Reviews

I Fell in Love with Hope by Lancali

leardin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

sushipie1114's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

Beautifully written, delicately handles abstract concepts like death, grief, coming of age and gives them a soul to make a friend of. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Medical content, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Rape

Minor: War and Abortion

mysticthoughts's review against another edition

5.0

cried horrendously, took a lot of me to read because i loved the characters with all my heart! freaking neo *sobs in the distance* love your writing, Lou! i can't wait for more

dani_readz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

Page 293 beautiful 

jjwearsprada's review

dark inspiring 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? No

5.0

ravenbreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

emmaroseklem's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

anacsargento's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

3.5

styxis's review against another edition

3.0

Destruction is addictive, he writes. The more I am, the less I want to be. The less I am, the lesser I want to become.

Death is sudden. It has no taste for irony or reason. It doesn't wait for another tick of the metronome. It doesn't wait for goodbyes. Death is a taker, plain, direct, no tricks up its sleeve. And it will give you nothing in return but a last endless kiss for those you leave behind.

This entire book read like a 400-page tragic poem. I'm genuinely saddened to admit that it threw me into a bit of a reading slump, despite its beautiful writing and deeply soulful characters. Each one of them felt like they deserved a long, comforting hug.

I especially enjoyed the narrative thing going on (if you've read it, you'll know exactly what I mean), but unfortunately the book lacked a plot which made it quite strenuous to read. And towards the end, !!SPOILER!!

Spoiler

the author seemed to rush through killing off her characters,

which felt unrealistic and forced.

aoife_joyce06's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5