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A review by anxiousnachos
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
dark
emotional
5.0
I do not have words for how fucking good this book is. It felt like I was being repeatedly stabbed in the chest and I never wanted it to end. It’s a beautiful (and at times, extremely painful, confronting and traumatic) love story between Eva and Shane that also explores some really dark and horrific aspects of the US (systemic racism specifically with regards the prison industrial complex and education system; failure of the foster care system; addiction; youth violence). But it is also so incredibly hopeful. It’s a story about two broken teenagers who spent seven days in June falling in love and wrote to each other across the years until they find each other again. It is so real and raw and gritty and nuanced and I loved this so much.
OH! And it has migraine rep!! I’ve never read a book that has my chronic illness represented before! Amazing!
Content warnings: chronic pain (migraines), sex work, attempted child sexual assault, implied pedophilia, self-harm, addiction, drug and alcohol abuse, overdose, sex, violence, injury detail, discussion of systemic racism particularly with regards to the prison industrial complex and education system, gun violence, child death, child neglect
OH! And it has migraine rep!! I’ve never read a book that has my chronic illness represented before! Amazing!
Content warnings: chronic pain (migraines), sex work, attempted child sexual assault, implied pedophilia, self-harm, addiction, drug and alcohol abuse, overdose, sex, violence, injury detail, discussion of systemic racism particularly with regards to the prison industrial complex and education system, gun violence, child death, child neglect
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Addiction, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content