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Woman Last Seen In Her Thirties is a fresh reminder that just because something is comfortable, it doesn't mean it's right for you. We meet Maggie at a time of change - her husband has left her and she's single and alone for the first time in a long time. How do you pick yourself back up after something like that? It's so easy to become complacent and put your identity in the things that are important to you (your husband, your children), but sometimes you need to make sure that you're taken care of too.
It's an age old story of reinvention, love, friendship, and the fact that being in the right place at the right time can change everything. Travel, find love, do what makes you happy - now that I'm saying that, maybe this book is just right for the new year since it's the time of reevaluation and inspiration!
While the story was well written, and the characters were relatable enough, there was just something missing for me in the book. Maybe it's the way it all fell into place so easily at the end there, or maybe it was the fact that I couldn't fully invest myself in the characters and their troubles. Either way, I found myself leaving this book with a sense of meh-ness instead of awe, or joy. I would say this is a great read if you're looking for something kind of quick and light (ish). But, if you don't want to be bogged down by someone else's troubles, this book probably isn't for you.
Plot: 2/5
Characters: 3/5
World Building: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Pacing: 2/5
Overall: 2/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.78/5
eARC obtained via Lake Union Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
-review by Between Printed Pages
It's an age old story of reinvention, love, friendship, and the fact that being in the right place at the right time can change everything. Travel, find love, do what makes you happy - now that I'm saying that, maybe this book is just right for the new year since it's the time of reevaluation and inspiration!
While the story was well written, and the characters were relatable enough, there was just something missing for me in the book. Maybe it's the way it all fell into place so easily at the end there, or maybe it was the fact that I couldn't fully invest myself in the characters and their troubles. Either way, I found myself leaving this book with a sense of meh-ness instead of awe, or joy. I would say this is a great read if you're looking for something kind of quick and light (ish). But, if you don't want to be bogged down by someone else's troubles, this book probably isn't for you.
Plot: 2/5
Characters: 3/5
World Building: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Pacing: 2/5
Overall: 2/5
GoodReads Rating: 3.78/5
eARC obtained via Lake Union Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
-review by Between Printed Pages
Hazel is a cancer patient. She relies on an oxygen tank to feed her oxygen because (her words) her lungs just sucked at being lungs. After a battle with cancer, scientists had come up with a medication that could stop the growth of her tumor. Saved by this phenomenon, Hazel lives life (almost) like any normal teenager. She takes college classes, has a few friends, and watches America’s Next Top Model. As the summary says “ENTER AUGUSTUS WATERS”. A cancer patient in remission, Augustus helps Hazel see the world from a different perspective. Obsessed with the metaphoric meanings behind his every action, Augustus is a bright, sarcastic, and likable character.
The Fault in Our Stars: a novel about kids with cancer. Also, a novel that I could not help but laugh due it’s words, marvel at due to its knowledge, and cry because of, well, the character’s lives and the end of them. As per usual, John Green created a great novel. What I loved (personally) was that he used a lot of stuff that I knew. “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams was mentioned, which I read and analyzed in my Writer’s Craft class, and he mentioned existentialism, and Søren Kierkegaard, a philosopher whom I studied a little. It was cool that I knew so much (made me feel a bit smarter and helped me connect).
On another note, I thought that, for a book about teenagers with cancer, it was quite funny, a lot of fun, somewhat depressing, and quite a good novel. I love this book. Sure, the idea’s not original, but what ideas are these days. (I’m addressing that, because people have noted it on other sites that it’s not ‘original’) But stories don’t have to be original. What makes a story great (in my opinion) is that it makes you feel something. So, not, it’s not original, but I thought it was a fantasmic books (;
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.52/5
-review by Between Printed Pages
The Fault in Our Stars: a novel about kids with cancer. Also, a novel that I could not help but laugh due it’s words, marvel at due to its knowledge, and cry because of, well, the character’s lives and the end of them. As per usual, John Green created a great novel. What I loved (personally) was that he used a lot of stuff that I knew. “The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams was mentioned, which I read and analyzed in my Writer’s Craft class, and he mentioned existentialism, and Søren Kierkegaard, a philosopher whom I studied a little. It was cool that I knew so much (made me feel a bit smarter and helped me connect).
On another note, I thought that, for a book about teenagers with cancer, it was quite funny, a lot of fun, somewhat depressing, and quite a good novel. I love this book. Sure, the idea’s not original, but what ideas are these days. (I’m addressing that, because people have noted it on other sites that it’s not ‘original’) But stories don’t have to be original. What makes a story great (in my opinion) is that it makes you feel something. So, not, it’s not original, but I thought it was a fantasmic books (;
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.52/5
-review by Between Printed Pages
