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You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

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lailajm's review

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really beautiful writing and story- sad in such a beautiful way that it’s enjoyable to feel it. Definitely recommend if you’re looking for something sweet, emotions and easy/quick to read.

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teddie_valetine98's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

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

4.5

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maggieparedesauthor's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Sad, so sad.

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rubyduller's review

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dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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nursebecks's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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cinnamonghostie's review

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emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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dajaelizabeth's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0

So this book wrecked me throughout it. I have seen some comments saying Julie was rude and annoying; I think people forgot what this book was about. Someone said she was rude in the flashbacks where was she rude. At no point was she rude in my opinion she was someone grieving the loss of plans she had made and someone she loved with all her heart. This was her learning to let go of someone she thought she would have more time with maybe even a lifetime. She felt like she was shorted time.

They had planned their whole life together. Julie and Sam both had to learn to let go of what they thought would happen.

I do feel for Sam. He was robbed of a future he thought he was going to have. Was he being a little selfish yes and in this situation, he had every right to be. He wanted to get the chance to have final moments with Julie and say goodbye to his girlfriend and family. He died suddenly and to him without reason. His final voicemail hurt to read.

Throughout this book, you knew the ending was coming the same way Julie did but you hoped that it wasn't that wrecking. And you know there are going to be a lot more things that he misses out on once that last phone call happens. Those phone calls were for him as much as they were for Julie. To me this was the perfect book about grief.

I cried throughout this book and there was a point where I thought the ending wouldn't be good and this was just another overhyped book. This book to me captured what I think a lot of people would feel if they thought they would spend the rest of their life with someone only to have them die before that life even got the chance to start.

Her not being able to go to her funeral and candlelight was something I could relate to. This might not be everyone's way of grieving but this is sometimes what it looks like. It wasn't over-dramatic like in movies sometimes this to me was the natural progression of things. The ending showed that she would never forget him, never fully let him go but she knew they both had to move on and say goodbye. And that is all this book was a final goodbye for them.

I am happy that Sam and Julie both got the goodbye they needed. Sam so that he could rest and Julie so that she could live. This is what it was about. It made me feel like I was going through their grief of living and dying with them.

This represented what to me a lot of people would do if they could call a loved one who died so they could say goodbye on their own terms.

So I would recommend this book but I will say that if you are anything like me this book with break your heart. I can say this is the first book that I think really altered my brain as the girls on TikTok say. This changed me for the better and also helped with my grief as well even though they have been gone for a while.

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