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This book was just fine. Not exceptional, not fantastic, not amazing, not even incredible like everyone is claiming. It was just OK
My issues range from FAKE FEMINISM. Yes this book is set within the 19th century in England, and our main character is supposedly a feminist with girly traits, but she’s a bitch with a fake feministic moto. She hates on other females in this book (who are all but one ‘coincidentally’ bitches) because they aren’t feminists like her, but turns around 2 seconds later and says “but I like girly things too. I can be a feminist and still like girly things” yet two pages ago she was saying how these girly woman are a disgrace because their girly. Wtf? Plus I’ve been told The is one of the best YA feminist fiction books to read if your a feminist. I strongly disagree
My issues range from FAKE FEMINISM. Yes this book is set within the 19th century in England, and our main character is supposedly a feminist with girly traits, but she’s a bitch with a fake feministic moto. She hates on other females in this book (who are all but one ‘coincidentally’ bitches) because they aren’t feminists like her, but turns around 2 seconds later and says “but I like girly things too. I can be a feminist and still like girly things” yet two pages ago she was saying how these girly woman are a disgrace because their girly. Wtf? Plus I’ve been told The is one of the best YA feminist fiction books to read if your a feminist. I strongly disagree
*3.5
Morgan Matson doesn’t disappoint...again! I love Morgan Matson’s writing style. It’s so easy to get into, and tbh it got me out of a bad reading slump. All I wanted to do was read, read read this book.
But I will say, this book did feel like Second Chance Summer But with a road trip and family drama instead of friend drama. Not to say I didn’t like it, but I didn’t love it as much as second Chance Summer.
The illustrations in this book were so much fun and so adorable, and I felt like they added 10 times more to the story. I will say I didn’t connect much with this characters as I thought I would, and I thought it would have been fine if Amy and Roger stayed as friends instead of ended up together.
I also loved the themes this book portrayed including, getting over grief and other topics similar.
Thats about all I have to say, but I enjoyed this book.
Morgan Matson doesn’t disappoint...again! I love Morgan Matson’s writing style. It’s so easy to get into, and tbh it got me out of a bad reading slump. All I wanted to do was read, read read this book.
But I will say, this book did feel like Second Chance Summer But with a road trip and family drama instead of friend drama. Not to say I didn’t like it, but I didn’t love it as much as second Chance Summer.
The illustrations in this book were so much fun and so adorable, and I felt like they added 10 times more to the story. I will say I didn’t connect much with this characters as I thought I would, and I thought it would have been fine if Amy and Roger stayed as friends instead of ended up together.
I also loved the themes this book portrayed including, getting over grief and other topics similar.
Thats about all I have to say, but I enjoyed this book.
I literally haven’t picked this book up for at least 3 weeks. I’m just not in the right mindset to read it atm and I’ll try to read it again eventually
I’m very disappointed in this book. I had higher expectations than what I was given.
From a man that’s written 2 or 3 books before this one, I was expecting more. And not to say my expectations were off the roof high, but I didn’t get what I wanted.
We follow a girl (which I can’t remember her name) and she lives in California where her family owns a Christmas tree farm and goes to Oregon every holidays to sell her Christmas trees from the farm. In Oregon she meets a boy called Caleb and they have a holiday romance.
Which is fine. I like the premise of this book. I picked it up, 1. Because I’ve heard nothing but great things, 2. Because Jay Asher is a critically acclaimed author, and 3. Because it was really cheap at my local thrift store and 4. Because the cover
But this read like EVERY OTHER YA HOLIDAY ROMANCE. It had literally NO SUBSTANCE. It was so bland and something I definitely didn’t expect from an author with nothing but rave reviews.
Also, I HATE Jay Asher’s writing style. Idk what it is, but I can’t deal with it. The only character I thought was good in this story was Caleb, and even then his motives behind his dark past are kinda stupid. He clearly needs some mental healthcare.
Overall this book is just really a bore and nothing really happens, and it’s just to simple for me. I wish there was something else their and maybe I would have liked it more, but alas, I didn’t.
From a man that’s written 2 or 3 books before this one, I was expecting more. And not to say my expectations were off the roof high, but I didn’t get what I wanted.
