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4.54 AVERAGE
4.54 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this book destroyed me pretty much every page but it is beautiful
emotional
sad
slow-paced
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Loved everything about this book!
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
I love Backman’s writing style, and I really really wanted to love this book, but I didn’t. I think I just didn’t connect with the characters very well. And maybe I just don’t appreciate art as much as I should 😂. I also felt like the kids didn’t act like actual 14 year olds. They were too wise, and it made the story kind of unbelievable to me. No one talks like any of the characters in real life.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
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
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
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
“It might sound like an unhappy ending, but only if you forget how many times during this story we've told you that someone laughed. How many really good now's is that?”
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Backmans writing in AMCO toes the right side of the -saccharine sweet / cloyingly sweet line- but this one falls FAR into the cloying side. This book feels like it was created from a bunch of quotes / overly wholesome sayings. After the first 1/3, the ‘plot’ and pacing fell apart and the repetition of the art quotes, friend quotes, life & love quotes got too much. This book was sickly sweet or cringy 95% of the time. The characters dont act like actual human beings, they are like the hallmark movie versions of people.