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Niektoré lásky a chyby nás môžu poznačiť navždy. Niektoré lásky a chyby nás môžu poznačiť navždy. Ellis nemala ľahké detstvo - matka alkoholička o ňu nikdy nejavila záujem a otec každú chvíľu skončil vo väzení. Našťastie spoznala Eastona Albreyho a on a jeho harmonická rodina sa na dlhé roky stali pre ňu útočiskom. Ellis tak získala hneď niekoľko adoptívnych bratov. Ibaže v istom momente si musela priznať, že k svojmu najlepšiemu kamarátovi Eastonovi cíti niečo celkom iné ako sesterskú náklonnosť... A potom jedno neuvážené rozhodnutie navždy poznačilo Ellisin život aj jej vzťah s Eastonom a donútilo ju odsťahovať sa ďaleko od jediného domova, ktorý kedy poznala. Ellis má teraz sedemnásť, končí strednú školu a už je to rok, čo so svojím najlepším kamarátom z detstva neprehovorila ani slovo. Možno je to tak lepšie. Možno práve takto sa zacelí diera, čo jej ostala v srdci po Eastonovi. Pozvánka na rodinnú oslavu však znovu otvorí staré rany. Nájde Ellis odvahu vrátiť sa do rodného mesta a čeliť komplikovaným vzťahom - a najmä vlastnému hnevu, pocitu zrady a chlapcovi, ktorého nikdy neprestala ľúbiť?
336 pages, Paperback
First published May 10, 2022
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Kristin Dwyer
3 books806 followersKristin Dwyer grew up under the California sun and still prays every day for a cloudy sky. When she’s not writing books about people kissing, she and her spouse can be found encouraging their four mischief makers to get into trouble. Kristin is a part-time hair model and wants you to know she is full-time TSA PRECHECK, and one time a credible news outlet asked for her opinion on K-pop (it was the best day of her life). Please do not talk to her about your fandom, she will try to join.
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November 8, 2021
Wow. This hurt.
This book made me feel sixteen again, with all the pain of a teenage broken heart to go with it. And Dwyer has really perfected what I can only call "sad sexy".
I shut myself away with this book whenever I could this weekend, in a little bubble of hurt and anxiety. It's been a long time since a book made me feel like this. It made me recall early Gayle Forman books like Where She Went, and Melina Marchetta. I don't mean it's stylistically similar, just that it made me feel raw in the same way.
It's hardest to write reviews about books that got to me the way this one did. Themes of social class, family (both the ones life hands you and the ones you make), self-determination, addiction, mental health and self-destructive coping strategies all encircle the relationship at the centre of this story. Every single character in this book matters, feels alive and important, and I will miss them all.
Ellis has been going around to the warm, messy love of the Albrey's house since she was eleven years old. Over the years, it's become a haven to escape from her own parents, who struggle with addiction, amongst other things. Sandry and Ben became a kind of mother and father to her. Tucker and Dixon became the silly, teasing lovable brothers she never had. And then there's Easton.
The story begins in the now and alternates between the past and present, leading up to the circumstances that left Ellis feeling shattered. And me. I felt shattered too.
Thankfully we have the wonderful Albrey family, especially Tucker, to add some light and humour to this heart-shredding book. It needs it. The relationship between Ellis and Easton is definitely not the only source of heartache in this book. It's also about caring for someone who lets you down again and again.
But, most of all, this book really captures the pain and passion of first love in a visceral way. I pined, I cried, I felt green with envy on Ellis's behalf. I wanted so so badly for things to be okay in the end.
Read it if you enjoy books that destroy you.
This book made me feel sixteen again, with all the pain of a teenage broken heart to go with it. And Dwyer has really perfected what I can only call "sad sexy".
I shut myself away with this book whenever I could this weekend, in a little bubble of hurt and anxiety. It's been a long time since a book made me feel like this. It made me recall early Gayle Forman books like Where She Went, and Melina Marchetta. I don't mean it's stylistically similar, just that it made me feel raw in the same way.
It's hardest to write reviews about books that got to me the way this one did. Themes of social class, family (both the ones life hands you and the ones you make), self-determination, addiction, mental health and self-destructive coping strategies all encircle the relationship at the centre of this story. Every single character in this book matters, feels alive and important, and I will miss them all.
Ellis has been going around to the warm, messy love of the Albrey's house since she was eleven years old. Over the years, it's become a haven to escape from her own parents, who struggle with addiction, amongst other things. Sandry and Ben became a kind of mother and father to her. Tucker and Dixon became the silly, teasing lovable brothers she never had. And then there's Easton.
The story begins in the now and alternates between the past and present, leading up to the circumstances that left Ellis feeling shattered. And me. I felt shattered too.
Thankfully we have the wonderful Albrey family, especially Tucker, to add some light and humour to this heart-shredding book. It needs it. The relationship between Ellis and Easton is definitely not the only source of heartache in this book. It's also about caring for someone who lets you down again and again.
My dad is not a bad man. Not always, at least. He’s just the kind of broken that stabs and cuts anything that tries to hold it.
But, most of all, this book really captures the pain and passion of first love in a visceral way. I pined, I cried, I felt green with envy on Ellis's behalf. I wanted so so badly for things to be okay in the end.
Read it if you enjoy books that destroy you.
July 20, 2022
no mistakes were made in the telling of this story.
its flawless in a “makes you suffer, but youre happy about it” kind of way.
and this completely wrecked me. who knew a heart could feel so much?
ugh. im so obsessed.
honestly, if this is how KD writes her debuts, my emotions wont be able to handle her next book.
↠ 5 stars
its flawless in a “makes you suffer, but youre happy about it” kind of way.
and this completely wrecked me. who knew a heart could feel so much?
ugh. im so obsessed.
honestly, if this is how KD writes her debuts, my emotions wont be able to handle her next book.
↠ 5 stars
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March 22, 2025Pretty cool novel. Completely unobjective review.
