Poker Stars, $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players

Hero (BTN): $2.27 (113.5 bb)
SB: $3.50 (175 bb)
BB: $1.96 (98 bb)
UTG: $1.91 (95.5 bb)
MP: $1.63 (81.5 bb)
CO: $1.45 (72.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q J
3 folds, Hero raises to $0.06, SB folds, BB calls $0.04

Flop: ($0.13) 7 5 9 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.08, BB calls $0.08

Turn: ($0.29) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.29) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $0.18, Hero ?


My review:
FLOP: I think it's a decent flop to cbet with, we have 2 overcards and a T gives us an OESD + we have the initiative.
TURN: We make top pair with a decent kicker but also completes the flush which we are not blocking. I don't think we can value bet here...
RIVER: V leads the river and bets about 2/3 pot... I don't think he's ever value betting a worse hand, but many players take the check back in the turn as a sign of weakness and try to steal it in the river... Can I prevent this with a small bet (about 40%) in the turn? If not, can we call him here?

How did I play this hand overall?

don't cbet flop, call river

also initiative doesn't exist, you're confusing it with range advantage

Well, we have range advantage because we are the aggressor right? isn't it kind of the same thing?

No, we have range advantage because we have range advantage. We can very well get called by a stronger range preflop and we can very well lose range advantage with the flop.