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A review by h_eidi70
Halfway Down by B. Ripley
5.0
Yes this book has a lot of triggers for some people, but my overall impression of this beautiful written book is love!! Love, hope and strength.
I’m not a big fan of books with established couples, so it took me a while to actually read it. But when I got in to it, I couldn’t stop.
Alex’s brother gets killed when Alex’s is just a child. A trauma that has hounded him ever since.
Robin, Alex’s boyfriend (such a sweetheart) stand by his side to support and love him through the aftermath of Alex’s suicide attempt.
I won’t lie, tears did happen throughout this book. I absolutely love it when a storyline and the characters makes me feel all the feels. And I did. Pain, shame, hurt, fear, hope … and off course all the LOVE! ❤️
One of my favorite parts:
“Then we live in the middle,” he whispered, clinging onto me as I melted into him. “We live in the middle where the stars are just stars and the water is just water. Where Orion and his dogs are a story and the tattoo isn’t a reminder of the time you tried to die, but of the time you fought to live. That’s where we happen. That’s where we are.” “In the middle?” “Halfway down. Not at the bottom but not at the top. Where you can just be Alex as you are and I’m just Robin as I am and we don’t have to be anything but that. You can want to die in this place, but you can also want to live. You can stay here in the middle, have bad days and good days, and I will be here beside you.”
I’m not a big fan of books with established couples, so it took me a while to actually read it. But when I got in to it, I couldn’t stop.
Alex’s brother gets killed when Alex’s is just a child. A trauma that has hounded him ever since.
Robin, Alex’s boyfriend (such a sweetheart) stand by his side to support and love him through the aftermath of Alex’s suicide attempt.
I won’t lie, tears did happen throughout this book. I absolutely love it when a storyline and the characters makes me feel all the feels. And I did. Pain, shame, hurt, fear, hope … and off course all the LOVE! ❤️
One of my favorite parts:
“Then we live in the middle,” he whispered, clinging onto me as I melted into him. “We live in the middle where the stars are just stars and the water is just water. Where Orion and his dogs are a story and the tattoo isn’t a reminder of the time you tried to die, but of the time you fought to live. That’s where we happen. That’s where we are.” “In the middle?” “Halfway down. Not at the bottom but not at the top. Where you can just be Alex as you are and I’m just Robin as I am and we don’t have to be anything but that. You can want to die in this place, but you can also want to live. You can stay here in the middle, have bad days and good days, and I will be here beside you.”