kellybobelly96 's review for:

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

5.0

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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“My love now seems to be an aggressive, political thing. It is the ceaseless search for an identity and then committing to that identity. It is a fight to exist in my own home.”

I closed this book shut and the first thing I did was text my girlfriend how lucky I am to live in the era of being able to choose her and love her so freely and loudly.

This book absolutely gutted me. I loved reading Lucy grow up, fall in love, weigh the pressures of the expectations around her, and the full journey of deciding who she is on her own. This was an epically beautiful story.