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okiecozyreader's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
I also finished Things You Save in a Fire, and I felt like I could see similarities. To me, both heroines are strong women in careers people don’t assume women would be powerful in (a firefighter and a bodyguard). She gives them strength and courage (and both don’t like slinky clothes and prefer pants). It’s interesting how neither of the women grew up with great families (and I think both have parents who left). Both stories involve a parent with cancer also.
This one, involves fake dating. Hannah loves going oversees and especially wants a job - but her boss decides that it is between her and a guy (she was in a relationship with) - and she has to prove herself in a high profile job with a movie star. His mother has been sick and wants them to come to their ranch, and the fake dating heats up. (Although I do love that her books are never uncomfortably spicy).
I love Katherine Center’s humor at often just the right time.
“Because it’s so much harder to love someone who’s difficult than to love someone who’s easy.” P17
“Cool pin necklace…”
Like a reflex I touched my beaded safety pin…
And the pin must have been more of a talisman than I’d realized, because only then did I magically remember how to talk.” P46
“I’d just have to wear girlfriend clothes and do girlfriend things and be … trapped behind that facade.” P103
Brazos River is named from “los brazos de Dios, which means ‘the arms of God” … because it drowned so many people that it’s where God collects their souls.” P124
“Every chance you take is a choice. A choice to decide who you are.” P259
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, and Blood
Minor: Suicide attempt
heyxemililah's review
2.75
Also the writing style here did not work for me at all: it was too juvenile and I had a hard time understanding why there were so many background characters who didn’t do anything.
Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, and Cancer
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Suicide attempt
apolen's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Stalking, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Gun violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Addiction
tracikennedy25's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
Moderate: Car accident and Death
Minor: Suicide attempt
madisonmcd'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
4.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Death
yokaisbabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Gun violence
eaeaster's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Stalking, Car accident, and Blood
Moderate: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt
betweensomethousandpages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
Graphic: Car accident
Moderate: Death and Domestic abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, and Stalking
kaydeedickins's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Sexism
sam_gorny's review
4.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Stalking, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Addiction