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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
challenging
inspiring
sad
tense
dark
emotional
sad
tense
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gibsie is my heart and fuck Lizzie with everything in my soul can’t believe the next two books are gonna be about her vile ass
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
70% of the way in I was like…oh wow this trauma is bad, but like not as bad as the others 2 couples. Well I stand corrected, that was so awful. I felt my heart literally crack. ““Daddy,” I tried to scream, but he couldn’t hear me all the way from heaven.” YEAH. Unwell. This series is unhinged. 10 stars.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
i don’t even know where to begin with this one, and honestly, it took me a while to decide how many stars to give it.
the pacing was noticeably worse than the other books, it felt all over the place, constantly fluctuating between highs and lows. there were moments in which i was genuinely bored, and just when i started to get into it, it would drop off again. tbh, the only scenes i truly enjoyed were the ones where the entire group was together.
i’m sorry, but gibsie and claire just didn’t do it for me at all. most of their scenes gave me second-hand embarrassment, even more than johnny and shannon, which says a lot! i was so curious to see how their story would develop, but cw really let everyone down with how she wrote them.
ofc, i still love gibsie so much, my heart genuinely ached for everything he had to go through. claire, on the other hand… i wouldn’t say i hate her, but i’m not a fan. she annoyed me most of the time, and i found her pov hard to get through. she comes off as incredibly self-centered, it felt like everything always had to be about her, even when gibsie was going through his own personal hell. the scene where she went to lizzie’s mom to tell her she was still hurting herself?? that was so low of her! because she wasn’t doing it for lizzie but mostly to hurt her, and i would’ve been furious too if i were lizzie.
and while i understand that claire was shocked and hurt about what mark did to gibsie, blurting it out in front of everyone, especially after shannon told her to hold it in and speak to gibs privately, felt more like an act of revenge than concern. it was like she wanted to win the argument and hurt liz in the process.
personally, i understand both gibsie and lizzie’s perspectives. they’re both deeply hurt and traumatized, just expressing it in different ways. people hate lizzie because her trauma made her angry with the world, while gibsie hides behind jokes and tries to pretend everything’s fine. like, okay, let’s forget that not everyone reacts to trauma the same way!! i get why johnny sides with gibsie (he barely knows lizzie ) but claire never once tried to understand just how much pain lizzie is carrying, acting as if their friendship has never meant anything. i’m glad shannon decided to not take anyone’s side and always speaking up for liz. i have no idea how this mess will be fixed, especially knowing what lizzie went through too and what everyone’s reactions will be once they find out
the pacing was noticeably worse than the other books, it felt all over the place, constantly fluctuating between highs and lows. there were moments in which i was genuinely bored, and just when i started to get into it, it would drop off again. tbh, the only scenes i truly enjoyed were the ones where the entire group was together.
i’m sorry, but gibsie and claire just didn’t do it for me at all. most of their scenes gave me second-hand embarrassment, even more than johnny and shannon, which says a lot! i was so curious to see how their story would develop, but cw really let everyone down with how she wrote them.
ofc, i still love gibsie so much, my heart genuinely ached for everything he had to go through. claire, on the other hand… i wouldn’t say i hate her, but i’m not a fan. she annoyed me most of the time, and i found her pov hard to get through. she comes off as incredibly self-centered, it felt like everything always had to be about her, even when gibsie was going through his own personal hell. the scene where she went to lizzie’s mom to tell her she was still hurting herself?? that was so low of her! because she wasn’t doing it for lizzie but mostly to hurt her, and i would’ve been furious too if i were lizzie.
and while i understand that claire was shocked and hurt about what mark did to gibsie, blurting it out in front of everyone, especially after shannon told her to hold it in and speak to gibs privately, felt more like an act of revenge than concern. it was like she wanted to win the argument and hurt liz in the process.
personally, i understand both gibsie and lizzie’s perspectives. they’re both deeply hurt and traumatized, just expressing it in different ways. people hate lizzie because her trauma made her angry with the world, while gibsie hides behind jokes and tries to pretend everything’s fine. like, okay, let’s forget that not everyone reacts to trauma the same way!! i get why johnny sides with gibsie (he barely knows lizzie ) but claire never once tried to understand just how much pain lizzie is carrying, acting as if their friendship has never meant anything. i’m glad shannon decided to not take anyone’s side and always speaking up for liz. i have no idea how this mess will be fixed, especially knowing what lizzie went through too and what everyone’s reactions will be once they find out