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Chasing The Taillights by Kate Larkindale

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dark emotional sad tense 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

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A special thank you goes out to the author, Kate Larkindale, for providing me a copy of this book for review! 

I LOVED THIS BOOK! I am going to shout and scream about this book forever. So far, it’s on my top 10 books of 2021. Everything about this book is sheer perfection, from the cover to the characters to the plot. I wanted to drown myself in this book. I didn’t even want to finish it because I knew I was going to be so sad. 

This book had everything. It had incredibly messy sibling dynamics, which was done so well. It had grief and mental health problems. It had broken friendships. It had it all and it was all done well. Lucy and Tony were very clearly estranged and it was heartwarming to see them having to come together in the face of tragedy. They had love for each, sure, but to see them having to interact and learn to get along again was just so great. 

Tony and Lucy were fantastic characters. I adored both of them so much, I couldn’t possibly pick a favorite. I loved Tony’s POV. He clearly was so confused about who he was as a person and I was rooting for him the whole time. I was hoping he would find himself. My poor sweet Lucy. My heart broke for her. Reading her POV was heartbreaking because of her mental instability after the accident. I wanted to just cry and protect her. 

One of the themes of this book is grief and holy cow, it’s a lot. I haven’t been through a lot of tragedy in my life so I don’t have a lot of experience with grief. But wow, I felt myself drowning in the grief. It reminded me a lot of the Song of Achilles with the heartbreak. I knew something was going to happen and I felt this absolute pain in my chest that wouldn’t go away. My heart still hurts thinking about this book. 

Overall, I’m going to need every single person to read this book because this is one of the best books I’ve read this year. I want everyone to know about this book. I can’t wait to see what else this author does because she has a massive fan in me already. 
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