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zerkleoflife's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
3.5
It’s repetitive, but the author is a great story-teller
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Infertility, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria
kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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
5.0
This book tells the story of a couple broken by the choices they’ve made — Birdie always putting her family’s needs above her own and Jack always putting his own needs before his family’s. Both have to learn to live and love again in order to keep their family together and live the lives they are meant to live. The story-telling is beautiful, the characters are real, and the story is the story of hundreds of middle-aged husbands and wives.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism