Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

110 reviews

marioosa517's review against another edition

emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Minor: Body shaming, Excrement, and Drug use

rd77's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

I’m not quite sure how I feel about this book. It was definitely enjoyable to read, especially in the beginning. The author did a great job with the imagery and world building, where you could easily imagine being on the lake. Honestly, it was a really great book, up until

the characters go to college, Sam distances himself from Percy, and Percy and Charlie hook up. It just felt so trite and overdone, with the cheating and miscommunication. Sure, they were teenagers and it happens, but it felt like a cheap and predictable way to end the book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Cancer, and Panic attacks/disorders

theespressoedition's review against another edition

1.0

Wow, I couldn't have hated this more. 1) it's a complete copy/paste of Love & Other Words which I didn't like either... 2) almost the entire story revolves around infidelity which is irritating af... 3) not a single person in it is likable or redeemable...

Needless to say, I do not recommend this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

shaunashares's review against another edition

emotional relaxing sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

abooklikeyou's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“I did want you. I do want you. I’ve always wanted you.”

I adore a childhood friends-to-lovers / second chance romance, so there was no question that I was going to love Every Summer After. It also made me feel nostalgic, so this was a win-win-win for me!

It’s hard not to fall in love with Sam & Percy from the get-go. My favorite thing about Percy was her love of horror movies and her desire to become a writer, and my favorite thing about Sam was how sweet and supportive he always was.

There’s definitely some not so great things here - like miscommunication and cheating, which aren’t my favorite. But, I was sold for 90% of this book. I smiled and giggled and felt butterflies in those young, innocent moments between Sam & Percy.

I think the tough part for me is having read Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 4 years ago and really enjoying that one. It was one of the first romances I’ve read, and I still love those characters to this day. So, I did kind of feel like I was reading another version of the same story. 

That aside, I did love this book. I think I’m going to rate it 4.5 stars. That feels true to my feelings. It’s also the same rating I gave Love and Other Words… so I’m gonna do the one thing everyone says not to do. I’m reading this books back to back. I’m gonna re-read one of my favorite romances. Let’s do the thing. 😏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, and Grief

clevelandbookgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Mental illness, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

kdailyreads's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Bullying

bookishboujeeandbossbabe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I was genuinely not expecting to love this book as much as I did. Nick Earls' After Summer has always been a book that reminds me of my summers in Cape May - immediately taking me back to my time there...the smells and sounds. Fortune's book did the same for me- immediately I felt transported back to cool sand and the sounds of the water lapping against the shoreline. While Every Summer After takes place on a lake - the feelings were the same. 

I enjoyed the back and forth between the present and the past - seeing Sam and Percy's story through the years; and how, even though they both attempted to put the other in the past...their connection was too much to ignore. The infidelity didn't strike me as it has other readers - they were teenagers, both trying to figure out a serious relationship while still being kids on the brink of huge changes. While it broke their relationship at the time - it was a mistake and a learning opportunity for them both. Neither was perfect, neither handled anything the best way...but what more can you expect from 17 year olds? We all sucked at 17. 

The way they found their way back to each other, and the ending felt natural and believable. I thought it was the perfect way to wrap up a romance- it didn't erase the messy parts of two people coming together and re-learning each other. It didn't wrap everything up in a neat bow - it felt like you were reading a true story about two people. Which, quite honestly, is my favorite type of story- the believable ones.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

notgabi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Grief

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love this book. I don’t always love second-chance romance but this was perfect. I loved that it flitted back and forth between them getting together and the present. The depiction of grief and pain and love between these two, past and present was so well written; and the forgiveness that had to happen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, Vomit, and Bullying