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A review by renaes01
Redeeming 6 by Chloe Walsh
2.0
2.5 This book was not what I expected and I’m disappointed.
I assumed that this book would take place from where Keeping 13 left off with Joey going to rehab. Instead, we relive all of the trauma from Keeping 13 from another perspective. I didn’t like this and some of the scenes were nearly the exact same with a few added thoughts from Joey or Aoife which wasn’t needed at all. If these scenes were cut this book wouldn’t be anywhere near 1000 pages.
I still absolutely adore my poor baby Joey and he broke my heart. This book was terribly bleak in that we had to watch Joey be traumatised and manipulated over and over and over again. His character is written so well and the portrayal of his addiction and misery was so realistic. It was heartbreaking to read about because he is genuinely such an amazing man who just had terrible cards dealt to him in life.
He was such a good father to those kids and he was so selfless when it came to protecting them and his witch of a mother. Unfortunately, what we really see is that for his whole life Joey never really had anyone to protect him or care selflessly for him.
His addiction gets even worse as bad shit keeps triggering him and people keep hurting him to the point he nearly attempts suicide. I was crying when I read his suicide letter.
I loved seeing him and rehab and the banter he had with his therapist was inconjc. They were literally the best scenes in the book.
I just overall think he is one of my favourite characters of all time and he deserved better then what he got. I think he even deserved a better ending.
After reading this book I’ve decided I don’t like Aoife anymore. When I read about her in B13 and K13 she seemed like such a sweet, protective and kind girl that cared about Joey and his siblings and I feel like that was somewhat carried over to S6 but i did not like her in this book. I’m not saying she’s all bad as she still loved him but in this book I saw her as naive, privileged and spoilt. She was also extremely vein and I don’t like reading about characters that act that way.
I think Aoife also contributed to Joey’s addiction getting worse because she was an enabler. She fully enabled him to take hard drugs multiple times and I don’t fucking understand why. Her logic was that she didn’t want to lose him completely but I really don’t understand that logic, maybe because it isn’t logical. There was even a part in the book where Casey of all people was trying to tell Aoife that Joey has an addiction which doesn’t make him love her less but he needs professional help instead of being enabled to continue hurting himself.
She also didn’t seem to understand that overcoming an addiction is not a linear journey and stems from trauma. When Joey would relapse after going through more terrible shit and she would just be up his ass about him not really loving her and needing to be there for her. Like bitch, he’s getting his ass beat by his dad, is being manipulated by his mum and is the father of 4 fucking children. This leads to my next point that she is really fucking selfish.
She couldn’t grasp that Joey had responsibilities and siblings to look after. Like when he would tell her he had to go home and check on the kids and she would beg him to stay or when she was glad Joey said no to looking after Sean. He is literally all his siblings have and they are all vulnerable children. Something else I found selfish was when Joey was in rehab and the medical professions and Joey himself were questioning whether he needed to stay a bit longer and she was adamant he didn’t. I understand she didn’t want to be alone giving birth but think about him and his health!
I also found it so weird that she seemed so uncaring towards his siblings. Like when she showed no concern when Shannon was hurt and once again when she didn’t want Joey to look after them. That was such a weird thing for the author to do.
I also didn’t like that Joey of all the bloody characters in this series got the surprise baby trope. I don’t even fully understand why she wanted to keep the baby like it’s absolutely her choice but she literally had nothing going for her, she was super childish and could barely do anything for herself and Joey’s life was in pieces and he never wanted children for obvious reasons. Also why in the fuck did she hide it from him for so long?
One thing that drove me absolutely mental was when Joey was blaming himself for getting her pregnant when she was the one that made him not wear condoms even though he wanted too. He even fucking apologised to her for saddling her with a baby but she didn’t even correct him and say that she was sorry she made him not wear condoms.
Also the scene when Teddy nearly rapes her I feel was a bit unnecessary altogether and didn’t need to happen but I obviously felt terrible for her. But when she was confusing Joey by not letting him comfort her and saying he reminded her of his dad (which was fucking soul crushing for him) and then titty fucked him when he wasn’t really consenting to “make him feel better”…I understand that she was traumatised but goddamn what the fuck? And then after a few chapters it was never mentioned again.
