Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Begin Again by Emma Lord

27 reviews

marylong's review

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

“There's a specific kind of grief that comes with losing someone you love, the kind that is always skimming just under the surface; the kind so universal that you can't help recognizing it in someone else, even if you don't know what you're seeing yet.” 

😭😭😭😭 brb sobbing

this book has a lot of genuine charm to it. the characters are all a little silly and broken in their own ways, but they also all fit together like pieces in a puzzle. andie and milo UGH I LOVE THEM!!!! I love that the focus wasn’t just on them, but also on Andie navigating her grief that still feels fresh after years have passed and figuring out her place in a world she made to be her mom’s. just a beautiful story I could read again and again and again!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity

babblingbooks's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

wildflowerleahg's review against another edition

4.5

UTTERLY CHARMING. 

I have to be honest, the main reason I picked this up is the titles alone reminding of my favorite Taylor swift song. I’m a sucker for coming of age novels set at college where the people pleasing girl changing for the better. Get yourself a Milo who reminds you that you don’t need to earn your seat at the table. 😭

Didn’t find this too predicable. Truly loved every character and just loved how this warmed my heart. Can’t wait to read more. 🥹💛

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment

miblette's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

This was the perfect story to read at the end of one year and the beginning of the next! Emma Lord has become an author that I absolutely trust to write a heartwarming, feel-good book. I especially loved the found family friend group in this one. I did predict a lot of the plot twists, but I didn't mind so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent

nicole_zx's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

kassidyreads's review

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident and Cancer

theonlybaillie's review

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I really appreciated the balance of lighthearted-ness and deeper, meaningful conversation in this book. I think the grief element was done beautifully and appropriately for a YA book. The romance was very cute as well! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Car accident

goroskiju's review

hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

I may need a little more time to figure out why this book wasn't quite a 4 for me. 

The story was cute and I liked the characters. I felt Andie had some great personal growth. I loved seeing the representation of bi/lesbian characters. I had suspicions what the major conflict would be pretty early on. The romance was somewhat slow (maybe I've been reading too much adult romance/ smut). But it was otherwise a cozy quick read.

I think my biggest annoyance was Andie's need to literally try and fix everyone's problems. Also her weird aversion to curse words, replacing them with food items. It wasn't cute... just annoying to me. Especially since shit and fuck were both used elsewhere. Also Andie was basically raised by snarky grannies who I promise swore. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Grief, Cancer, Infidelity, and Death of parent

themisscaitlin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, and Car accident