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The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout

julsyx's review against another edition

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3.0

3,25/5

savannahperrin's review against another edition

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5.0

Mind stopingly amazing. This book i cant even put it into words! It was really good and I definitely recommend it! 4.5 stars!

zaza_bdp's review against another edition

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3.0

Hmmmm que je suis déçue par ce livre ... Le résumé m'avait franchement emballée et j'en attendais sans doute trop, beaucoup trop. Sur le papier, ce livre a tout pour plaire, et je ne doute pas qu'il puisse plaire à un grand nombre de lectrices. En fait j'ai l'impression d'être passée complètement à côté. Peut-être n'était-ce pas le bon moment, peut-être mes attentes étaient-elles trop hautes...

Quoiqu'il en soit ... Nous voici donc face à une jeune narratrice de 16 ans et des poussières, fracassée par un passé terrible, pour qui le bruit et les mots sont synonymes de danger. Elle a été adoptée par un couple de médecins aimants, Carl & Rosa. Après plusieurs années passées à faire ses études à la maison, elle intègre, pour sa dernière année de lycée, un établissement de Baltimore et dès le premier jour de cours, elle se retrouve face à Rider, avec qui elle a connu l'enfer lors de leurs années communes dans un maison de parents adoptifs tout bonnement monstrueux.

Ils ont été séparés suite à un tragique évènement quatre ans plus tôt, à la suite de quoi Mallory a été adoptée. Se retrouver face à lui après quatre ans d'absence fait remonter quantité de souvenirs, et Mallory peut alors estimer le chemin qu'elle a parcouru depuis.

Nous avons là une histoire sage, avec des personnages jeunes, bien qu'ayant vécu des choses terribles. Nous sommes bel et bien dans un YA, et contrairement à ce que laissait entendre le résumé, Mallory n'est pas si "névrosée" que cela, j'ai trouvé qu'elle s'acclimatait plutôt facilement à la vie en collectivité, malgré quelques dérapages. Son histoire avec Rider est mignonne, un peu tourmentée, mais YA oblige, cela reste chaste.

Je pense que je m'attendais à une histoire plus tourmentée, à moins de drama d'ado classique (car ses bisbilles avec Carl & Rosa auraient autant lieu si elle avait vécu une existence "normale"), ce qui explique sans doute ma déception. Finalement, le personnage qui a le plus retenu mon attention est Jayden. Malgré les situations parfois tristes, parfois tendues, je n'ai pas franchement éprouvé d'empathie pour les personnages, je n'ai pas sauté à pieds joints dans cette histoire comme j'ai pourtant l'habitude de le faire, et je ne saurais trop expliquer pourquoi. Une déception donc, mais je pense tout de même que ce roman saura trouver son public.

tishywishy's review against another edition

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4.0

Could be that the electricity went and I had nothing else to do but I finished this book in no time. Mallory and Rider has history, serious history. All of it negative but they've been the only positives in each other's childhood. They were separated for four years and they meet again at high school. Mallory is in a better place and so is Rider, at least that is the appearance he gives. What this books presents well is how abuse and neglect can heavily influence and damage us and how we will continue to live with our past even when we don't want it to influence us. I cheered for them both.

farhana101's review against another edition

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4.0

Solid 4 stars.
Damaged hero and heroine. Check. Friends to lovers. Check. Highschool drama. Check.
I really enjoyed the pace of the book and their relationships.

svillanu's review against another edition

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2.0

confused about my thoughts but it was well written

auradite's review against another edition

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3.0

3,5 stars

tatyanavogt's review against another edition

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3.0

The book was really good.

And admittedly it made me want to be a foster parent someday. To save as many children as possible from having to suffer through horrible foster parents. Thats not exactly what the book was about, but it's a pretty significant thing for me. I've thought about it several time over the years, adopting whenever I choose to have children but this made me think of how being a foster parent has the potential to help so many children instead of just a few. I don't want kids to have to suffer like some foster children do.

Now on to the book, it wasn't spectacular and it has some issues but despite that I enjoyed it. Don't know if I'd want to read it again.

Spoilery stuff:
Spoiler
Story is girl is traumatized by terrible foster parents, she escapes and gets adopted. Goes through therapy and decides to go to public school after being homeschooled for the past 4 or so years. She struggles with speaking and making friends. But when she gets to the school she runs into the boy she grew up with in the traumatizing foster home who used to protect her.

Lots of stuff happens and she struggles with why she is broken and other people who have suffered and are still suffering are normal when she isn't. Then she realizes that they are broken in a completely different way and she is actually the normal one. etc. She faces her fears and ends up with the boy she loves.


Nice idea, cool story. But I just feel okay about it.

dariusroxy's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 was a bit boring i did cry bc of what they went through and jayden

reisoup's review against another edition

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3.0

i read this back in 2016, did a reread and honestly, this was an okay book.

the spanish dialogue was cringe. i read from blood and ash before rereading this book without the knowledge that armentrout also wrote this. i was absolutely shocked when i found out FBAA was written by the same author who wrote this book.

but comparing the two, it makes absolute sense. a snore fest in the beginning, and 3/4th’s way thru the book shit actually starts to get good. typical of her writing, i’m assuming.

rider is such a dull and boring character. cookie-cutter and surface level. the only character with complexity in this book is mallory, and even then, it’s a bit superficial.

a good read when you’re in middle or high school, like i was when i first picked this up. i’ve outgrown these concepts and don’t find them interesting anymore.