Not to mention when Joey would be high off his rocker and could barely function but Aoife would have sex with him and he was so out of it he couldn’t remember it happening in the morning…When Danielle did that we called it rape but when Aoife does it it’s fine……????
There was also too much smut in the beginning. I can almost guarantee that no one reading this series is reading it for smut.
Aoife also had no personality and no drive to do or achieve anything. She didn’t study for her exams, she wasn’t interested in getting a better job and even when the baby was born she couldn’t even change a bloody diaper. She even gave the baby to Shannon so she could fuck Joey in the bloody epilogue like be fucking for real.
I also hated that she kept bringing up his past sex life. Like you seriously cannot hold that against him when you were in a fucking relationship the whole time. It especially pissed me off because some of his past sexual encounters weren’t even consensual.
I really liked Joey’s relationship with Tony in the beginning but after Tony questioned him if he would hurt Aoife or the baby I was done. He just broke Joey’s heart and proved that no adult in his life cared for him (except for Edel and John) and that was so disappointing.
I still hate Marie so fucking much for being a cold, unloving, manipulative bitch and I know I said in my Keeping 13 review that I was warming up to Darren but I changed my goddamn mind. He is an asshole and seemingly had no empathy for Joey and everything he had endured for years.
I also really fucking hate Casey. I couldn’t believe when she slapped Joey twice and acted like a crazy fucking brat throughout the book. Aoife didn’t even defend him after he was assaulted by her bitch ass friend. I also just found out from a review that she’s getting her own book…Absolutely fucking not.
I loved Lizzie in this book and it proved me right that she really is a sweetheart. I loved the friendship she had with Joey and they had such a great connection. I will always love her for saving him. We also find out that her sister committed suicide which I’m very interested to learn about in the future and even Joey picked up that something is happening between her and Hugie.
I still loved the Lynch siblings even though most of the interactions we had already seen before. I also adore Edel and John, specifically Joey’s relationship with Edel because he really needs a loving mother in his life.
In the end I was disappointed in the epilogue. Aoife is being her usual useless self and Joey is once again stuck being a father when he didn’t want too. I wish Joey had more of a happy ending where he was free because he fucking deserved it.
I assumed that this book would take place from where Keeping 13 left off with Joey going to rehab. Instead, we relive all of the trauma from Keeping 13 from another perspective. I didn’t like this and some of the scenes were nearly the exact same with a few added thoughts from Joey or Aoife which wasn’t needed at all. If these scenes were cut this book wouldn’t be anywhere near 1000 pages.
I still absolutely adore my poor baby Joey and he broke my heart. This book was terribly bleak in that we had to watch Joey be traumatised and manipulated over and over and over again. His character is written so well and the portrayal of his addiction and misery was so realistic. It was heartbreaking to read about because he is genuinely such an amazing man who just had terrible cards dealt to him in life.
He was such a good father to those kids and he was so selfless when it came to protecting them and his witch of a mother. Unfortunately, what we really see is that for his whole life Joey never really had anyone to protect him or care selflessly for him.
His addiction gets even worse as bad shit keeps triggering him and people keep hurting him to the point he nearly attempts suicide. I was crying when I read his suicide letter.
I loved seeing him and rehab and the banter he had with his therapist was inconjc. They were literally the best scenes in the book.
I just overall think he is one of my favourite characters of all time and he deserved better then what he got. I think he even deserved a better ending.
After reading this book I’ve decided I don’t like Aoife anymore. When I read about her in B13 and K13 she seemed like such a sweet, protective and kind girl that cared about Joey and his siblings and I feel like that was somewhat carried over to S6 but i did not like her in this book. I’m not saying she’s all bad as she still loved him but in this book I saw her as naive, privileged and spoilt. She was also extremely vein and I don’t like reading about characters that act that way.
I think Aoife also contributed to Joey’s addiction getting worse because she was an enabler. She fully enabled him to take hard drugs multiple times and I don’t fucking understand why. Her logic was that she didn’t want to lose him completely but I really don’t understand that logic, maybe because it isn’t logical. There was even a part in the book where Casey of all people was trying to tell Aoife that Joey has an addiction which doesn’t make him love her less but he needs professional help instead of being enabled to continue hurting himself.
