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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
Yea that was not enough pages.
(Also every book just confirms that Johnny Kavanagh is THAT MAN)
(Also every book just confirms that Johnny Kavanagh is THAT MAN)
i need more more more please. i need gibsie deserves the world and more and i need lizzie and gibsie to actually talk and i need more claire and gibsie
tarde más en leerlo pero dios como voy a poder seguir leyendo los otros 💔
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-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
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
4.10
“and i would forever stand with this boy. after all, taming seven had been the adventure of my lifetime.”
and what an adventure it was. this book hurt on a different level; you read about gibsie in the other books and see nothing but sunshine, but reading about his struggles killed me. failed by those around him, he could only find solace in one soul; claire bear.
gerard on his own is a character that masks. he hids his pain with smiles, and replaces his tears with laughs. losing both his father and sister, and then having to live with his abuser and a family that didn’t believe him reduced all sense of self. yet, the most brilliant part of his character was how much he gave for others, how selfless and kind he remained. the world offered him nothing but unhappiness, but he still tried to put his best foot forward. he tried to protect everyone around him from himself and gave them the best parts of him. they don’t deserve my sunshine. his SA was so painful to read about, i was broken. johnny’s reaction to it made me spiral. and he was still kind to liz. no one can ever make me hate him.
claire-bear, the sunshine girl. she was the only one that gibs could truly ever trust and depend on. her kindness radiated beyond her words. she was there for him from his first panic attack to every night even he stumbled in her bed. she insisted that swimming education should be mandatory from the fourth grade onwards and worked as a life guard. beyond helping gibs, her love for shan, joey, aoife, and feely were so so special to me. did she make some questionable choices? yes. was she rash and action based? also yes. but acted this way because she understood that silence gets a person no where. her actions weren’t always correct, but her heart was always in the right place.
as for gibs and claire’s relationship, i loved the fact that we saw glimpses of their past and how they truly are best friends. she was the only one that could get through to him, and he would only let her in. they are so beyond special to me. he was never interested in her for her body, only her soul. they are so beyond precious. however, if we do get healing 7, i need them to take time away from each other and grow as individuals because it is very clear that they are very dependent on each other. their miscommunication hurt so bad.
as for the side characters, they all add something to the story. the og core five makes my heart break; they truly were thick as thieves, and now they’re divided. shannon thriving is the best feeling ever (esp when she clocked ronan!) she got away 🥹 johnny is ever incredible; his moments with shan were so beautiful to read (“hi johnny” “hi shannon”). edel stays the best mom, and sinead is so sweet. my stud and queen are also amazing. joey stays clocking everyone’s business and aoife remains the baddest and best (them as joker and Quinn was PERFECT). joe’s staying sober for his family and trying every. single. day. bonnie and clyde are doing better than ever. joey, gibs, and johnny on top!! hughie’s banter with gibs and his nurturing side to liz is so amazing. feely and claire’s friendship is freaking awesome (baby biggs and pretty boy>>) i am the number one katie defender. liz truly pisses me off; i know that she has shit going on, but her treating gibs like absolute shit is INSANE. outing someone’s ed and telling someone that they should have died instead of their sister in the water? not hot liz. maybe her book will make me sympathetic to her, but liz is a bitch. gibs’ entire family PMOED. m*rk when i fucking catch you. i can’t wait to see his downfall.
in my opinion, the plot and writing is what made me lose points. here were a few critiques:
1. gibs was an incredible character, but claire had SO MUCH more potential to be better. walsh definitely gave up on her and her story midway through the book. i saw that because there were so many times where claire tried pushing him to do something sexual, and when she outed him, it was out of her own anger towards liz. there were times when she was very selfish, and while i understand that she did it for a reason, the buildup for her character was off, resulting in her actions not lining up. the winter ball is a perfect example of this.
2. adding on to point one, there were so many points that walsh completely forgot about (claire teaching gibs to swim, claire playing hockey, etc.)
3. walsh is very pro hughliz, and it was very evident in taming 7. more than dwelling on gibs and claire, we were reading more about everyone’s else’s problem. liz had more of a role in taming 7 than claire at times. it felt like gibs and claire were the supporting characters.
4. the plot felt very mundane in comparison to the other books. the parent’s role, gibs’ trauma, flashbacks, m*rk and caoimhe’s relationship, liz vs gibs, was not fleshed out at all. granted in releasing 10 we as the readers will learn more, but it took so much away from gibs’ story which i will forever hate. the pacing was a bit off as well.
overall, the book was good (and so so sad), but it had so much more potential than what walsh gave them. it makes me sad because i was most excited for their book :(
nonetheless, it was an incredible story with an important message. gibs and claire, you will never know how important you are to me ❤️🩹
.•* here are some amazing quotes. they are so poetic :)
“yeah, she had all of me and that wasn’t even an exaggeration.”
