Review by lindentea - Seven Days in June

lindentea 's review for:

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

3.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-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

You guys should be so proud of me for not bawling my eyes out at a SECOND CHANCE romance between two people who feel unloveable?? hello?? slay writing slay chemistry, i didn't think we needed the epilogue bc i liked where we had ended before it BUT obviously it was necessary for the genre.

however i def did have some problems (tws for

drug & alc abuse, gun violence, death):

everyone hyped this up as like a book full of joy and love and like yes it definitely was! but the flashbacks literally had every trigger under the sun in them, to the point where the tone shift between was SO jarring??
on that note: i feel like what hurt the second chance aspect of the book a bit was that like... the first chance was quite literally just one crazy trip? the drug and alc abuse etc? listen im not like oh stay dry dont have fun but they did every drug under the sun, carved each other's initials on their arms with a knife, and she OD'ed?? sorry but thats not romantic to me thats FUCKED. idk man when i read "they spent one crazy torrid week madly in love as teenagers" in MY head im like oh they were hanging out every day obsessed with each other being silly goofy teenagers, not a weeklong euphoria party/breakdown but thats on me ig
a 13 year old did not need to DIE for the THIRD ACT CONFLICT?? HELLO?? and in the epilogue she was still like "oh idk if i can trust him not to leave again" girliepop maybe his former student age 13 bleeding out in a hospital without family or anybody else to see him is more important than him missing brunch with you. like im so so sorry but he is valid for that