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A review by mweis
You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
3.0
*I received an eARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.*
There are a lot of things to love about this book, the greatest being the in depth exploration of grief. The book starts a week after Julie's boyfriend Sam dies in an accident and throughout the book we get to see how Sam's loved ones are dealing with the aftermath of his death. The commentary on grief is realistic and heartbreaking and I loved following Julie as she learns to accept and move on from Sam's death. I think where this book struggled was in starting after Sam's funeral because I feel like I was never able to invest in their relationship enough to have the emotional punch I was expecting.
Overall, I think this was a really strong debut and would be interested to see what Dustin Thao writes next.
There are a lot of things to love about this book, the greatest being the in depth exploration of grief. The book starts a week after Julie's boyfriend Sam dies in an accident and throughout the book we get to see how Sam's loved ones are dealing with the aftermath of his death. The commentary on grief is realistic and heartbreaking and I loved following Julie as she learns to accept and move on from Sam's death. I think where this book struggled was in starting after Sam's funeral because I feel like I was never able to invest in their relationship enough to have the emotional punch I was expecting.
Overall, I think this was a really strong debut and would be interested to see what Dustin Thao writes next.