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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
This is my first long review, so please bear with me here:
Spoilers ahead!
I don’t think a story has hit me so hard in the feels since Fault in our Stars. This was an emotional rollercoaster the entire way. It was very well written and had me pulled in right from the start. I finished it in one day (thank god for slow work days and 2x audio speed!)
I felt the sadness when Kyle finds out that Kim had died, the despair when he was trying to move on from her and struggling to continue to live, and the confusion when he met Marley and not understanding the feelings he was having for her. The relief when he finally decided to move on, the happiness he was starting to feel now that his life was back on track, and the love for Marley.
But of course, the happiness was too good to be true. I feel like I should have seen that twist coming! Everything was falling into place, time was going by too fast (Halloween, Christmas, New Years, summer all in a matter for pages), he landed a dream job without an interview (does that ever actually happen?), he was finally happy and at peace with everything. Typical set up for everything to fall apart.
Finding out it was a coma made me feel like I was back in the movie theatre, watching Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 2 for the first time when the entire theatre was shocked to find out that the whole battle and all the deaths they were mourning was just a vision from Alice (of course, if you read the book, you know this didn’t happen and was a movie ploy).
My heart felt like it was ripped out of my chest. All that happiness, the success, all the life changing realizations: all fake. I was just as shocked as he was, trying to figure it all out. All I wanted to do was help him solve the question: who was Marley and how did he have this dream that felt so real? Was it his brain messing with him?
I was so happy for him when he figured out that he had seen her face before (when being treated after the accident - hinted at early in the book, again something else I feel I should have caught). And the realization that she had been writing their story and reading it to him when she thought he couldn’t hear, the only person she had spoken to in years, just hit me.
And lastly, the moment when we thought it was all for nothing. I’ll be honest, I was listening to it as an audiobook while I was driving home from work - probably not the best idea, considering how this story started, but I made it home safe! My hands were gripping the steering wheel, white knuckled. I was shaking my head, “No, this couldn’t happen, not after everything he went through trying to find her again and finally getting her to talk to him!”. I’m pretty sure if I wasn’t driving, I would have been a sobbing mess. As it was, I was tearing up a bit.
In the end, I am very satisfied with how this story was written. I was drawn in to the characters and the story. The humour, whit and the typical teenage male attitude throughout had me laughing out loud! I was expecting a 3-4 star read, but was pleasantly with how much I actually enjoyed it!
Spoilers ahead!
I don’t think a story has hit me so hard in the feels since Fault in our Stars. This was an emotional rollercoaster the entire way. It was very well written and had me pulled in right from the start. I finished it in one day (thank god for slow work days and 2x audio speed!)
I felt the sadness when Kyle finds out that Kim had died, the despair when he was trying to move on from her and struggling to continue to live, and the confusion when he met Marley and not understanding the feelings he was having for her. The relief when he finally decided to move on, the happiness he was starting to feel now that his life was back on track, and the love for Marley.
But of course, the happiness was too good to be true. I feel like I should have seen that twist coming! Everything was falling into place, time was going by too fast (Halloween, Christmas, New Years, summer all in a matter for pages), he landed a dream job without an interview (does that ever actually happen?), he was finally happy and at peace with everything. Typical set up for everything to fall apart.
Finding out it was a coma made me feel like I was back in the movie theatre, watching Twilight: Breaking Dawn part 2 for the first time when the entire theatre was shocked to find out that the whole battle and all the deaths they were mourning was just a vision from Alice (of course, if you read the book, you know this didn’t happen and was a movie ploy).
My heart felt like it was ripped out of my chest. All that happiness, the success, all the life changing realizations: all fake. I was just as shocked as he was, trying to figure it all out. All I wanted to do was help him solve the question: who was Marley and how did he have this dream that felt so real? Was it his brain messing with him?
I was so happy for him when he figured out that he had seen her face before (when being treated after the accident - hinted at early in the book, again something else I feel I should have caught). And the realization that she had been writing their story and reading it to him when she thought he couldn’t hear, the only person she had spoken to in years, just hit me.
And lastly, the moment when we thought it was all for nothing. I’ll be honest, I was listening to it as an audiobook while I was driving home from work - probably not the best idea, considering how this story started, but I made it home safe! My hands were gripping the steering wheel, white knuckled. I was shaking my head, “No, this couldn’t happen, not after everything he went through trying to find her again and finally getting her to talk to him!”. I’m pretty sure if I wasn’t driving, I would have been a sobbing mess. As it was, I was tearing up a bit.
In the end, I am very satisfied with how this story was written. I was drawn in to the characters and the story. The humour, whit and the typical teenage male attitude throughout had me laughing out loud! I was expecting a 3-4 star read, but was pleasantly with how much I actually enjoyed it!
This was a surreal book. The first half began like really any other teen book but then it took a shocking turn that I wasn't expecting. After that I was both intrigued and hooked. For a few days I couldn't stop thinking about it. The plot was far fetched, but the authors were trying to write a modern day fairytale, so it worked. Did I like this better than their other book Five Feet Apart? No, but it definitely exceeded my expectations.
sad
This book wasn't for me and that's ok. I got it at good will only because the cover was so pretty. I didn't realize it was by the same authors of Five Feet Apart, and while I've only watched the movie and never read that book, it wrecked me. So I was expecting something a little deeper or that would trigger some emotions. This is probably a book I would've loved more if I was still in high school. It felt a little repetitive, but I did like the plot twist and it was a fast read!
This book sure did play with my emotions. ALSO CAN WE JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO APPRECIATE THE COVER?!
This book was not bad but it was really hard for me to get hooked by it, there was a plot twist I fairly enjoyed hence the 3.5
Wow this book was so promising at first but the last third of it was just dreadful. I have no words.
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medium-paced
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medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes