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lilith_hmr's review
adventurous
dark
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
Wonderfully written. As expected from Taylor Jenkins Reid. The whole story was so amazingly woven and the emotions didn't just stay in the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Deadnaming, and Abortion
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Abandonment
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challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I am not sure what I think, like, it was okay, I didn’t love it but it wasn’t bad. I didn’t expect to love it so I didn’t get dissapointed. And the writing wasn’t my cup of tea.
I think the drugs and the alcohol took up too much space of the book, I would have wanted more focus on the characters and their feelings instead of the drugs and alcohol. But I guess that both drugs and alcohol was a big thing during that time.
I strongly dislikes both Daisy and Billy, both of them are ungrateful and respectless towards (almost) everyone, they can’t take criticism and they are just easy to dislike.
Characters I do like is Graham, Karen, Warren and Simone. I would have wanted more of Warren’s POV, he seemed like easy-to-hang-out-with-person! Camila also seemed pretty cool, she was too patient about Billy tho, I think she should have left him. And I really would have wanted Graham and Karen to end up togheter!
I think the drugs and the alcohol took up too much space of the book, I would have wanted more focus on the characters and their feelings instead of the drugs and alcohol. But I guess that both drugs and alcohol was a big thing during that time.
I strongly dislikes both Daisy and Billy, both of them are ungrateful and respectless towards (almost) everyone, they can’t take criticism and they are just easy to dislike.
Characters I do like is Graham, Karen, Warren and Simone. I would have wanted more of Warren’s POV, he seemed like easy-to-hang-out-with-person! Camila also seemed pretty cool, she was too patient about Billy tho, I think she should have left him.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Deadnaming
Minor: Pregnancy and Abortion
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