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This book... There are no words to describe how beautiful, meaningful, heartbreaking and awesome it is. Pick it up and you won't regret it!
What a book... A novel that will make you think & spark endless conversations. A book I would love to reread and hopefully annotate and further analyze!
Refreshing, heartwarming and so so fun!
My favourite part was the food, I have a mile long list of dishes I want to try!
My favourite part was the food, I have a mile long list of dishes I want to try!
I didn't enjoy this as much as the synopsis suggested I would. I think it was mostly because, even though it is a novelette, it was still very rushed and I couldn't really understand/justify the characters' true feelings/intensions.
Actual rating: 1.5 stars
I don't really know how to explain this book. I think it's more complicated than it should be. It's so slow at first, which is understandable for a mystery/thriller, but personally the big cast of characters and the slow pace made me lose my interest, so when the exciting stuff started to happen (at around chapter 25 out of 34) I was a bit wary and didn't enjoy the reveal as much as I hoped! There were some excellent cinematic moments though, which I found very intriguing!
I don't really know how to explain this book. I think it's more complicated than it should be. It's so slow at first, which is understandable for a mystery/thriller, but personally the big cast of characters and the slow pace made me lose my interest, so when the exciting stuff started to happen (at around chapter 25 out of 34) I was a bit wary and didn't enjoy the reveal as much as I hoped! There were some excellent cinematic moments though, which I found very intriguing!
Overall it was such a quick, cute and perfectly romantic read! I flew through it and it was so much fun to read, yet at the same I found a lot of the topics it handled hard hitting and very intriguing.
The only reason I am not rating this higher, is because of Michael's inner monologue. I understand that not wanting to end up like your criminal dad is a valid feeling, but the it was written in a way that felt disingenuous to me. The story would flow seamlessly and then Michael's thoughts would stick out to me like a sore thumb. I understand that we needed this in order to have conflict that would lead us to a big reunion, but it was a little bit too obvious and didn't make me like Michael as much as I hoped.
The only reason I am not rating this higher, is because of Michael's inner monologue. I understand that not wanting to end up like your criminal dad is a valid feeling, but the it was written in a way that felt disingenuous to me. The story would flow seamlessly and then Michael's thoughts would stick out to me like a sore thumb. I understand that we needed this in order to have conflict that would lead us to a big reunion, but it was a little bit too obvious and didn't make me like Michael as much as I hoped.
So so clever! Loved every minute of it and the ending...oh my, better than I hoped!
Lovely, spooky, the perfect read if you are a fan of ghosts stories but don't want something too intense!
A lovely graphic novel, with my favourite part being the boarding school atmosphere! You could say it's a bit of dark academia for middle graders!
A book I thoroughly enjoyed with an original and exciting twist on the beloved Cinderella's tale we all know!
Even though it was a bit predictable, it didn't really matter to me, what did matter though, was how the relationships were handled. First, Sophia and Erin were in love and it was clear that Erin was scared and thought that conforming to society's expectations was the only way she could stay safe. Sophia didn't really like that, but still, the love was there.
The moment Constance entered the picture it was clear that the author wanted us to believe that she was the actual love interest and the attraction the two girls (Sophia and Constance) was immediate, almost insta-lovey.
The thing is though, that the more time Sophia and Constance spent together, the more the reader would wonder what happens to Erin's relationship with Sophia. And that's were the writing became clumsy (in my opinion) because the way the author handled Erin's character and her relationship with Sophia was a quick and relatively painless separation, so that Constance could be the main love interest. I didn't like the way Erin was written after a certain point, her voice felt so out of character and it was clear that everything she said or did was to aid a certain goal; to have the audience believe that Sophia was meant to be with Constance.
Even though it was a bit predictable, it didn't really matter to me, what did matter though, was how the relationships were handled. First, Sophia and Erin were in love and it was clear that Erin was scared and thought that conforming to society's expectations was the only way she could stay safe. Sophia didn't really like that, but still, the love was there.
The moment Constance entered the picture it was clear that the author wanted us to believe that she was the actual love interest and the attraction the two girls (Sophia and Constance) was immediate, almost insta-lovey.
The thing is though, that the more time Sophia and Constance spent together, the more the reader would wonder what happens to Erin's relationship with Sophia. And that's were the writing became clumsy (in my opinion) because the way the author handled Erin's character and her relationship with Sophia was a quick and relatively painless separation, so that Constance could be the main love interest. I didn't like the way Erin was written after a certain point, her voice felt so out of character and it was clear that everything she said or did was to aid a certain goal; to have the audience believe that Sophia was meant to be with Constance.