Come for kissing. Stay for the hope that there will actually be kissing.
Come for kissing. Stay for the hope that there will actually be kissing.
May 5, 2022
I wanted to like this book but the MC is such a whiny, entitled, hypocritical complainer I couldn't. she even gets mad that her teachers are proud when she got into university because she did it "alone" like she didn't go to school and get taught. it's frankly pathetic. and everything is a "betrayal". EVERYTHING. I was waiting to find out what this big betrayal was and its such a damp squib its pathetic. Ellis was a toxic person who treated everyone around her like garbage and when they didn't make her the centre of their universe its a betrayal and the worst thing that ever ever ever happened and they're the worstest of the worst and can burn in hell.
I finished this out of spite
I finished this out of spite
January 26, 2023
“When did we get here? At this place of tallied wrongs and rights. This place where we speak the same language but cannot understand each other's words.”
this book certainly made me feel things.
What was kind of sad was that I found some of it relatable, like some things going on in Ellis's mind reminded me of my overthinking and anxiety when it comes to certain things so I liked seeing that represented on the page.
Going into this, I'd heard that it was like a sad love story, and it definitely was.
The Plot
I loved that this had some air of suspense in it as we tried to figure out what caused Ellis and Easton to fall out and that also made me like the past and present story lines.
The story line was fairly simple, though I loved reading about the family relationships and what was happening, and it made me cry actually, because it was just so sad. The story was greatly told about losing a great love and an even greater friendship and it was emotional to read about what was going on in Ellis's head.
I was actually appalled when I read about some of the things Ellis's parents did, specifically her mom but also what her dad did, which caused all the falling out.
I also liked that the plot was pretty fast, like it didn't take long for her to get to the Albreys' house and I honestly was never bored.
“Because I'd hoped you would still love me. Because I'd hoped that I could stop loving you.”
The Characters
The characters in this weren't the most likable, except for Dixon and Tucker, both of whom I actually really liked.
Ellis was pretty annoying, and I tried not to hate her because of everything she was going through and that was also affecting how she acted, but I couldn't help it sometimes. She made some stupid decisions and was rude to some people at times and could be very rash, but luckily her personality didn't take away any of my love for this book.
I also didn't like Easton either, mainly because of his personality because I'm the exact opposite of him and he seemed to not care at times and he could also be VERY annoying, even more so than Ellis. My brain's blanking on anything else but I know there's more 🤪
“But because I'm not going to live my life just surviving, no matter how bad it is.”
wish I had this mentality
The Romance/Relationships
The romance in this book was extremely complicated and that's why I liked it. Ellis and Easton had so many fallouts and then came back together and then fell out and then came back together because so much was going on in their lives, trying to resolve/ignore what had happened in the past and I loved reading about it, no matter how emotional it made me because it was just so captivating.
I also loved the family relationships in this one, the Albreys all were great and blended well together, their multiple different personalities balancing everyone out. I always love family dynamics in books.
“But in the end, I can't escape who I am and I will only disappoint myself.”
I relate to this WAY too much
So yeah, I was a little hesitant when I first started this book because I didn't really seem in the mood for a contemporary, especially a heavy one, but I'm actually really glad I read this, because it just made me think a lot.
4.5 stars
“You can be a hundred different things in the same second. I'll still be here.”
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well, i was right when i said that this would break my heart
rtc
this book certainly made me feel things.
What was kind of sad was that I found some of it relatable, like some things going on in Ellis's mind reminded me of my overthinking and anxiety when it comes to certain things so I liked seeing that represented on the page.
Going into this, I'd heard that it was like a sad love story, and it definitely was.
The Plot
I loved that this had some air of suspense in it as we tried to figure out what caused Ellis and Easton to fall out and that also made me like the past and present story lines.
The story line was fairly simple, though I loved reading about the family relationships and what was happening, and it made me cry actually, because it was just so sad. The story was greatly told about losing a great love and an even greater friendship and it was emotional to read about what was going on in Ellis's head.
I was actually appalled when I read about some of the things Ellis's parents did, specifically her mom but also what her dad did, which caused all the falling out.
I also liked that the plot was pretty fast, like it didn't take long for her to get to the Albreys' house and I honestly was never bored.
“Because I'd hoped you would still love me. Because I'd hoped that I could stop loving you.”
The Characters
The characters in this weren't the most likable, except for Dixon and Tucker, both of whom I actually really liked.
Ellis was pretty annoying, and I tried not to hate her because of everything she was going through and that was also affecting how she acted, but I couldn't help it sometimes. She made some stupid decisions and was rude to some people at times and could be very rash, but luckily her personality didn't take away any of my love for this book.
I also didn't like Easton either, mainly because of his personality because I'm the exact opposite of him and he seemed to not care at times and he could also be VERY annoying, even more so than Ellis. My brain's blanking on anything else but I know there's more 🤪
“But because I'm not going to live my life just surviving, no matter how bad it is.”
wish I had this mentality
The Romance/Relationships
The romance in this book was extremely complicated and that's why I liked it. Ellis and Easton had so many fallouts and then came back together and then fell out and then came back together because so much was going on in their lives, trying to resolve/ignore what had happened in the past and I loved reading about it, no matter how emotional it made me because it was just so captivating.
I also loved the family relationships in this one, the Albreys all were great and blended well together, their multiple different personalities balancing everyone out. I always love family dynamics in books.
“But in the end, I can't escape who I am and I will only disappoint myself.”
I relate to this WAY too much
So yeah, I was a little hesitant when I first started this book because I didn't really seem in the mood for a contemporary, especially a heavy one, but I'm actually really glad I read this, because it just made me think a lot.
4.5 stars
“You can be a hundred different things in the same second. I'll still be here.”