“she was the nicotine i couldn’t walk away from. the crutch I hadn’t learned to walk without.”
“if I could sew this girl to my skin without causing her an ounce of harm, then I would do it in a heartbeat. that’s how vital she was to my life. how essential she was to my existence.
if drugs were to Joey lynch what claire biggs was to me, then there was no amount of rehab that could sway me to kick the habit. because she was the habit of my lifetime.”
“forgetting claire wasn’t something I was capable of doing and [hughie] knew it.”
“I cared so fucking much it was hard to find where she started and I ended.”
“because I loved this girl. with every fiber of my being. with every beat of my poor defective heart. I loved her fiercely, solely, wholeheartedly. I had so many physical urges directed solely towards her, but there were no guarantees in life, and I couldn’t risk it.”
“if I knew nothing else in this world, then I knew that I loved claire biggs. more than she could ever know. more than one lousy four-letter word could ever depict.”
“because this boy had always been my favorite boy. my favorite friend, person, human, everything.”
“how’s my second favorite girl in the world?”
“shannon lynch was his endgame, and johnny kavanagh was hers.”
“and that was how I spent the rest of the evening, on Gerard Gibson’s shoulders, painting his world just a little bit brighter.”
“‘you’re the only person who can hold my attention. it shifts and wanders off in just about everyone else. but not you. never you.”
“what johnny and shannon had was permanent. they nurtured their relationship like it was of the greatest importance to the both of them in equal measures…their moral compasses were aimed in the same direction, and their hearts were set on each other. the trust they had in each other was faultless…”
“joey and aofie were another couple that I knew in my heart were endgame, but it wasn’t the same. they had a fiery temperament to them, almost like a time ticking bomb…their relationship was like fire and ice…it must be really scary to live with a boy who was always tempted by drugs. I guess that’s what true love was, though. it wasn’t perfect. it didn’t come in the perfect gift-weapped box. it was messy and raw and pushed you to your absolute limits.”
“‘you know you love me.’ yeah, and I had a feeling the whole world knew it.”
“…because while I might be cradling her face in my hand, she was holding my life in hers.”
“i’d quickly learned that when it came to addiction, the future was never set in stone, but joey was winning the war against his mind one day at a time and that’s all anyone could hope for.”
“‘don’t be me, kid. be better.’”
“not my monkeys, not my circus.”
”’despite my best efforts, I’ve grown regrettably attached to you.’”
”my life consisted of this girl. of the perfume she wore. of the smiles she offered. the clothes she chose on a particular day. the colors she painted her nails. she was embedded inside of me and I was hooked. Claire was my safe place.”
”if I had a shred of anything about me, i would open my mouth and talk to this girl. tell her how I felt. show her how highly I valued her as a human. love her the right way…I could see my friends settling down around me and I was still playing the boy card. still protecting myself from demons that couldn’t get to me anymore but still did.”
”gerard’s love for me wasn’t something i ever needed to question. it was his unwillingness to offer me more that plagued my every waking hour.”
“‘I didn’t let her go…i’ve never let her go a day in my fucking life.’”
“‘none of what you're saying makes any sense to me, Gerard!’ i didn’t want to be in love with him, and i was. it sucked. big time. i wanted requited love. the proper kind. like Shannon had with Johnny. and Aoife with Joey…i just wanted a real relationship.
with him.
he marked me in childhood and that mark had only scored deeper on my heart as the years went by. i knew him, though. he lingered on my heart. i couldn't seem to get past him.
apparently, that was too much to ask for because the boy i wanted was broken in the head. he didn't have the same feelings i had. he didn't work the same way i did.”
“one moment we were glaring, and screaming, and shoving at each other and the next we were kissing…kissing him felt like i had suddenly remembered the answer to a question that had been tormenting me for hours.”
”you shouldnt be afraid to strike out, Gerard…i would much rather live my life with mistakes under my belt than regrets chipping away at my heart.’”
“‘see that’s the thing, claire…i dont want to be your mistake or your regret…i cant bare the fucking thought of it.’”
“still no matter what path I took, whether it was my body, heart, or mind in the driving seat, I always needed up at her door. that had to mean something. it had to be a sign.”
“‘you waited for me…now it’s my turn to wait for you.’”
”’i need to know it’s you touching me.’”
