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The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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lucilarojo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Very beautiful book. As someone who is an intern with child protective services, it opened my mind into other perspectives.

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doahdancer's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful tense 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

4.0

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ellie_girl2929's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

I’ve read this book 3 times now and still can’t get enough. This book will forever be my comfort book and I will always come back to it. This book is such an emotional roller coaster and I’ve cried the first two times while reading it. I’ve never read a book like this before and I really relate to it and to Mallory. She wants to feel real and loved and she thinks she isn’t good enough for the world and along the way she learns so many lessons and starts to feel like she’s worthy. I love how she ended up finding herself and helping Rider to help get out those negative thoughts in his head that have buried deep in his head from the abusive household he lived in. Everyone deserves a second chance especially at living and changing your ways for the better. I definitely recommend this book and any chance I get at talking about it I would. I can go on and on and love to have deep conversations with people and this book just describes the feeling.

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agus02's review against another edition

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hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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lisashelves's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense 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

4.75

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cait's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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hilary_books's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

Wow. This book made me cry as I was sitting in the dark reading off my phone. I just love the character’s growth and the author’s ability to shine light on both protagonists. It was so joyful to see Mallory bloom and set boundaries for herself. And the author was very realistic about demonstrating that growth is not instant but can take years and can continue our entire lives.

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There was themes of one’s status in society (what does that mean for the person’s identity? how do people around them act towards them? how are they viewed?), finding oneself (while this is a love story, Mallory finds it in herself to reflect and push herself to change), and courage.

It really hit me hard when Rider expresses that nobody believes in him because of his address and the area he lives in. As if the location of his house and status as a foster child changes the value he can bring and does bring to the world. People in the novel give up on him. People whose jobs are to be encouraging. How discouraging is it to be knocked down so many times in life, not have a stable support system, and not being able to choose where they’re placed? And people JUDGE. The school administrators and teachers did not even try to believe and I think that’s exactly what Rider and what people need. Is for someone to believe in them no matter how much they might push against it or display self destructive behavior.

It broke my heart to read the pain Mallory and Rider felt as children and the residual pain that there is no one in the world that cares or knows about them. If they went missing, nobody would care. It makes my heart ache to think about the children who fall asleep tonight thinking and knowing that if they went missing, nobody would know or care.

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