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well, i was right when i said that this would break my heart
rtc
May 21, 2021
UPDATE:
Official blurb: "Heartbreaking, poignant, and easily one of my favorite books ever. Kristin Dwyer has one of the most authentic YA voices I’ve ever read. Her characters feel alive enough to walk off the pages, full of vulnerability and raw emotion that completely consumed me and had me crying all over the pages. This book is something truly special. It’s been a long time since I’ve read something that made me feel this way. "
LITERALLY MY FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY BOOK EVER!! This was so good? The way Dwyer writes characters makes them feel so ridiculously real. I felt like I was living in this book when I was reading it.
Official blurb: "Heartbreaking, poignant, and easily one of my favorite books ever. Kristin Dwyer has one of the most authentic YA voices I’ve ever read. Her characters feel alive enough to walk off the pages, full of vulnerability and raw emotion that completely consumed me and had me crying all over the pages. This book is something truly special. It’s been a long time since I’ve read something that made me feel this way. "
LITERALLY MY FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY BOOK EVER!! This was so good? The way Dwyer writes characters makes them feel so ridiculously real. I felt like I was living in this book when I was reading it.
March 31, 2021
A deeply human story of first love, found family, and the heartbreak of losing them both. With vulnerable prose that is at turns achingly tender and others hilarious, readers will laugh through their tears. SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE is a profoundly honest exploration of identity, friendship and learning to let go. This is the kind of book you return to again and again.
July 26, 2022
Some mistakes were made when I decided to read this book.
July 31, 2022
3.25/5
To taka lepsza Sally Rooney — dla młodzieży. Wiele razy frustrowałam się i irytowałam, ale później przychodziła refleksja. To są młodzi, zagubieni ludzie, jednego z nich życie nie oszczędzało. Jak mieli nauczyć się podejmować inne decyzje, nie popełniać błędów własnych rodziców?
Ostrzegam, dużo tam niedopowiedzeń, a główna bohaterka przeokropnie denerwuje… ale w pewnym momencie zaczynamy ją trochę rozumieć.
I to mi wystarczy.
To taka lepsza Sally Rooney — dla młodzieży. Wiele razy frustrowałam się i irytowałam, ale później przychodziła refleksja. To są młodzi, zagubieni ludzie, jednego z nich życie nie oszczędzało. Jak mieli nauczyć się podejmować inne decyzje, nie popełniać błędów własnych rodziców?
Ostrzegam, dużo tam niedopowiedzeń, a główna bohaterka przeokropnie denerwuje… ale w pewnym momencie zaczynamy ją trochę rozumieć.
I to mi wystarczy.
August 1, 2022
“When did we get here? At this place of tallied wrongs and rights. This place where we speak the same language but cannot understand each other’s words.”Some Mistakes Were Made is a beautifully written, but very frustrating, debut. Structured differently, it could have been an incredibly moving and provocative story; unfortunately, it wasn’t.
When Ellis and Easton met when they were eleven years old, they instantly became inseparable. By seventeen, they’re in love. By eighteen, they refuse to speak to one another. What happened between them? And can their bond be repaired?
The novel is told from Ellis’s point of view, and that’s part of the reason why it felt a bit underwhelming. This is a book that would have strongly benefitted from being written from dual points-of-view. Hearing from both Ellis and Easton would help make the story feel more balanced. Without Easton’s perspective, everything feels very one-sided.
There are also times when Ellis felt very unlikable. She is constantly wrapped up in her own emotions that she never considers how other people are feeling. She lashes out constantly at Easton, accusing him of hurting her, but she never acknowledges that she hurt him too. Nevertheless, these flaws did make her feel very genuine; she felt like a very realistic teenager.
“I’m so sick of waiting to be saved or waiting to find myself because I’m too afraid the person I find will disappoint someone else.”The romance is rather mediocre. Whenever Ellis and Easton are together, they are either arguing or diligently ignoring each other. Their relationship could have been stronger.
Ultimately, the writing here is beautiful, and incredibly impressive for a debut, but the story simply wasn’t as moving or compelling as it could have been.
“Life is just a series of small choices, and you can only see the one in front of you, but it leads you to the next and the next. Eventually you’ve ended up somewhere you don’t even recognize.”
June 12, 2022
If I needed to write a one sentence review it'd be: Main character needs therapy, stat, not a relationship.
The way this book romanticizes a toxic relationship just doesn't sit well with me. Ellis really, truly needed therapy (which is never mentioned at all in the book) because she has (totally earned) deep-seated abandonment, self-esteem, and trust issues. Easton also needed therapy because he kept putting himself in danger for her, choosing her emotional well-being over his and over his own family's.
This book also includes one of my least favorite tropes: absolute incapacity to communicate, at all. It goes beyond a miscommunication issue. This is a "character can't formulate actual thoughts into spoken words" sort of situation. Even at the end, for the resolution, they don't properly talk out what happened. They just make up.
I considered giving it another star because Kristin Dwyer does know how to write teen angst and make you feel like your skin is crawling with it, the way it did when you were 16. But honestly, everything else was a mess. The plot? What plot? The pacing? All over the pace. Profluence? Non-existent. The big reveal about the big bad thing? Super anticlimactic because it's absolutely understandable. Character arc? None, Ellis literally still believes the Albreys were wrong for sending her away and that she was the victim in all of this. She actually never stops seeing herself as a victim. Easton never actually chooses himself or his poetry, he continues to choose her and seems proud of it considering the very last sentences.
Sorry, I'd been excited to read this after all the hype and the comp to Taylor Swift's Cardigan, and a dear friend gifted it to me for my birthday, but it's a one star read for me.
The way this book romanticizes a toxic relationship just doesn't sit well with me. Ellis really, truly needed therapy (which is never mentioned at all in the book) because she has (totally earned) deep-seated abandonment, self-esteem, and trust issues. Easton also needed therapy because he kept putting himself in danger for her, choosing her emotional well-being over his and over his own family's.
This book also includes one of my least favorite tropes: absolute incapacity to communicate, at all. It goes beyond a miscommunication issue. This is a "character can't formulate actual thoughts into spoken words" sort of situation. Even at the end, for the resolution, they don't properly talk out what happened. They just make up.
