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The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith

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gorgi's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

I'm going to start with the positives of this book. firstly, it was great. I enjoyed reading about how the characters were processing everything that happened in the first book and every decision they ever made. the start was good because it wasn't like a huge jump of time in between the books, book two just continued exactly from where book one left off. the way I am now definitely carried on the emotion that the way I used to be made me feel and it made me shed so many tears. in some ways, I feel like I relate to Eden due to trauma in life. I have never been through what she went through, but I have felt and do feel strong pain like her. The book was just 1000 times better due to the fact I could 100% see where she was coming from. I liked Josh but honestly, I would have liked more from him in terms of how he communicated with Eden. he was always pushing Eden to be honest with him and when she was, he got made, like really. I hated Josh when he did that and felt so so bad for Eden and having to see someone, she loves do that to her. now onto the bad parts of the book. I expected more. I wanted more. there is this huge build-up towards the end of the book with the trials and hearing and what would happen to Kevin and then we just never find out. seriously. I waited the whole book to find out if Kevin was going to jail or not and then you just never tell me and end the book. I think that was a poor thing to do. also, I would have liked to see more character growth from Eden. I feel like she spent the whole book trying so hard to get over all this past trauma and all her problems only to solve 1 or 2 and still be left with a huge plate of problems. I think more character growth could have happened and Eden could have ended the book feeling prouder and okay with herself. honestly, this book was kinda a letdown. I mean it was a great book, don't get me wrong but after the first book this book didn't give me as much as I would have liked. the first book was amazing, and this book was alright, but I needed more to happen and more to have been resolved. the first book had so much emotion and the way I am now had emotion too but not as much, so I didn't heavily feel a strong OMG this book made me die of tears. overall, I gave this book 4 stars because I did enjoy it there were just a few things I would tweak. I really connected with Eden due to my life and problems and I think that was what made me need to give it a high rating, but I still would have rated it a 4 even if I didn't connect with Eden because the book was great, and it helps show what trauma can be like and how heavy it plays in someone's life. I do recommend reading but if you do, please read over the content warnings first because it is a strong and heavy book and it does have an impact on your life.

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the_jamae_way's review

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dark emotional informative sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

I’m sad that it’s over 😭

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emmataylor173's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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georgiavoget's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I could probably rate this book a 5 because of Eden and how I still feel connected to her as a character since the first book but I almost want to save the 5 stars for book 1 but then the 2 books feel like 1 because it’s all so connected and it’s just one story, Eden’s story. So maybe this does deserve a 5, the whole of Eden’s story deserves a 5. I love it

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mzeejc5's review

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hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I read this not realising it was a sequel. I think it's a really nice book, a good representation of mental health struggles and the demand of a relationship

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jessij05's review

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challenging emotional 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

4.5

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zyahlove24's review

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dark emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I truly truly love this book so much and I literally cannot put it down. It was so easy to read, and I think it was by far better than the first book. I love that Eden finally got to get the love that she deserved with Josh even though it wasn’t raise of sunshine, but it was still good that they kept the realness in the relationship but I did not like how she acted the relationship but I’m glad that she finally got the dresses that she deserved and she finally spoke

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perpetualdally's review

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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entrophie's review

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emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

for context: ich hab das erste Buch gelesen mit dem Wissen dass es ein StandAlone war. Ich war ein großer Fan von Josh und Eden und lowkey Heartbroken wenn es so geendet hat wie es geendet hat. Aber ich habe mich damit abgefunden, dass man manchmal einfach keine zweiten Chancen bekommen kann. und dann Boom teil2: it is emotionally a bit challenging aber personally a good amount. Ich finde story of life Bücher toll und character development. Vielleicht war das Development ein bisschen plötzlich? Vielleicht hätten beide

at the time of breakup

schon mehr rock bottom hitten müssen aber auf der anderen Seite hätten sie das schlechte dann wohl maybe miteinander assoziiert also ist vielleicht besser das es danach kam. Und vielleicht ein bisschen mehr/länger rock bottom. Der Aufschwung was dann schon relativ schnell wieder da.

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kayleejanes's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

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