Reviews tagging 'Grief'

They Told Me I Was Everything by Gregory Ashe

4 reviews

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

feel like im going crazy reading the reviews for this book omg...ive never been so far in the minority for a book before??? like damn i Legitimately hated this one 😭😭😭 i wanted to like it bc i generally like this authors books a lot, but this one was SUCH a fucking miss for me. like...theo is insufferable; im sorry but it needs to be said. i feel sympathy for what happened to him and my issue isnt that hes gone through trauma, its that he such an incompetent adult and that he gets feelings for auggie. auggie, the newly 18 year old kid where theo is pushing 30 like dude. dude fucking back off??? literally pissed me tf off god anytime theo was in the book (the entire time since hes a main character) i wanted to fight him. god. this book only gets points bc somerset is there. like literally thats all i rated it for.
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siad's review against another edition

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mysterious tense 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

4.0

This book was a real treat! Loved the main characters and the plot was pretty good. 

My advice: start with the first Hazard and Sommers series,  even though it comes later chronologically. You'll bump into some familiar faces, and trust me, it hits different emotionally. 

Can't wait to jump into the rest of the series!
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downtown_kb's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

 Auggie is starting college but he’s reckless and more concerned with maintaining his internet fame than classwork. Theo’s just lost his husband and daughter in a car crash and he’s just trying to survive every day. One drunken night, Auggie is on a joyride with someone and almost hits Theo with the car. Now there’s a video of the incident on Instagram, and that guy who was with Auggie is missing.

This was more great writing from Gregory Ashe, of course. Theo and Auggie are both very likable flawed and broken characters, easy to root for but it also deals with some heavy grief themes. Gregory Ashe sets up another series with a crime solving dynamic duo. I really love Auggie, which surprised me because I don't typically care for the social media influencer characters. Theo is a little less likable but mostly because he's in a very dark place emotionally in this book. The mystery is slowly woven in and I really enjoyed the set up. It also delivered another gut punch of angst as these two end the book as just friends. I recently finished the Lion and the Lamb series by G.A. and I’m a little annoyed this seems to already be following the same pattern as we enter into book 2. So we will see how this goes.
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purely_romantic's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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