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my only real gripes with this book is that the title and cover design are definitely misleading; they feel way more ocean and/or destination beach-coded, and frankly, despite it all tying together neatly at the end, there just isn’t enough beach or beach reading time to justify the title. also god i fucking hate the name gus. it just makes me think of gus from cinderella and he is annoying as hell.
overall a fun read tho!
Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cancer, Car accident
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide attempt
Minor: Cancer, Child death, Physical abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Vomit, Car accident
Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Death of parent
Minor: Physical abuse, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Vomit
Minor: Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Grief, Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Vomit, Trafficking, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol
I guess I’m in the minority when I say this book was just fine.
The characters were fine, the writing was fine, the sideplot was fine, everything was just fine.
There was some beautiful moments, I’ll give Beach Read that. Also why Beach Read? There is absolutely no reading at all beach if I remember correctly, mostly writing at beach houses.
Also Gus kept saying that he fell in love with January’s writing. Im sorry, did we read the same snippets of writing?!? Because it was completely bland, a 5th grader could have written better prose.
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent
Minor: Car accident