the john green variation. it's nothing new, in fact it tries to be the perks of being a wallflower very often. it adds nothing to the YA genre of not like other girls it tries to be, except its stylistic promise of being told to us via love letters written to dead people.
✧
(old review from 2016)
3.5
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okay this book was a rollercoaster of emotions. laurel is for some reason so relatable to me(?) but yet she's so different. she seems like she's in a rush to find herself and at the same time trying to become someone she's not and i thought that was so cool!!
anyways, i loved the concept of the book and the story was so so good and written in a way that makes you want to devour it in one sitting.
BUT i should warn anyone who wants to read that there are many mentions of drugs/alcohol/rape/abuse/etc. so beware!
3.5
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okay this book was a rollercoaster of emotions. laurel is for some reason so relatable to me(?) but yet she's so different. she seems like she's in a rush to find herself and at the same time trying to become someone she's not and i thought that was so cool!!
anyways, i loved the concept of the book and the story was so so good and written in a way that makes you want to devour it in one sitting.
BUT i should warn anyone who wants to read that there are many mentions of drugs/alcohol/rape/abuse/etc. so beware!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape
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