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A review by zuzie
The Ones We Remember by Katie Golightly
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
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? It's complicated
5.0
At first, I thought that this would not be an easy read for me as I am a mom of a boy with autism myself and have to deal with many difficult things daily, I even thought for a second in the beginning that I would not finish the book because it might be a little triggering for me, but eventually, I decided to give it a chance, which was eventually very good choice.
I feel like everyone must fall in love with Colin straight away and that it must have been extremely hard to write a character like this, lovable yet a little bit different from all of us.
Both main characters are amazing, even though I mostly enjoyed the "before" parts where they were just starting to get to know each other and building their relationship. Along with this little love story, we can also see how they are trying to handle Colin's autism and the past traumas that they both had.
I felt like this story was a mix of two books. One was the cute romance where you can see a lot of spicy scenes (I loved them, they were written so differently and looked so real. Especially when all I read until now was simultaneous orga*m* and couples that work together so well from the first time, which I kinda like of course, but this was a very nice change. These scenes were brilliantly written, also the part when Scarlett got her period, yes please, the period pain is real!).
The second book was not easy to read and I am sure it was not easy to write as there are so many painful moments that our characters had to go through and we can see how they are trying to live with all the pain and deal with traumas that came to their life.
I like the mix of these two and I am glad, that the book is longer than usual contemporary romances these days because I can't imagine how would the author write about all those things in just a couple of pages. And right now as I am writing this, I am rethinking how good this book is and that I should change those 4 stars to 5.
If you are looking for not very typical romance where you will feel all the emotions this is definitely a good pick. I didn't read anything like this before but I liked this book and I am going to check the author's GR profile right now to check her other books because I need more.
I feel like everyone must fall in love with Colin straight away and that it must have been extremely hard to write a character like this, lovable yet a little bit different from all of us.
Both main characters are amazing, even though I mostly enjoyed the "before" parts where they were just starting to get to know each other and building their relationship. Along with this little love story, we can also see how they are trying to handle Colin's autism and the past traumas that they both had.
I felt like this story was a mix of two books. One was the cute romance where you can see a lot of spicy scenes (I loved them, they were written so differently and looked so real. Especially when all I read until now was simultaneous orga*m* and couples that work together so well from the first time, which I kinda like of course, but this was a very nice change. These scenes were brilliantly written, also the part when Scarlett got her period, yes please, the period pain is real!).
The second book was not easy to read and I am sure it was not easy to write as there are so many painful moments that our characters had to go through and we can see how they are trying to live with all the pain and deal with traumas that came to their life.
I like the mix of these two and I am glad, that the book is longer than usual contemporary romances these days because I can't imagine how would the author write about all those things in just a couple of pages. And right now as I am writing this, I am rethinking how good this book is and that I should change those 4 stars to 5.
If you are looking for not very typical romance where you will feel all the emotions this is definitely a good pick. I didn't read anything like this before but I liked this book and I am going to check the author's GR profile right now to check her other books because I need more.