We follow a girl (which I can’t remember her name) and she lives in California where her family owns a Christmas tree farm and goes to Oregon every holidays to sell her Christmas trees from the farm. In Oregon she meets a boy called Caleb and they have a holiday romance.
Which is fine. I like the premise of this book. I picked it up, 1. Because I’ve heard nothing but great things, 2. Because Jay Asher is a critically acclaimed author, and 3. Because it was really cheap at my local thrift store and 4. Because the cover
But this read like EVERY OTHER YA HOLIDAY ROMANCE. It had literally NO SUBSTANCE. It was so bland and something I definitely didn’t expect from an author with nothing but rave reviews.
Also, I HATE Jay Asher’s writing style. Idk what it is, but I can’t deal with it. The only character I thought was good in this story was Caleb, and even then his motives behind his dark past are kinda stupid. He clearly needs some mental healthcare.
Overall this book is just really a bore and nothing really happens, and it’s just to simple for me. I wish there was something else their and maybe I would have liked it more, but alas, I didn’t.
This is exactly what I needed to get out of my reading slump! This was such a fun read.
It was a sci-fi + fantasy and definitely something I really enjoyed. I love Cinder a whole lot. She’s super sweet and caring, and I love her character and the easy Meyer wrote her.
I also liked the retelling of Cinderella. I’ve never actually read a Cinderella retelling before so this was definitely a different retelling. But I loved the idea. Everyone in my family was asking “oh what are you reading right now” and I said, oh it’s called ‘Cinder’. It’s basically Cinderella, but with cyborgs and a new development in technology.
The idea for this book is so fun and cool and NEW and I’ve personally, never read anything like it before.
Overall, I’m really excited to read book 2!
It was a sci-fi + fantasy and definitely something I really enjoyed. I love Cinder a whole lot. She’s super sweet and caring, and I love her character and the easy Meyer wrote her.
I also liked the retelling of Cinderella. I’ve never actually read a Cinderella retelling before so this was definitely a different retelling. But I loved the idea. Everyone in my family was asking “oh what are you reading right now” and I said, oh it’s called ‘Cinder’. It’s basically Cinderella, but with cyborgs and a new development in technology.
The idea for this book is so fun and cool and NEW and I’ve personally, never read anything like it before.
Overall, I’m really excited to read book 2!
I really liked this book.
It follows a girl named Bird Barrett as she sings around the south with her family band. They get noticed by a record company, but they only want Bird.
This was really enjoyable. I remember reading a book about 6 to 7 months ago called “You’d Be Mine” And it was also about country music, and I absolutely fell in love with it. I’m glad to say I enjoyed this book a lot too.
It was super fun, and I liked being in Bird Barrett’s head. Yes she was a boy obsessed teenager, but she has some really cool personality traits and she was overall really fun to read about.
Other characters were also really cool. I liked Bird’s best friend a lot. She was super cute, sweet, and funny and will probably be my 2nd favorite character.
And Adam, he doesn’t pass the vibe check
It follows a girl named Bird Barrett as she sings around the south with her family band. They get noticed by a record company, but they only want Bird.
This was really enjoyable. I remember reading a book about 6 to 7 months ago called “You’d Be Mine” And it was also about country music, and I absolutely fell in love with it. I’m glad to say I enjoyed this book a lot too.
It was super fun, and I liked being in Bird Barrett’s head. Yes she was a boy obsessed teenager, but she has some really cool personality traits and she was overall really fun to read about.
Other characters were also really cool. I liked Bird’s best friend a lot. She was super cute, sweet, and funny and will probably be my 2nd favorite character.
And Adam, he doesn’t pass the vibe check
*3.5
Day 1 of reading 31 books for 31 days. This book made me tear up for reasons I’ll explain in my review - Review to Come
Day 1 of reading 31 books for 31 days. This book made me tear up for reasons I’ll explain in my review - Review to Come
So I read this about a month ago, and all I’m gonna say about it, was it passed the time. It was funny, yet the romance was cute and I liked the main characters enough, and their hatred, to friendship, to relationship. The book aspect was very sweet, and overall it was an average yet fun read