A review by empoostinks
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

emotional reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

BRUU…

I’ll come back to this when I’m ready but dam. 

ok writing this after finishing the second book and leik ok review is kind mixed up bc i just finished the second book but i just feel leik ok first of all:

this book was a perfect tragic love story as it has an enticing jawing storyline that i can appreciate 

and it def gave me all the feels 

and bc it was exactly what it needed to be it made a perf set up to have a second book bc leik i enjoyed it sm i had to read the next book which is great in a book bc it shows that i needed more and the more i got was great 😁

def fell in love with Finn in this book tbh Autumn she’s interesting fs 

and what happens is just devastating and idk that’s all i can rly think abt when it comes to the book which is what i mean by it gets the job done yk it wasn’t leik absolutely insane but just good enough

good enough for me to finish in leik two days 

i will say the writing and pacing at times were fs iffy 

i understand how it can feel rushed at the end but i feel leik THAYS appropriate considering how things were basically rushed for autumn so leik i don’t mind that 

buttt i do mind the long journey of going through her hs years LEIK boy wat the hell boy leik i understand the lessons that were supposed to be take from those chapters and how it showed leik her changes as a character throughout hs but leik idk man i just idk man