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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? It's complicated
4.0
This was a good time. I don't have much to say about it. I'm not a fan of the way this is broken into climate seasons and months but the intense pining and self-doubt that I love so much evened it out. I'm also unsure how a woman was drafted into the NHL as anything other than a goalie but maybe thats explained in the first book that I skipped.
Nate's intense anxiety was illustrated really realistically and I love him and Nate helping Gags with his. His anxiety loads to extremely poor self-esteem which I'm a sucker for. Zach's self doubt comes from thinking he isn't lovable or wanted past partying. It makes for a gut-wrenching book full of anxiety, agonizing, and fear but it was so sweetly fixed at the end and the scene of Zach listing all of Nate's good traits was very sweet.
Nate's intense anxiety was illustrated really realistically and I love him and Nate helping Gags with his. His anxiety loads to extremely poor self-esteem which I'm a sucker for. Zach's self doubt comes from thinking he isn't lovable or wanted past partying. It makes for a gut-wrenching book full of anxiety, agonizing, and fear but it was so sweetly fixed at the end and the scene of Zach listing all of Nate's good traits was very sweet.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Sexist slurs too ofc
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