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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
relaxing
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
Easy reading finished in nearly one day. Only loved the last 5 to 6 chapters of the book but first was boring, however I antagonist some thoughts in it especially that she forgave her brother fast even she waited for apology for years and never get one until it became in the open and most loved quote is "What I’m saying is, the same two things could happen to two people, but that doesn’t mean they would experience the exact same stress over it. We all have different levels of stress that we’re accustomed to. You probably felt the same amount of stress over your family situation as I sometimes do about mine, even though they’re on completely different levels. But that doesn’t make you weaker. It doesn’t make you an asshole. We’re just two different people with two different sets of experience. It annoys me when people try to convince other people that their anger or stress isn’t warranted if someone else in the world is worse off than them. It’s bullshit. Your emotions and reactions are valid, Merit. Don’t let anyone tell you any different. You’re the only one who feels them.”
4/5⭐️
please please read trigger warning before you read this novel!!
merit lives with a strange family and she carries the burden of all of her family’s secrets. when she meets sagan in an antique store, it’s as though life has been breathed into her, until she learns that sagan is very off limits. as merit falls deeper and deeper under the lies and secrets that her family keeps, she finally decides to break the illusion of perfect that everyone tries to hard to keep. when her plan fails, she has to come to terms with telling the truth.
this book was pretty good. it was vastly different than what i expected and from what colleen hoover typically writes. the story was a little strange, but i really liked how hoover used this novel to raise awareness for mental illness. overall, a pretty eye opening read.
please please read trigger warning before you read this novel!!
merit lives with a strange family and she carries the burden of all of her family’s secrets. when she meets sagan in an antique store, it’s as though life has been breathed into her, until she learns that sagan is very off limits. as merit falls deeper and deeper under the lies and secrets that her family keeps, she finally decides to break the illusion of perfect that everyone tries to hard to keep. when her plan fails, she has to come to terms with telling the truth.
this book was pretty good. it was vastly different than what i expected and from what colleen hoover typically writes. the story was a little strange, but i really liked how hoover used this novel to raise awareness for mental illness. overall, a pretty eye opening read.
dark
emotional
fast-paced
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Outing
fast-paced
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If you love domestic/family dramas and YA, this is a good book choice. (I wouldn’t classify it as romance).
The story follows the Voss family, told through Merit Voss. The book opens when Merit meets a guy, kisses him, then realizes he’s her twins new boyfriend (oops!). The story follows the next two weeks of Merit’s life (and by extension her family’s lives too).
It’s a beautiful story about reality and how we see what we want and live in our distorted perceptions. Merit slowly realized every “truth” she knew as fact was actually an assumption. There are twists and surprises in this family drama... a lovely reminder that we write the stories we tell ourselves...
The story follows the Voss family, told through Merit Voss. The book opens when Merit meets a guy, kisses him, then realizes he’s her twins new boyfriend (oops!). The story follows the next two weeks of Merit’s life (and by extension her family’s lives too).
It’s a beautiful story about reality and how we see what we want and live in our distorted perceptions. Merit slowly realized every “truth” she knew as fact was actually an assumption. There are twists and surprises in this family drama... a lovely reminder that we write the stories we tell ourselves...