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Next To You

Hannah Bonam-Young

4.12 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5⭐️ this story was so perfect to me. The family dynamics and the stories from their childhoods were so cute, but then these two had some amazing chemistry with each other! I loved how they were friends friar and built that amazing platform to take the next step
adventurous emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
challenging emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

3.25 star! 
i kinda liked the book. it just didn't have any interesting aspects in my opinion. her other book, it was an interesting and original plot. this? it's like every other book everyone writes
emotional funny hopeful 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
funny 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
emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

First of all, I’ll take one Matt for myself please and thanks. Talk about a man who falls first and falls harder. Absolutely loved him. 

And Lane was such a complex but relatable character. I liked her journey through the book as well as the different examples of how people process their grief throughout the story. 

A cute, funny, sad (but the good kind of sad), and all around enjoyable book. Hannah really knows how to put you in your feels with her writing. 
emotional hopeful 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

I had mixed feelings about this one. I think it touched a nerve for me, having loved and lost a number of people in my life. I totally get her desire not to allow herself to be hurt again. And I loved their chemistry and how much of a golden retriever he is. But I was uncomfortable with the “be selfish” instruction. It was disingenuous bc he really wanted forever with her. And she knew that but ignored it so that she could get what she wanted. I do think a big part of her that she wasn’t acknowledging wanted forever from the beginning too, but it bugs me when people’s words and actions don’t align. However… I adored his family and truly appreciated how she took the time to heal and he supported that in the end. Life is messy. This book showed that. But it just made me how uncomfortable she was willing to break his heart for so long. 

“If we were infinite beings, I wouldn’t worry about holding you like this every second I could. I’d know I’d get to do it again. The love I have for you is urgent. It’s a needy thing. Maybe it wouldn’t be if we had eternity. I’d get lazy with it.”