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zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Ableism, Grief, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Sexual content
Moderate: Dementia, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Outing, Medical content, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Blood, Religious bigotry, Cancer, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, and Terminal illness
thebookishtay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Ableism
Moderate: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Homophobia, Vomit, and Dementia
fishreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity and Ableism
Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia
Minor: Animal cruelty, Dementia, and Death of parent
idkitworks79's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Outing, Dementia, Cancer, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent
It deals a lot with internalized homophobiacluckieduck's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
The story revolves around an age-gap relationship (Clay, 44 & Ethan, 27) - Ethan is late-deafened and Clay is discovering his new sexual identity after decades of internalized homophobia. I appreciated how each of those topics were handled with such sensitivity and care. The way Ethan's hearing loss was portrayed while interacting with others was written really well through the use of "<i>mumble mumble</i>" in the dialogue. I found it gave a weight to how it impacted Ethan's daily life.
Both leads were easy to connect to and fall in love with, and their respective journeys (both individually and as a couple) flowed and developed in such a natural way. I loved that any of the conflict was external and that there was no 3rd-act breakup. This allowed them to cement their bond together into a really solid unit (yes, I know they only spent 1 week together, but it was done so well I fully believe their commitment to one another!) that played to the strengths of the age-gap trope.
<b><i>He stared at Ethan--at this brave, beautiful man who had burst into Clay's life and changed it forever. Clay hadn't even known how lost he was, but being found was more profound than he ever could have imagined.</i></b>
The epilogue was icing on the cake too. Absolutely loved and highly recommend!
Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Grief
Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, Hate crime, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Death of parent and Dementia
fuzzywilson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual content, Ableism, Alcohol, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Pregnancy