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supermormongirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Cursing, Misogyny, and Murder
classical_learner's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
(Don’t worry, those all make sense.)
An Ode to Death, quite simply. Sure, this is labeled a romance, but this was far more a free therapy session on the beauty of life and hope beyond it. Made my heart sing, made me feel so full, and made me feel that much more healed. Ashley Poston did it again. I can easily see myself rereading this in the future to cope with a loss! (Forewarning: one scene is unnecessarily sexual but easily skipped.)
“For what is grief, but love persevering?”
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Cursing
heytaytayhey's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Grief and Cursing
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, and Death
mi_chlo's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Car accident, Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
tabea1409's review
- 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
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Death
Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Sexual content, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Murder and Child death
emilywemily6's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident and Medical content
gabichatslit's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Florence and Benji’s love story was so unique and one of a kind. Tender, and layered and the way they truly saw one another, unlike anything else.
“What is grief if not love persevering?” This book was a very beautiful and interesting look at grief and love and the way it persists and manifests in places we least expect it. Flo is dealing with a lot in her life when she loses her dad and is forced to confront the hurt and pain of everything during a time where she’d rather compartmentalize and focus on one thing at a time. Then Ben shows up and it’s like another thing she has to deal with. But in the week they spend together Ben allows her a safe place to land, where she can be herself and show up unabashedly and without shame. And I think their situation allowed Ben to show up fully as himself as well and to put his anxiety down for a little while.
Also Ben was just swoon worthy. Like up there with one of my favorite MMC’s of all time. I am a fan.
AND I’m so glad she got to deck Lee’s b*tch ass.
I cried so many times while reading but it was truly phenomenal. I didn’t want to leave/say goodbye to these two AT. ALL. I want endless bonus epilogues about their adventures and little miss from the epilogue too. These characters have really left their mark on me and I’m so glad I picked this book up.
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Sexual content
lizzye33's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Cursing, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, and Toxic relationship
sarahreadsromance's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Cursing, Child death, Death of parent, and Death
annamorgan27's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Death, Grief, Cursing, Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent