Name: If he had been with me
Rating: 3.682795698924731 (93 reviews)

Laura Nowlin

If he had been with me 

Alesha Clifford

If he had been with me, everything would have been different.

surtified™

Omg that opening line. How does one come up with opening lines that are this good cause I need to know ASAP.

I wasn't with Finny on that August night, but my imagination has burned the scene in my mind so that it feels like a memory.

"Autumn, why are you wearing a Jimmy Carter campaign shirt?" she asks.

"I dunno," I say. "Why is your son wearing green socks?"

Sarahi Alvarez

And I love him. For all of my memory, I have loved him; I do not even notice it anymore. I feel what I have always felt when I look at him, and I have never before asked myself what it is exactly. I love him in a way I cannot define, as if my love were an organ within my body that I could not live without yet could not pick out of an anatomy book.

Imagine being the woman he picked to join him here. Having a gentale man like this one choose you to be a part of his private, in- sular world. To be as special as each thing he carefully surrounded himself with. How lucky that woman would be. 

"Un hombre que puede mantener viva una planta tiene la pacien- cia de aguantar tus mierdas. It means A man who can keep a plant alive has the patience to put up with your shit. e"Ta

She shook her head. Jacob. Have you ever heard the saying that if you're with someone who doesn't speak your language, you'll spend a lifetime having to translate your soul? Amy never spoke your language. Thar's all. Nothing wrong with either of you, just two different people. That's how I can tell Brianas different. She understands you, even when you don't say anything at all."

Nice to see this is the expection of most Hispanic moms take care of your man!!! Serve him a plate 😂

“Also, I'm going to have to serve you your food tonight, or my mom is going to think I'm mistreating you."

Lindsey Barnett

I hate him for not truly knowing me deep down inside, and at the end of our dates, I cling to his coat and beg him to never leave me. 

People forget September is actually a summer month.

“We were sledding. Jamie hit me—” I say. “What?” Finny says. He doesn’t shout it. He doesn’t need to. His narrowed eyes are enough to make me stumble over my words.

Finny suddenly pushes his way closer to me. “Are you dizzy?” he asks. “Blurred vision? Seeing spots?” I shake my head to all. “Can you follow my finger?” He drags his index finger back and forth in front of my face. I tear my eyes from his to obey his request. He nods. “Okay,” he says, “and you’re not confused? You know who everybody is?”

Daisy Barker

Stay. I whisper to him. Stay in the car. Stay in this moment. But, if course, he never does

I thought that when you were in love, it would always be right there, staring you in the face, reminding you every moment that you love this person. It seems that it isn’t always like that. Sometimes I know that I love Jamie, but I don’t feel it, and I wonder what it would be like to be with someone else.

I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial.



took a bit to get started, but once the story rly got started I couldn't put the book down. R.I.P Finny

maci

I loved this book- really want it to become a movie, I love them and their parents, so sad ending though, literally written so beautifly and the plot is so well thought out.

shelfordzo

the flow of the story was different from what i expected before reading this book, it was the opposite (well, except that he literally d!3d 😔). i like their friendship (really highschool dramas) and how finny cares about autumn. but i just hated the fact that she's lowkey cheating (being in love with someone while she's in a relationship???), but i won't protect jamie here tho (he's a real bastard, manipulative and gaslighting jerk!). i felt bad for finn and autumn's relationship, they would've had a happy ending.

stephie

Fiona

Charlotte 

I don’t know. I kept thinking there would be more emotion the next chapter and nothing really happened 

taci

Felt it was a bit repetitive throughout her hs years. But it wasn’t too bad of a read

drewbee🐝🍯✨

Keila Rico 

It felt like I was reading a bunch of journal entries but most of them had no correlation to each other. Like yes there was a story line but for me personally it felt like there was no order of events (the events didn’t add up chronologically) The plot was just not plotting enough for me. Towards the end of the book it did get a bit better until the very end

Farzana 

I loved the book but was so disappointed with the ending. It felt so abrupt for some reason. And the fact that they almost had it but all of the sudden, he.. dude.. it was truly gut wrenching. I knew it was coming but, i kinda hoped they would get more time together.. i wanted to see them as a couple. It absolutely felt so extremely incomplete, i wish the author could’ve done so much more LIKE there’s no way that will happen after “THEY” finally happened. 

 Also, i just love when the fmc is a bookworm. 

I loved the book but was so disappointed with the ending. It felt so abrupt for some reason. And the fact that they almost had it but all of the sudden, he.. dude.. it was truly gut wrenching. I knew it was coming but, i kinda hoped they would get more time together.. i wanted to see them as a couple. It absolutely felt so extremely incomplete, i wish the author could’ve done so much more LIKE there’s no way that will happen after “THEY” finally happened. 

 Also, i just love when the fmc is a bookworm. 

To be fair, I did just skim read this book whilst reading, and I also read it online, so it probably made me not enjoy it as much. It's a whatever book, didn't really feel sad, or feel anything while reading. Meh. 

Slow burn tragic romance of friends to lovers 

Zoey Novak

The story line of this book was good and the ending was so heartbreaking. But overall this book was so hard for me to get into, I almost considered DNFing it, glad i didn’t bc the ending made up for it. 

ava<3

Too spicy and the ending was a tad confusing. Very well written and good emotional character building.

Camron Swartzendruber

That ending made the struggle in the beginning worth it. 

Nena

Pretty quick ending, the end of the book happens in ten pages. 

Ashley Bray

It was cute and it made me very emotional at the end. 

Marisol Rodriguez

Kayla Lee 

WA FUCK SRSLY THIS BOOK RLY DAMN CUI FUCK U BOOKTOK

clerm

This is in my top 5 books I’ve read. It’s the only book that’s made me cry. I can’t wait to read Fin’s perspective 

Edna Aviles

Ugh I really wanted to love this book because I found the elements of growing up going to high school trying to navigate dating and love so relatable. However, the ending was so unsettling to me. It was supposed to be a heart wrencher but I found myself saying “this is so stupid” repeatedly. 

Bailey Dunn

Knew it was coming but still cried. Easy to read.

Benjamin Zhuo

omg, this book has destroyed me 😫 I loved every minute of it. Justice for finny 

Katie Roberts

Honestly this book was really disappointing. People overhyped it a ton. It was really boring until you were like 280 pages which should not be the case for a book. Also extremely rushed at the end. I just didn’t really like it. There are plenty of better, far more heartbreaking books out there.

If he had been with me

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