“‘time can’t heal when it doesn’t pass by.’”
”because i loved her. every part of me. with every bone in my body. defective and all as i was. i couldn’t help it. it was instinctive. it was ever-consuming. it was forever.”
“and i would forever stand with this boy. after all, taming seven had been the adventure of my lifetime.”
and what an adventure it was. this book hurt on a different level; you read about gibsie in the other books and see nothing but sunshine, but reading about his struggles killed me. failed by those around him, he could only find solace in one soul; claire bear.
gerard on his own is a character that masks. he hids his pain with smiles, and replaces his tears with laughs. losing both his father and sister, and then having to live with his abuser and a family that didn’t believe him reduced all sense of self. yet, the most brilliant part of his character was how much he gave for others, how selfless and kind he remained. the world offered him nothing but unhappiness, but he still tried to put his best foot forward. he tried to protect everyone around him from himself and gave them the best parts of him. they don’t deserve my sunshine. his SA was so painful to read about, i was broken. johnny’s reaction to it made me spiral. and he was still kind to liz. no one can ever make me hate him.
claire-bear, the sunshine girl. she was the only one that gibs could truly ever trust and depend on. her kindness radiated beyond her words. she was there for him from his first panic attack to every night even he stumbled in her bed. she insisted that swimming education should be mandatory from the fourth grade onwards and worked as a life guard. beyond helping gibs, her love for shan, joey, aoife, and feely were so so special to me. did she make some questionable choices? yes. was she rash and action based? also yes. but acted this way because she understood that silence gets a person no where. her actions weren’t always correct, but her heart was always in the right place.
as for gibs and claire’s relationship, i loved the fact that we saw glimpses of their past and how they truly are best friends. she was the only one that could get through to him, and he would only let her in. they are so beyond special to me. he was never interested in her for her body, only her soul. they are so beyond precious. however, if we do get healing 7, i need them to take time away from each other and grow as individuals because it is very clear that they are very dependent on each other. their miscommunication hurt so bad.
as for the side characters, they all add something to the story. the og core five makes my heart break; they truly were thick as thieves, and now they’re divided. shannon thriving is the best feeling ever (esp when she clocked ronan!) she got away 🥹 johnny is ever incredible; his moments with shan were so beautiful to read (“hi johnny” “hi shannon”). edel stays the best mom, and sinead is so sweet. my stud and queen are also amazing. joey stays clocking everyone’s business and aoife remains the baddest and best (them as joker and Quinn was PERFECT). joe’s staying sober for his family and trying every. single. day. bonnie and clyde are doing better than ever. joey, gibs, and johnny on top!! hughie’s banter with gibs and his nurturing side to liz is so amazing. feely and claire’s friendship is freaking awesome (baby biggs and pretty boy>>) i am the number one katie defender. liz truly pisses me off; i know that she has shit going on, but her treating gibs like absolute shit is INSANE. outing someone’s ed and telling someone that they should have died instead of their sister in the water? not hot liz. maybe her book will make me sympathetic to her, but liz is a bitch. gibs’ entire family PMOED. m*rk when i fucking catch you. i can’t wait to see his downfall.
in my opinion, the plot and writing is what made me lose points. here were a few critiques:
1. gibs was an incredible character, but claire had SO MUCH more potential to be better. walsh definitely gave up on her and her story midway through the book. i saw that because there were so many times where claire tried pushing him to do something sexual, and when she outed him, it was out of her own anger towards liz. there were times when she was very selfish, and while i understand that she did it for a reason, the buildup for her character was off, resulting in her actions not lining up. the winter ball is a perfect example of this.
2. adding on to point one, there were so many points that walsh completely forgot about (claire teaching gibs to swim, claire playing hockey, etc.)
3. walsh is very pro hughliz, and it was very evident in taming 7. more than dwelling on gibs and claire, we were reading more about everyone’s else’s problem. liz had more of a role in taming 7 than claire at times. it felt like gibs and claire were the supporting characters.
4. the plot felt very mundane in comparison to the other books. the parent’s role, gibs’ trauma, flashbacks, m*rk and caoimhe’s relationship, liz vs gibs, was not fleshed out at all. granted in releasing 10 we as the readers will learn more, but it took so much away from gibs’ story which i will forever hate. the pacing was a bit off as well.
overall, the book was good (and so so sad), but it had so much more potential than what walsh gave them. it makes me sad because i was most excited for their book :(
nonetheless, it was an incredible story with an important message. gibs and claire, you will never know how important you are to me ❤️🩹
.•* here are some amazing quotes. they are so poetic :)
“yeah, she had all of me and that wasn’t even an exaggeration.”
