Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - Hold Still

The way I am sobbing on my kitchen floor at 11pm because of this book. Everything the book dealt with hit so hard and genuinely it’s going to take me a while to process everything this book made me feel. Even though was published 12 years ago the story and the message still feel just as realistic and important. The writing was beautiful and the formatting made everything flow so smoothly in a way the enhanced everything I was feeling.

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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champagnecowboy's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Just didn’t hit in a way I was always waiting for more emphasis to be placed on Ingrid and Caitlin’s friendship but the story relies too much on boys and their relationships with them rather than with each other. The timing was messy and It was just not great. I would recommend to specific people, but I’d preface with how I was not super impressed

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