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chelle22's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
sad
3.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
amateur_bookworm's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
My summary: Farrah Lin and Blake Ryan are college students abroad for one year in Shanghai, China. Farrah is from California with hopes of becoming a designer. Blake is from Texas and gave up a successful college football career and is escaping abroad as he finishes up a business degree. Farrah first was annoyed by the cocky Blake, but as part of the same small foreign exchange friend group, they soon become friends and then lovers as the clock ticks down on their one year together.
My thoughts: This book is told from a dual POV and the audiobook has a female and male narrator. The narrators annoyed me a bit. The internal monologues were fine, but them doing other voices was grating. The volume level wasn’t consistent between the two narrators, so I found myself constantly having to adjust the volume. As far as the plot goes, it was fine albeit slow paced. More melancholy than I was expecting and I’m afraid I’m just too old now to appreciate the partying and naive college student POV.
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy
gabs_parr's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy and Classism
sarahsbookss's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Pregnancy, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Infidelity
nekofrosty69's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol
chelsearose's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Infidelity
Minor: Alcohol
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