I considered giving it another star because Kristin Dwyer does know how to write teen angst and make you feel like your skin is crawling with it, the way it did when you were 16. But honestly, everything else was a mess. The plot? What plot? The pacing? All over the pace. Profluence? Non-existent. The big reveal about the big bad thing? Super anticlimactic because it's absolutely understandable. Character arc? None, Ellis literally still believes the Albreys were wrong for sending her away and that she was the victim in all of this. She actually never stops seeing herself as a victim. Easton never actually chooses himself or his poetry, he continues to choose her and seems proud of it considering the very last sentences.
Sorry, I'd been excited to read this after all the hype and the comp to Taylor Swift's Cardigan, and a dear friend gifted it to me for my birthday, but it's a one star read for me.
May 14, 2023
i need to take a swing at ellis. just creating drama for the sake of it omg
January 22, 2022
This book ripped my heart right out of my chest then shoved it back in, and somehow left it feeling better than it did before. SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE is utterly consuming, deeply moving, and achingly honest. Its emotions are BIG and vulnerable and raw, and I was swept away with them in the best possible way. A gorgeous exploration of first love, identity, and learning to move forward through profound loss, Kristin Dwyer will turn you into a sobbing mess and you'll thank her for it. An absolute must-read.
December 15, 2020
You guys—I try to stay off Goodreads as much as possible, but I’m coming on here to specifically talk about this BEAUTIFUL book.
Kristin’s voice is pitch perfect, and the story has so much ANGST (which is how she likes it) and HEART. This book made me cry. It made me laugh. It made me want to immediately pick it up again to read.
If you’re a fan of Jenn Bennet, Sarah Dessen, Emery Lord, than you are going to LOVE this.
Kristin’s voice is pitch perfect, and the story has so much ANGST (which is how she likes it) and HEART. This book made me cry. It made me laugh. It made me want to immediately pick it up again to read.
If you’re a fan of Jenn Bennet, Sarah Dessen, Emery Lord, than you are going to LOVE this.
July 17, 2022
Kristen Dwyer is a talented writer (which is why I rated this 2 stars), but this book was too toxic for me. I almost DNF'ed several times and honestly, I really should have. Some parts were too YA (the miscommunication/lack of communication angst got old really fast) and other parts were beyond what I would consider YA (open door sex scenes and the amount of profanity). I know teens swear and have sex, but with so much already going on, it felt like it pushed the limits of the YA genre.
Reading this book was exhausting and there wasn't truly any plot. The big "betrayal" was a let down after so much build up and Ellis never understands or accepts that it was out of love/to help her and not a punishment. It romanticized a really unhealthy co-dependent relationship between Ellis and Easton. Instead of discussing any of their problems or going to therapy to sort through the self-esteem, abandonment, and trust issues, these two magically make up and end up back together. The book states that love isn't always enough, but apparently this doesn't apply to Ellis and Easton's dysfunctional and unhealthy relationship.
I both read and listened to the audiobook of Some Mistakes Were Made and it was narrated wonderfully by Karissa Vacker (and a bit by Heath Miller). Both narrators captured the pain, confusion, and vulnerability of first love so well.
Audiobook Review
Overall 3 stars
Performance 5 stars
Story 2 stars
CW: parental abandonment and neglect, mentions of drugs and incarceration, fighting, open door sex scenes, profanity, poverty/differences in socioeconomic status
Reading this book was exhausting and there wasn't truly any plot. The big "betrayal" was a let down after so much build up and Ellis never understands or accepts that it was out of love/to help her and not a punishment. It romanticized a really unhealthy co-dependent relationship between Ellis and Easton. Instead of discussing any of their problems or going to therapy to sort through the self-esteem, abandonment, and trust issues, these two magically make up and end up back together. The book states that love isn't always enough, but apparently this doesn't apply to Ellis and Easton's dysfunctional and unhealthy relationship.
I both read and listened to the audiobook of Some Mistakes Were Made and it was narrated wonderfully by Karissa Vacker (and a bit by Heath Miller). Both narrators captured the pain, confusion, and vulnerability of first love so well.
Audiobook Review
Overall 3 stars
Performance 5 stars
Story 2 stars
CW: parental abandonment and neglect, mentions of drugs and incarceration, fighting, open door sex scenes, profanity, poverty/differences in socioeconomic status
December 22, 2022
Have you ever hung around people that create so much drama that it physically exhausts you to be with them? Because that’s how I felt reading this book.
June 14, 2022
400 pages of two awful people being awful to each other and everyone around them while having the same awful (and mind-numbingly dumb) fight over and over and over again.
March 8, 2025
I am so privileged to have an advanced reader’s edition of “Some Mistakes Were Made” by Kristin Dwyer. Huge thank you to the team at Harper 360 YA.
Synopsis:
Ellis and Easton have been inseparable since childhood. Everything they do, they do it together. And Easton’s family also takes Ellis into their home due to her personal circumstances. But one rash decision changes everything, and Ellis is forced to move halfway across the country. It’s been a year now and Ellis hasn’t spoken to Easton. And maybe it’s better that way – allowing the heart some time to heal. But when Easton’s mum invites her back home for a visit, Ellis is quickly surrounded by the anger, sadness and betrayal she felt a year ago. And also with the boy she never stopped loving!
My Thoughts:
I was bawling my eyes out whilst reading “Some Mistakes Were Made”. Easton and Ellis really captured my heart. I could feel all their teenage angst, anger, sadness, love and the pain of a broken heart, especially when that happens to be your first love.
“Easton is a habit I can’t break. A feeling I can’t let go of. A truth I only admit in my weakest moments.”
This book reminded me of feelings I felt years ago, and took me back to a time when I could feel exactly how they were feeling, and for that, I shall cherish this book!
“And I have to be careful because memories are like rain. A harmless drop here and there falling against my mind, then suddenly, I’m standing beneath a flood.”
