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Birthday by Meredith Russo

20 reviews

chris_reads's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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ttthetincan's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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alfiyah's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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itshardizzy's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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maikendignes's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

I know some people are criticizing this book for having such a “dream like” ending and for having Eric respond in the positive way he did, but personally that’s just what I need to read sometimes. And people seem to forget that the first four years of the book wasn’t very dream like at all for Morgan.
over all a new favorite of mine!
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am_brooker's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Russo commands her readers to listen, and demands them to feel. This book, like IIWYG, wrecked me. It's an absolutely heartwrenching story, and Russo tells it with a real and raw narrative.
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reading_rainbows's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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alexjreads's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.0

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zorii's review against another edition

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emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautiful book. Amazing. Made me cry twice. A great love story about two friends growing up and falling in love.
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merlesstorys's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

I was sobbing throughout this whole book.
It delivered the emotions so perfectly to my heart that I just couldn’t stop. 

Russo‘s writing style is amazing. She brought so much life into these characters, even though you only read parts of their years instead of a continuing observation. This way, the book was quite short, but it was perfect.

Eric and Morgan are also just such a dream-team of a friends-to-lovers plot. They support each other, no matter how hard, and really are there for each other (in the end). 

To be honest, I wasn’t able to read every page - I skipped through them so that I wouldn’t reach a complete mental breakdown. 
But nevertheless, I recommend it more than anything to everybody (especially those, who need some sad-happy character development)!
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