A review by rachelshubin
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Seven Year Slip was the perfect, most tender hearted story that delicately intertwined the journey of both love and grief. Iwan and Clementine are wonderfully written characters, both of which I came to love quickly and easily. The story does such a good job making you think what you’d want to know about yourself if you went back in time seven years. Then, what would you be like seven years in the future? So much love, life, and loss can happen in seven years that it can’t help but change you. The Seven Year Slip also does a great job at conveying that sometimes people don’t have it all together or think they’re following their passions but also how dreams can change over time. It also shows that sometimes we have to say goodbye to a past version of ourselves and that’s okay. Everyone is experiencing grief in one shape or form and that is a part of life. 

Pretty sure I’m going to be recommending this book to everyone I know! I read it so fast that I’m already thinking of rereading and also a delicious lemon pie.

Note: this book does deal with sad topics but ultimately it is a really lovely story. 

TW: Grief, somewhat off page suicide, brief mention of dementia
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