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2019: I freaking love Rebecca Traister, and she pours her heart and soul into the research for this book. I would recommend it to everyone, in particular white women in the future who might forget that injustices have been around forever and they require constant vigilance. But, I will say, I think I’m a little too close to the time period to have gotten much out of this book. We are still living it: I know all of the stories in this book, I’ve read all the tweets mentioned, I recognize all of the women referenced. In particular, this book will be helpful and essential when I explain to my daughter what it was like living between 2016-2018, but I didn’t need to spend too much time on it now.
2019: Wow, so many people love this book and series - I definitely had high expectations that were so let down. Our main heroine is a strong and skilled fighter and a smart woman who provides for her family, but the main conflict in this story is that she didn’t say “I Love You” by some arbitrary date and therefore the whole world is thrown into chaos? She needs medical help, so she decides to “sell” herself to a man for two weeks every month? So many moments of this book made me roll my eyes. Also, Maas did a terrible job st the exposition of the prophecy/curse, I was confused for so long. Too many characters introduced too late into the plot for me to care about them.
Basically, I had high hopes and lots of problems with this book.
Basically, I had high hopes and lots of problems with this book.
2019: Super well written, this book took me on a journey and I was definitely along for the ride. However, I can’t help but have been frustrated by many of the students’ reactions to killing their friend. Oh, they suffered trauma and were bent out of shape after committing cold blooded murder?! What a surprise.
2019: I loved Peter Kavinsky in movie form and I love him in book form too. I actually think the movie is better paced and it’s a fantastic adaptation of the book. I also love how the book is full of Korean-American traditions and Lara Jean being biracial is an element of the book, without being the only story being told. I LOVED IT.
2019: I was immediately captured by this book. It was very inspiring, an easy read, but gripping and made me feel like there’s a real possibility that the water crisis could be solved. Which is exactly what Harrison talks about at the end of the book, the role that he wants to move into, charity: water’s chief story teller and not necessarily CEO. I think he exemplifies that perfectly in this book. The photos included as well really make an huge impact. I’m gonna go sign up to donate to them now, thanks, bye
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2019: The best part of this audiobook was listening to Sara read it. The essays were meh but heartfelt. It was overall a very indulgent book, but what memoir from non-authors isn’t?
