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Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh

147 reviews

wanderinghappygal's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

alexandra_76's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

peeshy's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Murder

sillek99's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment

angelxread's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Much better than the 1st in my opinion, but still not sensationally great due to it bring hard to pick up.

The fire? Shannons mum COUGHING to let them out!? Sean being drenched in Whiskey?

I love at the ending wuth Joey and Tadgh going to Tommen though! <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape

chelselizapnw's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent

laylaliest's review against another edition

5.0

emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

jokf's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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okay sooo,, my main issues with this book are the exact same as the first one, so i wont go too into detail, but specificaly the length of this book was killing me. 800 pages?!?! for what?!?! it could easily have been half the length, and i feel like the last few chapters were a little rushed, but still cute ig?😝 
but anyway, my favorite part of this series is definetly the characters (truly what is the plot??? also

why tf did johnnys parents adopt them, like sure cute ig, but really???

), but i feel like we left on such a weird note with Lizzie and Gibsie?? like wtf was that about?? problem is i have to read 2000 fucking pages to find out😠. BUT!!! shannons character development omg🥲 shes like the sweetest sweetheart ever and i LOVED to see her heal!! (

but i wish they wouldve gotten out sooner so we could see more of happy her

, and i really appreciate that they gave her space to do that. i often feel like authors cant develop their characters well, when theyre getting over something traumatic, because it can be difficult to see who the character is, if not their trauma and issues. luckily i feel like the author did her character justice!🙃 also in the first book i HATED how they adressed body image etc. but i feel like they did a way better job in this book, highlighting that shannons situation wasnt healthy. i lovee that shannons weightgain is seen as positive by everyone, and that the author let her do that, even though her size had been made such a big deal throughout the first book!

edit: been a few days, but i had to come back and add this becauseeeee,

i cant stop thinking about that fucking funeral. WHAT WAS THAT?!? like im actually wondering if the author has ever been to one??? like wdym you ask this rando, MID FUNERAL mind you, to CARRY YOUR MOMS CASKET??? like joey barely knew gibsie, and what was with the silly nickname, like time and place??? its actually pissing me off soooo bad, like didnt joey have any friends?? also are women just not aloud to carry caskets in ireland?? WHAT IS GOING ON?!? WHY IS FEELY SINGING??? FEELY OF ALL PEOPLE???????? this is so stupid i dont think ill ever get over it😠

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders

abbysingh's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gaslighting

dunndiggity's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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There was a lot of heartache in this one for me. I didn’t  think that Chloe Walsh would be able to keep me invested in Shannon and Johnny for *another* 600+ page book, but here we are and she kept my ADHD brain engaged. 

PS- I would have loved to get more Johnny and Sean. But that might just be me ovulating…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism