A review by prehistoricpotatoes
I fell in love with hope by Lancali

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I can’t say I enjoyed this book, but I am glad I read it. It was inspiring, while also being dark and heavy. 

Really, if ‘Hetero’ is ‘everyone’s gay and no one dies’, then ‘I fell in love with hope’ is ‘everyone’s gay and everyone dies.’ It has inspired characters in my own works. It was metaphor heavy, and I could tell the author is young (though that is a neutral comment). There are parts I wished were omitted just to remove the slight bias the white author has in imagining Hope/Sam. They were intended to be written race-less and gender-less, but details suggest otherwise.

I did cry though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Child abuse, Cancer, Bullying, and Blood