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A review by literarychronicles
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
emotional
medium-paced
4.0
Let me start by saying that I loved this book. I finished this book & thought that it was 5 stars & I will force all my friends to read it. However, after critically evaluating, I realised this is not 5 stars, but I still absolutely love it & I am going to force my friends to read it.
It's been a while since I read this book. I will never review this if I wait to write a proper review. Hence, here are my random thoughts.
👍🏻Disability - How it is always not visible. I thought this part was very well written.
👍🏻Humour
👍🏻Strong MC
👍🏻Self-harm and mental health issues were well portrayed
👍🏻Chemistry between the 2 MCs
👍🏻Flawed Individuals with baggage, overcoming childhood trauma, (although not completely healed) succeeding in life, & helping others
👍🏻Theme - How everyone deserves love and redemption
👍🏻Black spirit and representation
👉🏼 I don't enjoy spice in romance, but I didn’t mind this because I enjoyed the story
👉🏼 The week the MCs spent as teenagers doesn't feel like love. It was messy, dangerous, & toxic.
👎🏼Too many pop culture references
👎🏼The 12 years old daughter seemed too mature and was unrealistic.
👎🏼The conflict near the end felt clichéd. It could have been avoided with a text messeage.
👎🏼The ending seemed a bit flat compared to the build-up
👎🏼The epilogue could have been a part of the main text.
TW: Drug/alcohol abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, child abuse, neglect
It's been a while since I read this book. I will never review this if I wait to write a proper review. Hence, here are my random thoughts.
👍🏻Disability - How it is always not visible. I thought this part was very well written.
👍🏻Humour
👍🏻Strong MC
👍🏻Self-harm and mental health issues were well portrayed
👍🏻Chemistry between the 2 MCs
👍🏻Flawed Individuals with baggage, overcoming childhood trauma, (although not completely healed) succeeding in life, & helping others
👍🏻Theme - How everyone deserves love and redemption
👍🏻Black spirit and representation
👉🏼 I don't enjoy spice in romance, but I didn’t mind this because I enjoyed the story
👉🏼 The week the MCs spent as teenagers doesn't feel like love. It was messy, dangerous, & toxic.
👎🏼Too many pop culture references
👎🏼The 12 years old daughter seemed too mature and was unrealistic.
👎🏼The conflict near the end felt clichéd. It could have been avoided with a text messeage.
👎🏼The ending seemed a bit flat compared to the build-up
👎🏼The epilogue could have been a part of the main text.
TW: Drug/alcohol abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, child abuse, neglect
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts