Reviews

Sunset by Jessie Cave

amberwesttt's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

e_wood's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

ellieoopsie's review against another edition

Despite the subject matter, this was a very easy read. It didn't take more than a couple of pages to get hooked in. Apparently, it's been compared to Fleabag, which makes a lot of sense. It it raw and cutting, and a bit funny.

daisyisawitch's review against another edition

I listened to the audiobook and I am usually no fan of audiobook voices but me not finishing this book has for once nothing to do with the narrator. I found the voice quite fitting actually. 

What I will say, however, don't just spring at me within the first few pages that you're using your sisters vibrator and making a gum mountain on the wall out of laziness. Using the vibrator of your sibling is beyond gross and shouldn't be a thing.

Also forgetting to clean it and shutting it off and leaving it like that over night. I get it you're grieving but that is next level. I can't get over the vibrator thing. Ruth used it even before she was grieving. She has an unhealthy obsession with her sister.

And the audacity for Ruth to say:

"I've never been a particularly messy person but I guess I am now."

Really, Ruth? Really?

As soon as I read the word

'cliff' I saw the plot play out before my eyes. 
And the Rowan thing.. I was 100% with Ruth that dating 8 months after your girlfriend died tragically is a bit early so fuck off Rowan. 
As soon as there were hints that Ruth and Rowan might hook up I was internally begging for a different turn of events. But then they did hook up of course, I hated it with every fiber of my being. Being intimate with the same partner as your sibling is something I can't look past in books. 
I get that Sunset wants to portray grief but Ruth was a next level annoying messy person to begin with and I can't forgive the hook up with Rowan. I just don't want to hear about it anymore so I stopped.

robynisabelle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

4.0

ahandford's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

ribbonnie's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

bookishpip's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder

annabeserk's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

as00551's review

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Grief, is at times, a messy and unpredictable emotional response, and this book definitely follows this narrative! Hits you in the feels if you are a sister!