If Only I Had Told Her

I liked this one better than the first. It would have been interesting to read Sylvie’s pov as well

Meh. Only cared about Finn and Jack’s POV. Autumn’s felt bleh. Would’ve loved a Sylvia POV too

This book was honestly just beautiful yet sad to read. Made me sad to see their grieving process and how they eventually come to acceptance with their loss.

I really enjoyed reading Finn’s perspective even tho it seemed very repetitive all of his POV. I honestly wished we would’ve seen a bit more of his perspective in the main book, nonetheless glad the author decided to make another for us to see his side.

cried

Honestly I expected a lot more. I feel like this was such a great opportunity to write a devastatingly sad book but was unfortunately missed. After reading the first book I really felt like the second one was completely unnecessary. It felt very forced to me. I expected to read about Autumn's grieving and dealing with life after Finny. I fell in love with Finny in the first book and wanted to get my heart broken in this second one. Unfortunately I i didn't even cry. Also, when it comes to Jack, I just couldn't bring myself to care about him. At all. He seemed so shallow and devoid of a personality. Also he just randomly popped here and there in the story without contributing to it at all. Overall, it's not the worst but definitely not the best book either. Stop at the first book, this one won't give you anything the first one didn't. On the contrary, it will only disappoint you.

This book & the first one have been the only two books to make me cry. I love the storytelling.

ehhhh. it was a cute idea but definitely underwhelming

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I loved seeing how everyone was able to move on from Finny but at the same time still keeping him in their hearts.

I’m in awe of a love that was discovered so late

“My love for her is the closest thing I have to religion” - Finny. I cannot express how much this book has changed my perspective about not only love but seizing the moment. A love like Finny and Autumn is the kind of love where their souls were made for each other. Just like Finny said, their souls are one and the same. Reading in Finny’s perspective was so eye opening to his adoration for Autumn. He always thought of her that way, he never stopped loving her when they were kids. I was never ready to let go of Finny & still not. It genuinely feels like I too am grieving with these characters. Jack’s POV broke my heart, losing a best friend & his college experience changing so rapidly. I could never handle what these characters are going through. Moral of the story: Always carry the love around you, do what you’re made to do & live in the moment. You never know when it’s your last.

This was so good!! It kind of felt like it picked up right where the previous book left off so imo it’s one big book separated into two parts. And since I feel it was one big book, it deserves five stars just like If He Had Been With Me.

The ending felt incomplete and rushed, I loved reading the POV of other characters but wished for more at the conclusion.

Wished I could’ve heard more from Finny’s perspective. He seemed a little one dimensional from what was given in his pov.

It was so sad. So nice to hear other people’s POV. I now love Sylvie ahha

✨I go back upstairs and pick up my book. I'm not the voracious reader that Autumn is, but I almost always have a book I'm reading, slowly and steadily.

Autumn, though, I've seen her finish a novel, pause staring off into space for a minute like she's receiving instructions, and then open another book. It's as if her job is to read and she's behind on her quota.

✨That's what you were to him." I'm sniffling, but I need to finish.

"You were the biggest, most impossible dream for him."

✨"Someday; Brett says, "yo"ll think of Finn, and it won't hurt. Its not that the hurt ever goes away. You saw me today. But sometimes?

Sometimes when I remember Todd, I'm just happy that I got to be his brother. Someday you'll have that with Finn. I know it."

✨"There're always things that we could have done differently. What matters is what we do now."

✨Even if I don't have Finny to tell me I look beautiful, I can tell myself for him.

✨"I mean, I am inserting this fight they're having about the dance," I explain to her, "except it doesn't feel natural, 💞little beloved💞."

✨I know that there will be days when it feels like there won't be a future.

But for today, I can feel how Finny is still with me.