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A review by rileejsmith
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
emotional
hopeful
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? No
4.0
I wasn't expecting this book to hit me so hard in the feels 🥺
This is a cute story about a girl, Clementine, trying to find herself amid loss, family heartbreak, and young-adulthood... and she happens to live in an apartment that sends her back in time seven years, with no rhyme or reason into when it happens. Only that it happens during important moments in her life and the time shift will collide with whoever is living in the apartment at that time. (Enter Iwan.)
Iwan is an adorable and cozy love interest to read. Him and Clementine's story is adorable, heart warming, and has you guessing the whole time when their lives will intersect - but at many times also comes together almost too easy.
The true magic of this story is in all the ways that there lives intersect in moments and people outside of the apartment. It gets you rooting for them to finally catch up to the same time and makes the build up of the end of the story that much more meaningful.I was surprised to find myself so emotional during the moment Iwan walks out out the door when he moves out of the apartment. And don't even get me started on the moment when her aunt walked through the door ðŸ˜. I was almost thankful their interaction didn't go further and we didn't see that conversation play out, because I would have been a wreck.
Speaking of, the relationship Clementine has with her aunt and her friends is so much the heart of this book. It's such an emotional and meaningful journey through grief, friendship, and the journey of who you always thought you would be vs. who you actually grow into as an adult. I was really surprised by this part of the book - it ended up being so much more than I thought it would be. Overall, it was a really enjoyable and heart-warming read 💛
This is a cute story about a girl, Clementine, trying to find herself amid loss, family heartbreak, and young-adulthood... and she happens to live in an apartment that sends her back in time seven years, with no rhyme or reason into when it happens. Only that it happens during important moments in her life and the time shift will collide with whoever is living in the apartment at that time. (Enter Iwan.)
Iwan is an adorable and cozy love interest to read. Him and Clementine's story is adorable, heart warming, and has you guessing the whole time when their lives will intersect - but at many times also comes together almost too easy.
The true magic of this story is in all the ways that there lives intersect in moments and people outside of the apartment. It gets you rooting for them to finally catch up to the same time and makes the build up of the end of the story that much more meaningful.
Speaking of, the relationship Clementine has with her aunt and her friends is so much the heart of this book. It's such an emotional and meaningful journey through grief, friendship, and the journey of who you always thought you would be vs. who you actually grow into as an adult. I was really surprised by this part of the book - it ended up being so much more than I thought it would be. Overall, it was a really enjoyable and heart-warming read 💛
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Suicide