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rayne_1906's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
3.25
Audiobook - 4 hours 18 minutes - This book was sort of tedious to read - the same points kept being brought up over and over again. This makes sense in a way - grief is cyclical and lasts a long time, so I understand the writing reflects this, but it did make it repetitive and slightly boring purely from a reader's perspective. However, some parts of this book were enjoyable - I enjoyed seeing the main character find more self-confidence and a sense of identity outside of her relationship. I'm not sure if this was intentional but the relationship between Corinne and Maggie seemed a bit toxic, involving pressure to out their LGBT relationship, especially when Corinne wasn't out. This was referred to as bad a little, but this view went unchallenged for a lot of the book if I am interpreting it correctly, which doesn't sit entirely right with me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Lesbophobia, Death, Grief, Homophobia, and Biphobia
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
courtnoodles's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
- 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
But where was the editor?
"Feeling 22 in 2022": A Taylor Swift Book Challenge - A book with a pink cover
"Feeling 22 in 2022": A Taylor Swift Book Challenge - A book with a pink cover
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident and Cursing
Minor: Biphobia and Bullying
foreverinastory's review against another edition
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
5.0
I'm gonna cry forever after this beautiful yet devastating piece of literature.
Rep: Biseuxal/questioning female MC, sapphic girlfriend (who dies--not a spoiler in the synopsis), sapphic Jewish BIPOC love interest, asexual/questioning BIPOC female best friend, a couple other queer side characters and BIPOC side characters. MC's mother is alcoholic.
CWs: Alcohol consumption, alcoholism, biphobia--specifically an incident when a biphobic joke is made, child death, death, grief, misogyny, antisemitism, racism, outing--MC fears coming out and the implications of it, many internal and external conversations about it.
Rep: Biseuxal/questioning female MC, sapphic girlfriend (who dies--not a spoiler in the synopsis), sapphic Jewish BIPOC love interest, asexual/questioning BIPOC female best friend, a couple other queer side characters and BIPOC side characters. MC's mother is alcoholic.
CWs: Alcohol consumption, alcoholism, biphobia--specifically an incident when a biphobic joke is made, child death, death, grief, misogyny, antisemitism, racism, outing--MC fears coming out and the implications of it, many internal and external conversations about it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child death, Death, Grief, and Misogyny
Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, and Outing
lexireadss3's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Death, and Child death
Minor: Racial slurs
charlottesomewhere's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Who I Was With Her follows Corrine after the death of her girlfriend of a year, but noone knew they were in a relationship. It explores grief and loss, identity and coming out. It is an emotional read. I loved it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Biphobia and Child death
booksthatburn's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
WHO I WAS WITH HER follows a teenager who finds out her secret girlfriend has died, and doesn't know how to move on when almost no one knows they were together.
This is a story about agency, about a girl growing up and learning to make certain decisions for herself. The title is "Who I Was With Her" and I had assumed we would learn a lot more about "Her" (Maggie). Instead we have a lot more "I", following Corey's stress and fears, the way she feels like she has nothing to talk about with her friends because of this big thing she can't say... Ultimately the story is more about Corey learning to be her own person and not trying to fit what other people want, than it is about the actual girl who died. Corey's dreams were wrapped up in visions of them together in the college-bound future and now she has to figure out what she wants her life to look like when she's not running after someone else. I wish we knew more about Maggie, but ultimately the book isn't really about her, it's about who Corey was with Maggie, and who she's going to be after.
This is a story about agency, about a girl growing up and learning to make certain decisions for herself. The title is "Who I Was With Her" and I had assumed we would learn a lot more about "Her" (Maggie). Instead we have a lot more "I", following Corey's stress and fears, the way she feels like she has nothing to talk about with her friends because of this big thing she can't say... Ultimately the story is more about Corey learning to be her own person and not trying to fit what other people want, than it is about the actual girl who died. Corey's dreams were wrapped up in visions of them together in the college-bound future and now she has to figure out what she wants her life to look like when she's not running after someone else. I wish we knew more about Maggie, but ultimately the book isn't really about her, it's about who Corey was with Maggie, and who she's going to be after.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Grief
Moderate: Biphobia, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident
CW for biphobia, homophobia, sexism, racism, sexual content, grief, alcoholism, car accident (not depicted), child death, major character death, death. TW for Harry Potter reference (page 24).
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