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livruther 's review for:
Playing for Keeps
by Jennifer Dugan
emotional
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
thanks to netgalley & the publisher for an arc!!!
i thought this was a pretty good book. i liked the start of their romance, and i was especially invested in the second half. i just did not like june as much as i wanted to. i found her to be really selfish, and while she did grow, i just didnt feel like she adequately apologized for or acknowledged the pain she caused. some of the references and phrases that were very modern weren’t my favorite either, because i think they will put too much of a timestamp on the book and make less accessible to readers years in the future.
cw: medical content, cancer, death of a parent, child death, injury/injury detail, grief
i thought this was a pretty good book. i liked the start of their romance, and i was especially invested in the second half. i just did not like june as much as i wanted to. i found her to be really selfish, and while she did grow, i just didnt feel like she adequately apologized for or acknowledged the pain she caused. some of the references and phrases that were very modern weren’t my favorite either, because i think they will put too much of a timestamp on the book and make less accessible to readers years in the future.
cw: medical content, cancer, death of a parent, child death, injury/injury detail, grief
Graphic: Child death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer