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A review by ginggercakes
More Than Words by Jill Santopolo
3.0
TW: death, chronic illness, grief
The story of a young woman who after her fathers passing learns who and what she can become to achieve the future she wants for herself. At the beginning the story felt a little bland, but once I got more insight into the MC’s deeper emotions and struggles I really started to cheer for her. Other than seeing the main character evolve and believe in herself, there wasn’t much else to the story, but it was enjoyable all the same.
Our main character is dealing with a lot and through her struggle with grief we see her fully bloom into the person she wants to be instead of a person who others told her she should be. I always like to see this happen with main characters, especially female characters. I like the characters surrounding and supporting our MC through the story, I thought they were helpful for our MC’s journey and they were all stylized well.
The romance felt a little unrealistic but that was probably because it was so fast paced, there was no question about their physical connection but I also thought the characters had strong emotional connections as well - so I enjoyed it well enough.
"I will raise you to be strong, I will raise you to be powerful, I will raise you to be fearless."
The story of a young woman who after her fathers passing learns who and what she can become to achieve the future she wants for herself. At the beginning the story felt a little bland, but once I got more insight into the MC’s deeper emotions and struggles I really started to cheer for her. Other than seeing the main character evolve and believe in herself, there wasn’t much else to the story, but it was enjoyable all the same.
As long as she lived, so did he. He would be alive in her. Every time she folded her laundry, made coffee, celebrated a holiday, took a ski trip, went for a swim, ran a race. And so so much more, he’d always be there - except that he wouldn’t.
Our main character is dealing with a lot and through her struggle with grief we see her fully bloom into the person she wants to be instead of a person who others told her she should be. I always like to see this happen with main characters, especially female characters. I like the characters surrounding and supporting our MC through the story, I thought they were helpful for our MC’s journey and they were all stylized well.
By the laws of probability there had to be at least hundreds if not thousands of people who were going through the same thing at the same time.
The romance felt a little unrealistic but that was probably because it was so fast paced, there was no question about their physical connection but I also thought the characters had strong emotional connections as well - so I enjoyed it well enough.