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Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

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izzys_internet_bookshelf's review

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DNF

I tried with the time travel esc book again! Ugh! I need to stop trying with this genre

molliewillis's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

2.25

summon_the_soup's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.5

kirstyreadsblog's review

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4.0

Thank you to My Kinda Book and netgalley for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

content warnings: disease, death (over and over again), absentee parents, grief

Jack meets Kate at a party at a college, and after some serious courting they eventually start dating and go to Homecoming together. Then Kate dies. She had a very serious disease and didn’t tell Jack about it. In a fit of grief, Jack accidentally falls down the stairs and bumps his head. When he wakes up he’s gone back to the few days before he met Kate and the story starts again. But this time he tries to change things.

This was definitely an interesting read. I watched Groundhog Day a fair few times growing up as it always seemed to be on telly. And this book is obviously very reminiscent of that, however this is over a lot longer period of time. It’s also like Groundhog Day in that there isn’t really an explanation for why the time loop happens. It just does. Unless I’m misremembering Groundhog Day.

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carlareadss4eva's review

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3.0

long as hell but a good book

lexingtonreads's review against another edition

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2.75

2.75 ⭐️
I listened to the audiobook of this and I really enjoyed the narrator but I felt there was bits of the plot that didn’t do it for me. I wanted to find out the reason he went back in time in the first place but, we never find out why he all the sudden could go to the past.
I was also not expecting the ending- not in a plot twist kind of way but I truly didn’t think that Kate was going to survive in the end. I kind of wished she didn’t, I wanted that moment where Jack was brought back to the present and finally had to come to terms that no matter what he did she was gone.
I also don’t understand why Jack was willing to go through so much for Kate, like yes he’s great but they really didn’t know each other for that long and many times he just puts his best friends on the back burner and every time he messes up he’s like “ I’m sorry” but continues to not learn from anything he has done wrong.
I just don’t know if a girl would be more important than the people that’s been there all along- AND WHAT EVEN WAS THE CHAPTER WHEN HE GETS TOGETHER WITH…Was her name Jillian? Like what was the point of that?-
I liked the idea for the plot but the execution wasn’t exactly to my liking.