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dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This book is in the wrong genre IMHO. It's largely a book about caregiving, grief, and loss - which is not to say romance or love cannot coexist or happen during those activities, but rather that those activities supercede the pacing and dynamics of a romcom structure.
I skipped 100 pages in the middle. It's deeply sad and anxiety-producing amidst stalker tendencies, family feuds over a loved one's final wishes, and sexism. Are the depictions of those things accurate? Yes. Are they a great space to foster or provoke romcom plotlines? Not really.
There are also some cruel things said to one another that they gloss over to get to the ending, and I don't love that.
Mostly I'm sad, disgruntled, and unsatisfied, and need to go calm down.
I skipped 100 pages in the middle. It's deeply sad and anxiety-producing amidst stalker tendencies, family feuds over a loved one's final wishes, and sexism. Are the depictions of those things accurate? Yes. Are they a great space to foster or provoke romcom plotlines? Not really.
There are also some cruel things said to one another that they gloss over to get to the ending, and I don't love that.
Mostly I'm sad, disgruntled, and unsatisfied, and need to go calm down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexism, Child death, Stalking, Terminal illness, Death, and Emotional abuse
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