“she was the nicotine i couldn’t walk away from. the crutch I hadn’t learned to walk without.”
“if I could sew this girl to my skin without causing her an ounce of harm, then I would do it in a heartbeat. that’s how vital she was to my life. how essential she was to my existence.
if drugs were to Joey lynch what claire biggs was to me, then there was no amount of rehab that could sway me to kick the habit. because she was the habit of my lifetime.”
“forgetting claire wasn’t something I was capable of doing and [hughie] knew it.”
“I cared so fucking much it was hard to find where she started and I ended.”
“because I loved this girl. with every fiber of my being. with every beat of my poor defective heart. I loved her fiercely, solely, wholeheartedly. I had so many physical urges directed solely towards her, but there were no guarantees in life, and I couldn’t risk it.”
“if I knew nothing else in this world, then I knew that I loved claire biggs. more than she could ever know. more than one lousy four-letter word could ever depict.”
“because this boy had always been my favorite boy. my favorite friend, person, human, everything.”
“how’s my second favorite girl in the world?”
“shannon lynch was his endgame, and johnny kavanagh was hers.”
“and that was how I spent the rest of the evening, on Gerard Gibson’s shoulders, painting his world just a little bit brighter.”
“‘you’re the only person who can hold my attention. it shifts and wanders off in just about everyone else. but not you. never you.”
“what johnny and shannon had was permanent. they nurtured their relationship like it was of the greatest importance to the both of them in equal measures…their moral compasses were aimed in the same direction, and their hearts were set on each other. the trust they had in each other was faultless…”
“joey and aofie were another couple that I knew in my heart were endgame, but it wasn’t the same. they had a fiery temperament to them, almost like a time ticking bomb…their relationship was like fire and ice…it must be really scary to live with a boy who was always tempted by drugs. I guess that’s what true love was, though. it wasn’t perfect. it didn’t come in the perfect gift-weapped box. it was messy and raw and pushed you to your absolute limits.”
“‘you know you love me.’ yeah, and I had a feeling the whole world knew it.”
“…because while I might be cradling her face in my hand, she was holding my life in hers.”
“i’d quickly learned that when it came to addiction, the future was never set in stone, but joey was winning the war against his mind one day at a time and that’s all anyone could hope for.”
“‘don’t be me, kid. be better.’”
“not my monkeys, not my circus.”
”’despite my best efforts, I’ve grown regrettably attached to you.’”
”my life consisted of this girl. of the perfume she wore. of the smiles she offered. the clothes she chose on a particular day. the colors she painted her nails. she was embedded inside of me and I was hooked. Claire was my safe place.”
”if I had a shred of anything about me, i would open my mouth and talk to this girl. tell her how I felt. show her how highly I valued her as a human. love her the right way…I could see my friends settling down around me and I was still playing the boy card. still protecting myself from demons that couldn’t get to me anymore but still did.”
”gerard’s love for me wasn’t something i ever needed to question. it was his unwillingness to offer me more that plagued my every waking hour.”
“‘I didn’t let her go…i’ve never let her go a day in my fucking life.’”
“‘none of what you're saying makes any sense to me, Gerard!’ i didn’t want to be in love with him, and i was. it sucked. big time. i wanted requited love. the proper kind. like Shannon had with Johnny. and Aoife with Joey…i just wanted a real relationship.
with him.
he marked me in childhood and that mark had only scored deeper on my heart as the years went by. i knew him, though. he lingered on my heart. i couldn't seem to get past him.
apparently, that was too much to ask for because the boy i wanted was broken in the head. he didn't have the same feelings i had. he didn't work the same way i did.”
“one moment we were glaring, and screaming, and shoving at each other and the next we were kissing…kissing him felt like i had suddenly remembered the answer to a question that had been tormenting me for hours.”
”you shouldnt be afraid to strike out, Gerard…i would much rather live my life with mistakes under my belt than regrets chipping away at my heart.’”
“‘see that’s the thing, claire…i dont want to be your mistake or your regret…i cant bare the fucking thought of it.’”
“still no matter what path I took, whether it was my body, heart, or mind in the driving seat, I always needed up at her door. that had to mean something. it had to be a sign.”
“‘you waited for me…now it’s my turn to wait for you.’”
”’i need to know it’s you touching me.’”
“‘time can’t heal when it doesn’t pass by.’”
”because i loved her. every part of me. with every bone in my body. defective and all as i was. i couldn’t help it. it was instinctive. it was ever-consuming. it was forever.”
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes