Only a Goodreads review because I have little time for full ones at the moment:

This book is heavy. REALLY heavy. That's honestly the main reason for the four star rating because it had some topics that are...triggering for me and like the idiot I am, I ignored them, thinking, "nah, it won't be that bad!" It's bad. Massive trigger warnings for suicide and self-harm. I think if I read this when I was in a better headspace, it would have been okay, but at the same time, while realistic, I don't think there's a reason for a book to be this dark.

Besides that though, my other main issue was that I didn't completely understand the alien part and it was never truly explained. The ending felt both open and incomplete. I wanted more and not necessarily in a good way. I love open endings as much as the next person, but this was more than open; it was lacking.

As for the things I loved though, well, the important conversations about love and relationships and mental health. It's an incredibly important book if you're in the right headspace for it. The characters felt real and raw, like I could touch them. While I didn't completely mesh with the writing initially, the writing felt incredibly right for the story.

And wow, this is more the length of a full review, whoops. We're done here.

-Book Hugger

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