Ellis and Easton have this intense chemistry between them, and when they are not together, the love transforms into great pain and suffering for both of them. How Kristin Dwyer managed to capture all those vibes into the pages of this book I will never know, but I am here for it.
Ellis was also a very powerful character. Reading about her story and her family, I had so much love for her. Making choices like those is difficult, and dealing with things she dealt with was not easy at all. I unfortunately, may have had the misfortune in my life to find similarities there. I am glad she had Easton to be there for here, even though for only a moment. And not only Easton, but his brothers too. They are, honest to God, angels in every sense of the way. I love how they accept Ellis into their family and never stop caring for her!
“Old people say all the time that they wished they’d travelled when they were young. Let’s go on an adventure. Let’s see the world and meet interesting people and eat weird food and live a life that’s bigger than this house and a lake and your parents and my parents.”
When I picked this book up, I was expecting teenage romance. And I got so much more! Little did I know, this book would make me feel so many things and bring me back my high school memories in such a vivid way. Be ready for a story that features love, suffering, resilience, family, teen angst and a better hope for the future! I cannot recommend it enough!
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Synopsis:
Ellis and Easton have been inseparable since childhood. Everything they do, they do it together. And Easton’s family also takes Ellis into their home due to her personal circumstances. But one rash decision changes everything, and Ellis is forced to move halfway across the country. It’s been a year now and Ellis hasn’t spoken to Easton. And maybe it’s better that way – allowing the heart some time to heal. But when Easton’s mum invites her back home for a visit, Ellis is quickly surrounded by the anger, sadness and betrayal she felt a year ago. And also with the boy she never stopped loving!
My Thoughts:
I was bawling my eyes out whilst reading “Some Mistakes Were Made”. Easton and Ellis really captured my heart. I could feel all their teenage angst, anger, sadness, love and the pain of a broken heart, especially when that happens to be your first love.
“Easton is a habit I can’t break. A feeling I can’t let go of. A truth I only admit in my weakest moments.”
This book reminded me of feelings I felt years ago, and took me back to a time when I could feel exactly how they were feeling, and for that, I shall cherish this book!
“And I have to be careful because memories are like rain. A harmless drop here and there falling against my mind, then suddenly, I’m standing beneath a flood.”
Ellis and Easton have this intense chemistry between them, and when they are not together, the love transforms into great pain and suffering for both of them. How Kristin Dwyer managed to capture all those vibes into the pages of this book I will never know, but I am here for it.
Ellis was also a very powerful character. Reading about her story and her family, I had so much love for her. Making choices like those is difficult, and dealing with things she dealt with was not easy at all. I unfortunately, may have had the misfortune in my life to find similarities there. I am glad she had Easton to be there for here, even though for only a moment. And not only Easton, but his brothers too. They are, honest to God, angels in every sense of the way. I love how they accept Ellis into their family and never stop caring for her!
“Old people say all the time that they wished they’d travelled when they were young. Let’s go on an adventure. Let’s see the world and meet interesting people and eat weird food and live a life that’s bigger than this house and a lake and your parents and my parents.”
When I picked this book up, I was expecting teenage romance. And I got so much more! Little did I know, this book would make me feel so many things and bring me back my high school memories in such a vivid way. Be ready for a story that features love, suffering, resilience, family, teen angst and a better hope for the future! I cannot recommend it enough!
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March 22, 2024
El estilo de la autora me ha gustado, pero a veces se me ha hecho un poco lenta y aburrida la historia, como que no pasaba nada.
Los secundarios me han gustado casi más que los protagonistas, o mejor dicho, que la protagonista.
Es una historia más bien juvenil, yo pensaba que sería algo más new adult.
Los secundarios me han gustado casi más que los protagonistas, o mejor dicho, que la protagonista.
Es una historia más bien juvenil, yo pensaba que sería algo más new adult.
August 8, 2022
Jest to dość ryzykowne, gdy jeszcze rok się nie skończył, stwierdzać że, przeczytałam najlepszą młodzieżówkę tego roku.
Na całe szczęście, nie boję się ryzyka.
Ellis, przez serię wypadków, została zmuszona do porzucenia rodziny Albreyów - tej, która otoczyła ją opieką gdy jej własna rodzina nie potrafiła zapewnić jej normalnego życia.
W międzyczasie dziewczyna nawiązała silną relacje z Eastonem (jednym z braci Albreyów), którego brak odczuła najmocniej.
I gdy po roku, zdecydowała się powrócić do rodzinnego miasta, wspomnienia zdominowały jej dotychczasowe życie.
„Some Mistakes Were Made” porusza tematy szczęścia i tego jak bardzo ludzie boją się je odczuwać.
Ellis bała się czerpać przyjemność z normalnych rzeczy. Zamiast tego chciała tylko dawać, pokazywać że też może i mimo swoich niewspierających rodziców, nie pozwoli sobie na chwilę słabości, a przynajmniej nie przy ludziach.
Książka ukazuje toksyczność, którą bardzo często obdarzamy samych siebie.
Pokazuję też siłę miłości, przynależności i przede wszystkim marzeń oraz celów - które zazwyczaj są ostatnim światełkiem trzymającym nas przy zdrowych zmysłach.
Uważam, że SMWM jest książką którą powinien przeczytać każdy nastolatek.
Nie obiecuje, że spodoba się wszystkim, ale wiem, że nie tylko otworzy oczy na pewne kwestie, ale i pozwoli lepiej zrozumieć drugiego człowieka.
Na całe szczęście, nie boję się ryzyka.
Ellis, przez serię wypadków, została zmuszona do porzucenia rodziny Albreyów - tej, która otoczyła ją opieką gdy jej własna rodzina nie potrafiła zapewnić jej normalnego życia.
W międzyczasie dziewczyna nawiązała silną relacje z Eastonem (jednym z braci Albreyów), którego brak odczuła najmocniej.
I gdy po roku, zdecydowała się powrócić do rodzinnego miasta, wspomnienia zdominowały jej dotychczasowe życie.
