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You'd Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

43 reviews

junzoin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Holy shit man, this book was amazing and honestly hits really hard as someone who goes through similar things as Joey and the rest of his family. However, I think that the ending was dragged out a bit too long, but nonetheless I was still very content with it. It's been so long since I've read this book so I definitely don't have much to say but I will reread it!! All I vividly remember was reading this in one day LOL

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Car accident

hellb_nny's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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

3.5

I think I expected more after really enjoying Girl in Pieces. it's a good book don't get me wrong but I did expect to enjoy it more 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Cancer and Sexual content

arianne7's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

wishyouweresober's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book broke my heart in so many ways. Justice for Emory and Joey...they just deserve to be happy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

This book deals with A LOT of triggering things. So please check the warnings before reading.

livlosiewicz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Pros: 

·This was a really engaging book. I was immediately drawn into Emmy and her world, and felt her love and pain for Joey. Emmy and Joey are both imperfect and lovable characters, and I was rooting for them the whole time. I also liked watching the growth of the supporting characters, like Emmy’s dad. 

·The topic is so important, and I appreciated the book challenging the public perception of what addiction looks like, who gets addicted. 

·And a bonus, of course, for the power of theater!! :) 

 

Cons: 

·I wish that more time had been given to some of the plots- like the things going on at school. I guess the point was that despite how awful the school rumors should have been, they were nothing compared to the hurt that Emmy felt about Joey 

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The ending being Emmy’s essay that evaded her true assignment and reflected on her life bummed me out a bit. It seems unrealistic that someone would write those personal things to a teacher. Like why turn in the essay at all? Could she not have just mused about those things to us on her own? It felt a little cliche and disappointing to me.

 

Recommendation: I recommend if you’re looking for a fast-paced, meaningful book and are okay with some heavy topics. Content warnings for substance use/addiction- make sure you’re in an okay place to read that. This is a YA book technically, but one of those that to me transcends the genre and tells an important story about life and love. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual content

ecravens's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

axen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism

casutton's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Sexual content

kayleyayley's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

Yet another amazing book by Kathleen Glasgow. Real depictions of addiction and the effects on family and community, along with how addicts are treated and the stigma around mental illness. The reality of recovery and relapse. Realistic character flaws and development. I love Kathleen Glasgow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

A thought provoking read on addiction and its affect on others, this novel is hard to forget.
“You’d be Home by Now,” follows Emory as her brother struggles with addiction and what it means to truly recover. It was an interesting choice to depict this struggle from the eyes of a loved one instead of the person dealing with addiction, but one I truly appreciated. From a different standpoint readers saw the impact of drugs on everyone around the user, shaping life as they know it.
The conversation surrounding this topic were handled well, and so were discussions on slut shaming and economic class.
There were some plot points which weren’t my favorite as well as social media and gen z comments which felt forced. It was hard for me to rate this unbiased, because How to Make Friends with the dark was such a staple in my own grieving process.
Overall, I would recommend (but please check trigger warnings before reading).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness