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Siedem dni w czerwcu by Tia Williams

53 reviews

bookrecsbyjess's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

taylorjadey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

From the moment I started this book, I knew I would love it. It just got better and better with each page/minute. (Definitely a good listen if you’re into audiobooks.) Eva is such a relatable character. She’s real. She’s raw. And she’s just  an all-around dope ass Black woman. I think the writing is stellar and there were so many nuggets I wanted to highlight or write down while listening. I was looking for a silky, smutty romance novel when I went to read this, but was  blissfully surprised to find that it was nothing of the such — yet everything I needed and more. It was deep and thought-provoking, and as I mentioned before, so relatable. I think the characters’ stories and arcs were so real that I didn’t necessarily walk away wanting a love like Eva and Shane’s. Instead, I walk away understanding why a love like Eva and Shane’s exists. And why

they’re end game anyways.

If that makes sense. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Self harm

Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism and Injury/Injury detail

lcplynn's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident

_mack_jack_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

this is genuinely one of the best books i have ever read. williams writes about love, sex, general trauma, race, passion for career, the hardships of both motherhood and teenage years, and so much more so impeccably well. there were several moments i had to physically set the book down to take a breath because i was so excited, and other moments where i had to force my eyes to stay on the sentence i was reading instead of skipping ahead to figure out what happens. she captured a stronger glimpse of the human experience than any author i’ve ever read. i’m left in awe of this book and would recommend it to anyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

leonalikesliterature's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was really excited for Seven Days in June, but it ended up just being mid. I thought the characters and the set up was great! I loved the adult romance with realistic stakes and the chemistry was good. The writing was also witty and fun. 

However, there were quite a few issues. The romance felt rushed, especially in the flashbacks (everything happens in 7 days in the past and present, so 14 total) and there was quite a bit of trauma bonding. There is a lot of dialogue and writing choices that are over the top and it made the reading experience very cringey. There’s literally a line in the book, “F@ck me on James Baldwins bed.” Thats what I mean by over the top. In that sense, it was also tactless and would come off as very privileged. Although both main characters grew up poor and struggling, their adult lives are lavish and wealthy and some of the writing came off as insensitive. For example, there’s a line where Eva’s daughter Audre wishes she went to public school instead of private school so she could experience “real oppression.” I’m not sure if that was meant to be intentionally obtuse, but it didn’t come off that way. 

The ending was also underwhelming. There’s also something really traumatic that happens at the ending thats disregarded for the romance so it just seemed really unnecessary. I thought it was obvious they would end up together, but it gets drawn out for like a month, which negates the premise of the book because everything is supposed to have happened within 7 days. 

Overall, the book was just alright, not great. I’m glad I read it but I’m also glad I borrowed my copy from the library. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

emotional funny 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

The writing in this second chance romance is exquisite. I love reading about writers, and this romance is about two writers, so that was perfect. This was a 5 star prediction and I'm so happy that it turned out to be exactly what I wanted. THE CHEMISTRY between these two leads....it was everything. TO ADD ONTO THAT: i loved the representation in here for invisible disabilities / chronic pain. the main character is a migraine sufferer and it impacts her day to day so much and i found that extremely relatable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Slavery, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

cperron's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Self harm, and Suicide

shaipanda's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

As much as I wish it was this was definitely not a 5 star read for me personally 
This book was deeply fucked up and the characters were super flawed but those weren’t even the reason why it wasn’t 5 ⭐️- I mean I fully was not prepared for all of that but that wasn’t even the issue really I don’t think. My issue mainly was because of all of that despite how much I loved the characters and the incredible character work that Tia Williams did, the main couple just seemed toxic and like they probably shouldn’t be together at least not till they got their shit together. That’s all even more true with Eva having a daughter and her being at least somewhat aware of their relationship. However, I do think this book is really really important in a lot of ways and was really really well done which is why I rated it as (relatively) highly as I did. 
Not even when I finished it but as I got towards the end I really could not decide how I feel about this book. I think 4.25 is a pretty good descriptor but I still don’t fully know cause this book gave me such mixed feelings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit

There are many instances of racial slurs, specifically the n word being used in this book but just wanted to give the context of that word only being used by Black people in this book. I feel kinda weird putting it as a content warning because of that context since I don’t think that’s what they mean but just in case, I figured I’d include it cause it is in there

orcarroll's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Child death and Suicide