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omgvalkyrie's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Going into this book I totally thought this would be Y2K meets The Hangover with a Second-Chance Romance and it did have those elements, for sure! Was I ready for the emotions and heart-wrenching angst? Not at all.
It was such a beautiful story though. I absolutely adored how flawed Frankie & Ezra were and how through the novel we experienced them not only trying to piece together night before but the traumatic breakup ten years prior. Allison Winn Scotch was a master at weaving in the flashbacks seamlessly into the present-tense. I felt like I was on the Middleton Campus with each of them reliving the past in hope of finding a better future. The reflection that each make for themselves and by extension, each other had me bawling!
I don't think this book is for everyone, at times it is very wordy and a tad repetitive. I could see some feeling a bit info-dumped on. However, I loved getting ALL of the details and thoughts that were going on. And I thought the information was given at great pace. Everything built up and up and up and then the damn breaks and you just have to let the tension go. Then you just have to sit back and quietly say "damn." while you take it all in.
It was such a beautiful story though. I absolutely adored how flawed Frankie & Ezra were and how through the novel we experienced them not only trying to piece together night before but the traumatic breakup ten years prior. Allison Winn Scotch was a master at weaving in the flashbacks seamlessly into the present-tense. I felt like I was on the Middleton Campus with each of them reliving the past in hope of finding a better future. The reflection that each make for themselves and by extension, each other had me bawling!
I don't think this book is for everyone, at times it is very wordy and a tad repetitive. I could see some feeling a bit info-dumped on. However, I loved getting ALL of the details and thoughts that were going on. And I thought the information was given at great pace. Everything built up and up and up and then the damn breaks and you just have to let the tension go. Then you just have to sit back and quietly say "damn." while you take it all in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Cancer, Alcohol, and Blood
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Abortion
maggieparedesauthor's review
emotional
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion
lasouza's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Abortion
coreyarch9's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
"Frankie remembered that she hadn't hated it. That it felt familiar, comforting almost. That something about Ezra Jones sent a charge through her, through her veins, through her blood, through her guts, and when she kissed him, that electrical pulse raced inside her just as it always had."
The Rewind was cute. It didn't pack as much Y2K nostalgia as I expected, but it was a perfect palette cleanser of a happily-ever-after romcom. I am a sucker for a good second-chance romance, and Frankie and Ezra provided just that as they retraced their (mis)steps following some possible debauchery on the eve of their friends' wedding.
Frankie, Ezra and their friends were the same age as me and, as such, some of their ruminations about life and careers and what they thought the future would look like after college hit particularly close to home. "It was easy, necessary, to think that grownups got their lives together after college. To learn that life remained as messy at thirty-two as it was at twenty-two was to shatter the illusion that came with post-graduation dreams." Ouch. 😂
The Rewind was cute. It didn't pack as much Y2K nostalgia as I expected, but it was a perfect palette cleanser of a happily-ever-after romcom. I am a sucker for a good second-chance romance, and Frankie and Ezra provided just that as they retraced their (mis)steps following some possible debauchery on the eve of their friends' wedding.
Frankie, Ezra and their friends were the same age as me and, as such, some of their ruminations about life and careers and what they thought the future would look like after college hit particularly close to home. "It was easy, necessary, to think that grownups got their lives together after college. To learn that life remained as messy at thirty-two as it was at twenty-two was to shatter the illusion that came with post-graduation dreams." Ouch. 😂
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Rape, Abortion, and Death of parent
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