„Some Mistakes Were Made” porusza tematy szczęścia i tego jak bardzo ludzie boją się je odczuwać.
Ellis bała się czerpać przyjemność z normalnych rzeczy. Zamiast tego chciała tylko dawać, pokazywać że też może i mimo swoich niewspierających rodziców, nie pozwoli sobie na chwilę słabości, a przynajmniej nie przy ludziach.
Książka ukazuje toksyczność, którą bardzo często obdarzamy samych siebie.
Pokazuję też siłę miłości, przynależności i przede wszystkim marzeń oraz celów - które zazwyczaj są ostatnim światełkiem trzymającym nas przy zdrowych zmysłach.
Uważam, że SMWM jest książką którą powinien przeczytać każdy nastolatek.
Nie obiecuje, że spodoba się wszystkim, ale wiem, że nie tylko otworzy oczy na pewne kwestie, ale i pozwoli lepiej zrozumieć drugiego człowieka.
August 27, 2022
"Some Mistakes Were Made" ist das erste Buch von Kristin Dwyer, das ich bisher gelesen habe. Es hat mich sehr an das Buch "Der Sommer, als ich schön wurde" von Jenny Han erinnert. Wer also diese Art von Geschichten mag, ist hier richtig. Das Buch kann man perfekt in der sommerlichen Jahreszeit lesen.
Das Cover passt überhaupt nicht zur Geschichte, aber es ist schön anzusehen. Die Schrift harmoniert meiner Meinung nach sehr gut mit der Rose und den Farben. Der Schreibstil hat mir insgesamt gefallen. Ich konnte vieles flüssig lesen, aber hätte manchmal bestimmte Sätze weggelassen, die sich irgendwie wiederholt haben. Auch hätte man bestimmte Stilmittel anders einsetzen können, aber da kenne ich mich ehrlich gesagt nicht so gut aus. Jedenfalls hatte ich manchmal das Gefühl, dass der Erzählstil komisch war. Dieses Gefühl könnte allerdings auch durch die Übersetzung entstanden sein.
Die Charaktere sind kompliziert. Vor allem mit Protagonistin Ellis hatte ich einige Probleme. Sie ist ein sehr schwieriger Charakter, den man als Leser nicht unbedingt mag oder sympathisch findet. Ellis ist egoistisch, besitzergreifend und toxisch. Sie manipuliert andere Charaktere und nutzt diese oft zu ihrem Vorteil aus. In meinen Augen ist sie definitiv ein moralisch grauer Charakter, dem kaum Platz für eine Charakterentwicklung gegeben wird. Denn alles dreht sich nur um ihre Beziehung zu ihrer Familie und zu Easton und dessen Familie. Easton ist für mich unsympathisch geblieben. Er hat sich von Ellis beeinflussen lassen und hätte fast alles für sie getan, was mich sehr gestört hat. Sein Charakter ist für mich zu oberflächlich geblieben. Ich hätte gerne mehr über ihn und seine Handlungsvorgänge erfahren. Die Nebencharaktere, insbesondere Easton's Brüder mochte ich sehr. Tucker ist humorvoll und hat hauptsächlich im Buch die Stimmung aufgelockert. Dixon war irgendwie der Erwachsene im Buch und der Lückenfüller. Zu ihm kann ich auch nicht mehr so viel sagen. Die Eltern von Ellis wurden in meinen Augen realitätsnah dargestellt, auch wenn mir ihr Verhalten das Herz bricht.
Die Handlung konnte mich nicht überzeugen. Das Buch wird meiner Meinung nach von einer deprimierenden Stimmung begleitet. Ellis und Easton hatten selten schöne Momente zusammen. Und wenn sie welche hatten, passierte ständig irgendwas, das alles kaputt machte. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass beide nie richtig miteinander kommunizierten. Ihre Beziehung ist toxisch und beide tun sich nicht gut. Ich hätte mir kein Happyend für sie gewünscht, denn das wäre authentischer. Im Buch passiert nicht sonderlich viel, was mir noch ganz gut gefallen hat, denn so war der Fokus auf Ellis und Easton. Hin und wieder hätte ich mir aber trotzdem gewünscht, dass sich nicht alles nur um die Familienbeziehungen dreht. Manchmal war es mir schon unangenehm, wie stark sich Ellis an Easton geklammert hat. Ich persönlich wäre längst über alle Berge, wenn ich Easton wäre, um wieder in Ruhe ein eigenes Leben führen zu können. Aber naja, das ist vermutlich Geschmackssache...
Ellis und Easton haben eine komplizierte Beziehung bzw. Freundschaft, die mir oft zu übertrieben war. Ich finde, dass die Autorin das Potential der Beziehung zwischen Ellis und Easton nicht ausgeschöpft hat. Sie hat diese Art von Beziehung romantisiert, was für mich persönlich ein riesiger Kritikpunkt ist. Ellis Familie hat die Stimmung im Buch nicht aufgelockert. Ich konnte mich gut in Ellis Situation hineinversetzen, aber habe mich mehrmals gefragt, weshalb Sandry nie etwas "richtiges" dagegen unternommen hat.
Das Buch hat mich einige Nerven gekostet. Ich hätte mir mehr Entwicklung in der Beziehung von Ellis und Easton gewünscht, weil am Ende vieles unter den Boden gekehrt wurde. Die Geschichte ist nicht wirklich für Zwischendurch. Vor allem Leichtigkeit hat mir manchmal gefehlt, aber abgesehen von meinen Kritikpunkten, hatte ich unterhaltsame Lesestunden.
Das Cover passt überhaupt nicht zur Geschichte, aber es ist schön anzusehen. Die Schrift harmoniert meiner Meinung nach sehr gut mit der Rose und den Farben. Der Schreibstil hat mir insgesamt gefallen. Ich konnte vieles flüssig lesen, aber hätte manchmal bestimmte Sätze weggelassen, die sich irgendwie wiederholt haben. Auch hätte man bestimmte Stilmittel anders einsetzen können, aber da kenne ich mich ehrlich gesagt nicht so gut aus. Jedenfalls hatte ich manchmal das Gefühl, dass der Erzählstil komisch war. Dieses Gefühl könnte allerdings auch durch die Übersetzung entstanden sein.