She also didn’t seem to understand that overcoming an addiction is not a linear journey and stems from trauma. When Joey would relapse after going through more terrible shit and she would just be up his ass about him not really loving her and needing to be there for her. Like bitch, he’s getting his ass beat by his dad, is being manipulated by his mum and is the father of 4 fucking children. This leads to my next point that she is really fucking selfish.
She couldn’t grasp that Joey had responsibilities and siblings to look after. Like when he would tell her he had to go home and check on the kids and she would beg him to stay or when she was glad Joey said no to looking after Sean. He is literally all his siblings have and they are all vulnerable children. Something else I found selfish was when Joey was in rehab and the medical professions and Joey himself were questioning whether he needed to stay a bit longer and she was adamant he didn’t. I understand she didn’t want to be alone giving birth but think about him and his health!
I also found it so weird that she seemed so uncaring towards his siblings. Like when she showed no concern when Shannon was hurt and once again when she didn’t want Joey to look after them. That was such a weird thing for the author to do.
I also didn’t like that Joey of all the bloody characters in this series got the surprise baby trope. I don’t even fully understand why she wanted to keep the baby like it’s absolutely her choice but she literally had nothing going for her, she was super childish and could barely do anything for herself and Joey’s life was in pieces and he never wanted children for obvious reasons. Also why in the fuck did she hide it from him for so long?
One thing that drove me absolutely mental was when Joey was blaming himself for getting her pregnant when she was the one that made him not wear condoms even though he wanted too. He even fucking apologised to her for saddling her with a baby but she didn’t even correct him and say that she was sorry she made him not wear condoms.
Also the scene when Teddy nearly rapes her I feel was a bit unnecessary altogether and didn’t need to happen but I obviously felt terrible for her. But when she was confusing Joey by not letting him comfort her and saying he reminded her of his dad (which was fucking soul crushing for him) and then titty fucked him when he wasn’t really consenting to “make him feel better”…I understand that she was traumatised but goddamn what the fuck? And then after a few chapters it was never mentioned again.
Not to mention when Joey would be high off his rocker and could barely function but Aoife would have sex with him and he was so out of it he couldn’t remember it happening in the morning…When Danielle did that we called it rape but when Aoife does it it’s fine……????
There was also too much smut in the beginning. I can almost guarantee that no one reading this series is reading it for smut.
Aoife also had no personality and no drive to do or achieve anything. She didn’t study for her exams, she wasn’t interested in getting a better job and even when the baby was born she couldn’t even change a bloody diaper. She even gave the baby to Shannon so she could fuck Joey in the bloody epilogue like be fucking for real.
I also hated that she kept bringing up his past sex life. Like you seriously cannot hold that against him when you were in a fucking relationship the whole time. It especially pissed me off because some of his past sexual encounters weren’t even consensual.
I really liked Joey’s relationship with Tony in the beginning but after Tony questioned him if he would hurt Aoife or the baby I was done. He just broke Joey’s heart and proved that no adult in his life cared for him (except for Edel and John) and that was so disappointing.
I still hate Marie so fucking much for being a cold, unloving, manipulative bitch and I know I said in my Keeping 13 review that I was warming up to Darren but I changed my goddamn mind. He is an asshole and seemingly had no empathy for Joey and everything he had endured for years.
I also really fucking hate Casey. I couldn’t believe when she slapped Joey twice and acted like a crazy fucking brat throughout the book. Aoife didn’t even defend him after he was assaulted by her bitch ass friend. I also just found out from a review that she’s getting her own book…Absolutely fucking not.
I loved Lizzie in this book and it proved me right that she really is a sweetheart. I loved the friendship she had with Joey and they had such a great connection. I will always love her for saving him. We also find out that her sister committed suicide which I’m very interested to learn about in the future and even Joey picked up that something is happening between her and Hugie.
I still loved the Lynch siblings even though most of the interactions we had already seen before. I also adore Edel and John, specifically Joey’s relationship with Edel because he really needs a loving mother in his life.
In the end I was disappointed in the epilogue. Aoife is being her usual useless self and Joey is once again stuck being a father when he didn’t want too. I wish Joey had more of a happy ending where he was free because he fucking deserved it.