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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
challenging
hopeful
slow-paced
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
I very quickly started to skim and soon found myself jumping large chunks. I missed nothing.
This was bad enough to make me want to avoid other works by this author.
This was bad enough to make me want to avoid other works by this author.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
3.5 stars
Hmm, this was hard to rate because on the one hand it was a really good book for the "unexpected/secret baby" trope, and on the other hand, I don't know.. there was something missing in terms of the couple's connection or love. I do believe that they care about each other and are good together but something was missing and I can't pinpoint what.
All that being said, I loved that for the first time in like ever, in a book that involves a teen pregnancy, nothing is glossed over. Also we don't get the customary "after 3 years". Nah, we get a play by play of how hard it is, of how much support a teenager in that situation needs. Also the reason for keeping the child a secret, again, I totally bought it. Was it morally right? Definitely not, and I am that person that does not in any circumstance agree with keeping paternity a secret (except for extreme and believable situations) but here, these are kids basically. A 16 and an 18 year old. He was a boy who grew up in poverty and worked so hard to get a scholarship and leave his hometown for good, and she was a girl whose family had the money but nothing else. I think he needed those 3 years in which to focus on his academic achievements and make the most out of opportunities. And she knew that, even at 16. She always planned to tell him, just not when he was scared and desperate for a better life, 18 year old. Plus, she had a support system, an inheritance and the drive to continue her education, so in a way, she made a very mature decision by weighting the pros and cons of when and where to drop the news to him.
Overall, I liked this, it was believable and even realistic.
Hmm, this was hard to rate because on the one hand it was a really good book for the "unexpected/secret baby" trope, and on the other hand, I don't know.. there was something missing in terms of the couple's connection or love. I do believe that they care about each other and are good together but something was missing and I can't pinpoint what.
All that being said, I loved that for the first time in like ever, in a book that involves a teen pregnancy, nothing is glossed over. Also we don't get the customary "after 3 years". Nah, we get a play by play of how hard it is, of how much support a teenager in that situation needs. Also the reason for keeping the child a secret, again, I totally bought it. Was it morally right? Definitely not, and I am that person that does not in any circumstance agree with keeping paternity a secret (except for extreme and believable situations) but here, these are kids basically. A 16 and an 18 year old. He was a boy who grew up in poverty and worked so hard to get a scholarship and leave his hometown for good, and she was a girl whose family had the money but nothing else. I think he needed those 3 years in which to focus on his academic achievements and make the most out of opportunities. And she knew that, even at 16. She always planned to tell him, just not when he was scared and desperate for a better life, 18 year old. Plus, she had a support system, an inheritance and the drive to continue her education, so in a way, she made a very mature decision by weighting the pros and cons of when and where to drop the news to him.
Overall, I liked this, it was believable and even realistic.