Die Charaktere sind kompliziert. Vor allem mit Protagonistin Ellis hatte ich einige Probleme. Sie ist ein sehr schwieriger Charakter, den man als Leser nicht unbedingt mag oder sympathisch findet. Ellis ist egoistisch, besitzergreifend und toxisch. Sie manipuliert andere Charaktere und nutzt diese oft zu ihrem Vorteil aus. In meinen Augen ist sie definitiv ein moralisch grauer Charakter, dem kaum Platz für eine Charakterentwicklung gegeben wird. Denn alles dreht sich nur um ihre Beziehung zu ihrer Familie und zu Easton und dessen Familie. Easton ist für mich unsympathisch geblieben. Er hat sich von Ellis beeinflussen lassen und hätte fast alles für sie getan, was mich sehr gestört hat. Sein Charakter ist für mich zu oberflächlich geblieben. Ich hätte gerne mehr über ihn und seine Handlungsvorgänge erfahren. Die Nebencharaktere, insbesondere Easton's Brüder mochte ich sehr. Tucker ist humorvoll und hat hauptsächlich im Buch die Stimmung aufgelockert. Dixon war irgendwie der Erwachsene im Buch und der Lückenfüller. Zu ihm kann ich auch nicht mehr so viel sagen. Die Eltern von Ellis wurden in meinen Augen realitätsnah dargestellt, auch wenn mir ihr Verhalten das Herz bricht.
Die Handlung konnte mich nicht überzeugen. Das Buch wird meiner Meinung nach von einer deprimierenden Stimmung begleitet. Ellis und Easton hatten selten schöne Momente zusammen. Und wenn sie welche hatten, passierte ständig irgendwas, das alles kaputt machte. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass beide nie richtig miteinander kommunizierten. Ihre Beziehung ist toxisch und beide tun sich nicht gut. Ich hätte mir kein Happyend für sie gewünscht, denn das wäre authentischer. Im Buch passiert nicht sonderlich viel, was mir noch ganz gut gefallen hat, denn so war der Fokus auf Ellis und Easton. Hin und wieder hätte ich mir aber trotzdem gewünscht, dass sich nicht alles nur um die Familienbeziehungen dreht. Manchmal war es mir schon unangenehm, wie stark sich Ellis an Easton geklammert hat. Ich persönlich wäre längst über alle Berge, wenn ich Easton wäre, um wieder in Ruhe ein eigenes Leben führen zu können. Aber naja, das ist vermutlich Geschmackssache...
Ellis und Easton haben eine komplizierte Beziehung bzw. Freundschaft, die mir oft zu übertrieben war. Ich finde, dass die Autorin das Potential der Beziehung zwischen Ellis und Easton nicht ausgeschöpft hat. Sie hat diese Art von Beziehung romantisiert, was für mich persönlich ein riesiger Kritikpunkt ist. Ellis Familie hat die Stimmung im Buch nicht aufgelockert. Ich konnte mich gut in Ellis Situation hineinversetzen, aber habe mich mehrmals gefragt, weshalb Sandry nie etwas "richtiges" dagegen unternommen hat.
Das Buch hat mich einige Nerven gekostet. Ich hätte mir mehr Entwicklung in der Beziehung von Ellis und Easton gewünscht, weil am Ende vieles unter den Boden gekehrt wurde. Die Geschichte ist nicht wirklich für Zwischendurch. Vor allem Leichtigkeit hat mir manchmal gefehlt, aber abgesehen von meinen Kritikpunkten, hatte ich unterhaltsame Lesestunden.
August 21, 2022
HOLY COW this book had me feeling every emotion ever. The angst and the pining and the uncertainty of how to move forward—UGH. It was SO good. Ellis, the protagonist, isn’t the most likable. But I didn’t feel that she was annoying enough to detract from the story’s overall enjoyability. My only complaint is that I think this book was a bit too mature for a YA book (see content ratings at the bottom of the review). But if you like sentimental stories that will rip your heart out and light it on fire before putting it back together, then this book’s for you.
➳ 4.25 stars
CONTENT RATINGS:
(Scale of 0-5)
Language: 4 - Frequent usage of f—ck, sh—t, h—l, and g—damn.
Violence: 1 - A couple mild, brief physical altercations.
Alcohol/Addictive Substances: 4 - The protagonist’s father struggles with drug abuse addiction and sells illicit drugs; frequent underage drinking (by characters under 21); some characters gets drunk; some characters (not the MC) smoke tobacco.
Sexual content: 3.75 - Some kissing; a crass joke towards the beginning of the novel; two explicit sexual scenes; characters have a brief, non-explicit discussion with a parent about birth control.
Trigger Warnings: Child neglect, drug abuse and addiction.
Age Rating: 16-17+*
*All age and content ratings are based off of my personal and subjective opinion. Please do not hesitate to let me know if there is a trigger warning or other notable piece of content that I missed.
➳ 4.25 stars
CONTENT RATINGS:
(Scale of 0-5)
Language: 4 - Frequent usage of f—ck, sh—t, h—l, and g—damn.
Violence: 1 - A couple mild, brief physical altercations.
Alcohol/Addictive Substances: 4 - The protagonist’s father struggles with drug abuse addiction and sells illicit drugs; frequent underage drinking (by characters under 21); some characters gets drunk; some characters (not the MC) smoke tobacco.
Sexual content: 3.75 - Some kissing; a crass joke towards the beginning of the novel; two explicit sexual scenes; characters have a brief, non-explicit discussion with a parent about birth control.
Trigger Warnings: Child neglect, drug abuse and addiction.
