miggyfool 's review for:

If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

2.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Reading the  sequel made me really dislike Finny because of how he and Autumn hurt Sylvie. Honestly,  Jack's part of the book was more compelling to me than Autumn and Finny's entire story. Justice for Sylvie, my goodness, she's the best character in this whole dang series.  Angie is also adorable and a good friend. I wouldn't recommend this series, but I'm glad the sequel fleshed out the loose ends of the first book because the first book's ending was incredibly jarring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol