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A Gentle Reminder by Bianca Sparacino

laurenrbaldwin's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

2.0

mikathereviewer's review against another edition

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slow-paced

1.0

I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, unless they need constantly a reminder.


All the words repeat itself so often and the topics too. It's all about 'you deserve love', 'you should move on' and 'focus on this and that'. 

The WHOLE book is about romance and heartbreak and how to deal with it, reminding you that you are worth of love and just didn't find the right person.

As someone who isn't heartbroken I definitely didn't need it, but that's not my problem. My problem is just like what I said above; Repetition. It repeats the same 3-4 things again and again. The book could have been way shorter! And anapher is used way too often, meaning sentences start with the same word. Sometimes you get up to 5 pages full of only the same sentence starting word. It's tiresome. 

Also, there are cringy moments like using 'your demons' and being so incompetent and providing false information by saying that the tongue is the strongest muscle in your body. It's a common misconception, which I don't get. It's by the way the chewing muscle at the back of your jaw, called masseter. 

heartbrekkers's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

saeverra's review against another edition

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DNF - could be wonderfully inspiring to certain readers, but not myself (or at least not at this time). There was nothing in this book I hadn't already read elsewhere and preferred. Quite repetitive. 

Side note: borrowed my copy from my local library and someone had annotated all the passages about moving on. I hope you are doing well fellow reader 💞

daisyscotcher123's review against another edition

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4.0

Such lovely short poems. It states what it does in the title, gives you subtle and effective gentle reminders through poetry. Will always go back to this book to read my highlighted poems

jeanm's review against another edition

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3.0

Wow that was a quick read.

hotskitrotsky's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

4.0

I didn’t know I needed this book until I finished it. 

claudiabelcin's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

So this is a book of short essays and quotes encouraging the reader to be brave, to take action and have boundaries mostly. It tends to be repetitive and if you've been on the internet, you've probably heard/read this advice 1000 times before. However, it's written beautifully and I'd personally like to keep a copy on my nightstand for when I feel down and I need a reminder that everything is going to be ok one way or another. 

triviarn's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

alliehaddad's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

5.0