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ashlwy'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? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Drug abuse
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Child death, Child abuse, and Gun violence
It was alright. I’m not a big fan of when characters start jumping to conclusions about the intentions of other characters and then having large blown out emotional responses based on assumptions, it’s really quite frustrating sometimes but maybe that’s also just a bit realistic to human nature sometimes. Overall story concept was good and the author did a decent job at crafting the narrative.asha_m's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Mental illness, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Vomit, Violence, Sexual content, and Child death
nicoreads333's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Murder, and Suicide attempt
luna_98's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Self harm and Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse
Minor: Alcoholism and Child death
starry2013's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child death
Minor: Gun violence
tamyaslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, Child death, and Self harm
celine's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, and Chronic illness
Minor: Medical content, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts
cathyo_113's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Child death, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug use
Minor: Blood
gwenswoons's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Bullying, Grief, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death of parent
sinasbooknook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
the first part of this book was ripping my heart out. i loved the dual timeline, learning about their traumas and how it’s shaped them as adults, and seeing eva exist and thrive with her disability. tia williams did a great job at developing shane and eva’s histories … and their attraction to each other was so devastatingly electric! they had great banter, williams is amazing at writing chemistry (and dialogue in general, all of their conversations were spot on)
but by the middle / end, it kind of fell off for me. something about the writing started to irk me, and a lot of the plot devices williams started to employ (introducing new povs, dramatic subplots) were more convenient than they were meaningful to the storytelling. we lost a lot of their character growth to the seven days theme, it all seemed to happen in the epilogue which made the ending feel so rushed!
still though, i thought this was an enticing and touching romance that got me in my feels
Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, and Self harm
Minor: Child death