3.73 AVERAGE

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jaylawick's review

4.0

sad

klebel's review

3.5
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

For my personal preference it was a little slow, but the content was good. I appreciate the perspective it brought to grieving. The main character is a complicated individual and I sometimes wish there was a little bit more “show don’t tell” to evoke the strong emotions in the reader that the book is talking about. All in all I would still recommend giving it a read!

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4,5⭐/5.
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llflight's review

4.0

I really liked this book. Sad but heartwarming. An interesting journey through an unimaginable situation.

erinwolf1997's review

2.0
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Hm also irgendwie hat mir das Buch (bzw Hörbuch, habe es gehört) echt schlechte Laune gemacht

lauraoinak's review

4.0

An interesting story where you follow Paula as she works through the process of grieving both the physical death of her longtime boyfriend/partner as well as the loss of their emotional connection. At times, the writing is her internal monologue where she is talking to Mauro as if he is there.

Family and friends give her time to grieve, but do not realize her deep, dark secret. Specifically, that the grief is also for his ending their relationship just hours before his death.

Over the course of a year, she begins to experience "signs of life" so that by the end of the story she is truly moving forward with her life. But there are plenty of bumps along the way.

This title was translated, but I did not experience any issues with the translation.

4.5 estrellas

M'ha agradat molt. Una lectura tendra i a la vegada dura. Que parlar de situacions i sentiments amb els que m'he sentit representada.

kaelz's review

2.0

Paula is grieving. Sometimes grief comes layered with anger and betrayal.

The first revelation in the book is quite startling but the pace was frustratingly slow. Barely anything actually happens in this story. I'm here for novels centred around character development but this is simply internal dialogue of a person trying to understand how she feels about the loss of her partner.