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A review by shelfishchar
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
ashley poston, i was not familiar with your game. but just know you now have another reader for life.
this book took me through every emotion, like it was slapping me in the face with every new one it would bring. the twists and turns this book took me on. i was truly, for lack of a better term, gagged -- at EVERY reveal.
in all seriousness, i think this is one of those books that will stay with me forever. not (just) because of iwan and lemon and all the pure and wholesome love between them, but because of iwan and lemon and their love for everything else around them. their passion is written so beautifully, it gives me an even bigger sense of yearning for more in this life. i think it's important to have stories like this, stories of older twenty-year olds, people in their thirties, etc, continuing to have room for growth and showing that it's okay.
reading this actually has reminded me of a trend i've been seeing lately, this indescribable feeling like you're running out of time, but not knowing what you're running out of time for. i feel like i've been running out of time since i was eleven years old. it might just be a side-effect of having such awful anxiety but this book sort of stopped time for me and helped to remind me that the only person putting this pressure on me - is me. but there isn't really a stopwatch ticking mockingly in the background; life is there waiting.
and i know time and a long life isn't promised, but living a life worried about expiration dates only pushes you to waste the time you do have and keeps you stuck. and this book is a nice reminder of how precious life and time is all while reminding you that it's okay to not know everything and to give yourself time to learn about what you want in life by experiencing it.
i always feel like i'm not making any sense - these reviews really are just a culmination of the words swirling in my brain and sticking to a screen. i loved this book so much, and i'm so glad it found me.
this book took me through every emotion, like it was slapping me in the face with every new one it would bring. the twists and turns this book took me on. i was truly, for lack of a better term, gagged -- at EVERY reveal.
in all seriousness, i think this is one of those books that will stay with me forever. not (just) because of iwan and lemon and all the pure and wholesome love between them, but because of iwan and lemon and their love for everything else around them. their passion is written so beautifully, it gives me an even bigger sense of yearning for more in this life. i think it's important to have stories like this, stories of older twenty-year olds, people in their thirties, etc, continuing to have room for growth and showing that it's okay.
reading this actually has reminded me of a trend i've been seeing lately, this indescribable feeling like you're running out of time, but not knowing what you're running out of time for. i feel like i've been running out of time since i was eleven years old. it might just be a side-effect of having such awful anxiety but this book sort of stopped time for me and helped to remind me that the only person putting this pressure on me - is me. but there isn't really a stopwatch ticking mockingly in the background; life is there waiting.
and i know time and a long life isn't promised, but living a life worried about expiration dates only pushes you to waste the time you do have and keeps you stuck. and this book is a nice reminder of how precious life and time is all while reminding you that it's okay to not know everything and to give yourself time to learn about what you want in life by experiencing it.
i always feel like i'm not making any sense - these reviews really are just a culmination of the words swirling in my brain and sticking to a screen. i loved this book so much, and i'm so glad it found me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Suicide