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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A delightful story of found family and even a bit of a bildungsroman. Zoey is finally on her way out of an unhappy home in Tulsa, with a distant father and a cold stepmother. She has inherited some cash and an apartment from her deceased mother and it's on a quaint island in South Carolina. On the island, she meets a cast of characters that is comprised of other folks from broken childhoods, even in the small set of neighbors she has at the apartment. Zoey becomes the instigator for them all to connect in surprising ways.
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Too many pov shifts, dude. And to characters that I'm just so wholly uninterested in, it's not even funny. And if it then doesn't even contribute to the plot...
Is it just me or is it not incredibly obvious that the bird is her mother's supposed 'spirit'?? Like, she started seeing it just after her mom died and it has a weird reaction to this place, where, what do ya know, her mother used to live??? Apparently this will be a big reveal later, which is just stupid.
For the most part, I was just bored, I gave it a good try, we're moving on.
Is it just me or is it not incredibly obvious that the bird is her mother's supposed 'spirit'?? Like, she started seeing it just after her mom died and it has a weird reaction to this place, where, what do ya know, her mother used to live??? Apparently this will be a big reveal later, which is just stupid.
For the most part, I was just bored, I gave it a good try, we're moving on.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
The buildings blocks of this book were all really me— ghosts, birds, found family, small town, murder, mystery, multiple POVs…. But this didn’t work. It did too much and not enough. It felt underbaked and too quick but somehow was 300 pages. The pacing also felt off— I found some elements too quick and all tell
No show whereas other moments dragged…. Unfortunately not a hit for me.
No show whereas other moments dragged…. Unfortunately not a hit for me.