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theabee's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Suicide
historyoftape's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
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
3.75
Reading this was like wiping down a fogged-up window, more and more darkness and chaos being revealed outside, making the light and warmth of the inside all the more noticable. The more I learned about her grandfather the less I liked him, the more I learned about her the more I just wanted her to be able to heal. And that is what I really liked here- is being able to grow with the MC, and feel with her not just for her.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Suicide, and Terminal illness
ouroboros_00's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Heartbreaking and beautifully written. Manages to capture and distill the feelings of different types of grief and loss with incredible economy. Grief of losing people to death, to growing up, to secrets. Grief of losing yourself as you change. Despite writing a very specific story, LaCour's evocative language managed to dust off and rip open the boxes storing my own grief and loneliness.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide
clementine9's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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
4.5
It's the sort of book that holds your heart in its hands and tells you it's okay to be sad, or lonely, or heartbroken, and that there is healing in friendship and love and found family.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, and Mental illness
garfield_eats's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Suicide
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
jellyfishleila's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
arrrtee's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide
chelle22's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
sad
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, Sexual content, and Alcohol
chronicloser's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
so, so beautiful. so poignant. it was everything I needed it to be and more. grief is entirely complicated, and instead of trying to untangle it, lacour let it be. she let it exist within marin - eat at her from the inside, kick her in the shins, erase the good, highlight the good, erase the good again. she let it do all of the things that grief does, no holding back, but had it coexist right next to the love we forget we have while going through such an inevitably difficult emotion. the love we don’t pick up until it’s finally right there, being rubbed in our faces, almost to a point where it simultaneously feels like too much and not enough. I feel for marin, I am marin, and I love this book beyond words
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol
countmytime's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Mental illness