Age Rating: 16-17+*
*All age and content ratings are based off of my personal and subjective opinion. Please do not hesitate to let me know if there is a trigger warning or other notable piece of content that I missed.
October 30, 2020
The moment you begin reading this book you realize you’ve stumbled onto something special. I couldn’t stop reading it, finding tiny moments in between the mundane daily tasks to step back into the special world Kristin Dwyer created for her characters. I felt as though I saw a bit of myself in Ellis and found myself rooting for her, longing for her to find her path like I wished my teenage self would have. The dialogue is witty and fun, the characters are lovable, and the whole book is a masterpiece of YA contemporary that everyone will want to read. Now can it please be made into a Netflix movie already???
August 1, 2022
Some mistakes were made when i believed that I could enjoy a « love and other words » story
Ceci était le dernier essai
J’arrête maintenant, ce sera mieux pour tout le monde 🤣
Ceci était le dernier essai
J’arrête maintenant, ce sera mieux pour tout le monde 🤣
August 9, 2023
So, I FINALLY DID THE THING AND READ THIS BOOK, AND OMG THE EMOTIONS?!??😭
I wasn’t really sure what I was in store for with Some Mistakes Were Made other than knowing that Kristin Dwyer is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever personally met and trusting that anything she wrote had to be a gem. And, folks, IT’S TRUE!
I will say, as a fair warning, this book deals with some very heavy topics such as child neglect and addiction. So maybe bear those things in mind in case you’re not in a place to be comfortably reading about those topics.
Aside from featuring heavier themes, Some Mistakes Were Made has plenty to find joy in:
✨Okay, the glimmers of humor and banter? TRULY FANTASTIC. I especially loved the interactions of the three brothers in both the present scenes and the flashbacks; these all had me laughing out loud in the middle of my apartment like a weirdo!
✨All of the characters in this book are so, SO messy, and things are just an angsty time overall… AND I LOVED IT.
✨The prose?! It’s gorgeous but not annoyingly so because I feel like when contemporaries get too into this, it’s just a lot. But, like, look at this:
The ending was really the only thing I didn’t love. It felt very fast, especially for a slower-paced book, but it’s not bad or weak by any means. In a way, I think the way things end somewhat abruptly kind of works for the story. I suppose I just wanted more time with these characters, which is a good sign!
I’d say that if you’re someone who grew up loving Sarah Dessen, or if you love The Summer I Turned Pretty show, you’re gonna love Some Mistakes Were Made. Something about Kristin’s writing reminded me so much of Sarah Dessen while reading this book, and I absolutely reveled in that; it feels like a type of YA we don’t get a lot of these days🥺
I wasn’t really sure what I was in store for with Some Mistakes Were Made other than knowing that Kristin Dwyer is one of the sweetest people I’ve ever personally met and trusting that anything she wrote had to be a gem. And, folks, IT’S TRUE!
I will say, as a fair warning, this book deals with some very heavy topics such as child neglect and addiction. So maybe bear those things in mind in case you’re not in a place to be comfortably reading about those topics.
Aside from featuring heavier themes, Some Mistakes Were Made has plenty to find joy in:
✨Okay, the glimmers of humor and banter? TRULY FANTASTIC. I especially loved the interactions of the three brothers in both the present scenes and the flashbacks; these all had me laughing out loud in the middle of my apartment like a weirdo!
✨All of the characters in this book are so, SO messy, and things are just an angsty time overall… AND I LOVED IT.
✨The prose?! It’s gorgeous but not annoyingly so because I feel like when contemporaries get too into this, it’s just a lot. But, like, look at this:
”When did we get here? At this place of tallied wrongs and rights. This place where we speak the same language but cannot understand each other’s words.”
The ending was really the only thing I didn’t love. It felt very fast, especially for a slower-paced book, but it’s not bad or weak by any means. In a way, I think the way things end somewhat abruptly kind of works for the story. I suppose I just wanted more time with these characters, which is a good sign!
I’d say that if you’re someone who grew up loving Sarah Dessen, or if you love The Summer I Turned Pretty show, you’re gonna love Some Mistakes Were Made. Something about Kristin’s writing reminded me so much of Sarah Dessen while reading this book, and I absolutely reveled in that; it feels like a type of YA we don’t get a lot of these days🥺
May 14, 2022
DNF @ 10%. Beautiful cover, bland content. I got to this sentence and I was done: The problem with the sky is that sometimes you can't tell which is the beginning and which is the end.
June 5, 2022
Ummm the mistake I made today was reading this book
February 11, 2025
Una historia sobre amor adolescente, familia desestructurada y amistad. Los protagonistas me han gustado aunque me han faltado más diálogos entre ellos y muchas veces me daban ganas de zarandearlos para que se hablaran y aclarasen las cosas 😅😅. En general ha sido una buena lectura.
April 12, 2023
3.5⭐️
gdyby ellis i easton potrafiliby rozmawiac to ta ksiazka mialaby 50 stron
gdyby ellis i easton potrafiliby rozmawiac to ta ksiazka mialaby 50 stron
February 28, 2023
I mean, I did finish this book in one day if that tells you anything. I was literally devouring this book while my comm professor talked about how easily students get distracted and their bad listening skills. Well, it was kind of hard to not be when reading this.
I finished this book while listening to the Lala Land soundtrack, trying to prepare myself for complete and utter annihilation, since that was the basic theme of the entire book. Some Mistakes Were Made is everything I love: it's messy, and it breaks you, but there is a tinge of hope in the shatter of emotions. I wanted both a romance and a book that will remind me I have feelings, and I will never fail to find that perfect combination of both in YA contemporaries.
I finished this book while listening to the Lala Land soundtrack, trying to prepare myself for complete and utter annihilation, since that was the basic theme of the entire book. Some Mistakes Were Made is everything I love: it's messy, and it breaks you, but there is a tinge of hope in the shatter of emotions. I wanted both a romance and a book that will remind me I have feelings, and I will never fail to find that perfect combination of both in YA contemporaries.
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