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nikrodee's review
3.0
I was so excited to read this book, with such great reviews and hype I expected to love it.
When I first started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I wanted to know everything about Maddy and Olly. Their connection was instant and adorable.
However, when Maddy become sick I feel like it was one chapter and done. I understand it was from her point of view which she wasn't very coherent, but I would have liked to know more about what happened in those few days. After that everything happened in such a rush, her pushing Olly away, and finding out that she wasn't sick happened so fast that it left something to be desired about the end of the book.
I'm so happy that she went to Olly but it had been so long, what happened? What happened with Olly's family, how did she know they were in New York if she hadn't spoken to him, what about her mother, would she be able to forgive?
All in all, I enjoyed most of the book and I really loved the idea and the twist, I was just left with so many questions and confusion when I finished the it.
I also have The Sun is Also A Star from this author and I'm hoping the story is more well developed and less confusing.
When I first started reading it, I couldn't put it down. I wanted to know everything about Maddy and Olly. Their connection was instant and adorable.
However, when Maddy become sick I feel like it was one chapter and done. I understand it was from her point of view which she wasn't very coherent, but I would have liked to know more about what happened in those few days. After that everything happened in such a rush, her pushing Olly away, and finding out that she wasn't sick happened so fast that it left something to be desired about the end of the book.
I'm so happy that she went to Olly but it had been so long, what happened? What happened with Olly's family, how did she know they were in New York if she hadn't spoken to him, what about her mother, would she be able to forgive?
All in all, I enjoyed most of the book and I really loved the idea and the twist, I was just left with so many questions and confusion when I finished the it.
I also have The Sun is Also A Star from this author and I'm hoping the story is more well developed and less confusing.
lily_beans06's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
c1aud55n's review
3.0
3.5 ★
i saw the “plot-twist” coming from miles away. it was a cheap ploy at a happy ending. the romance wasn’t groundbreaking but it was still very fun to read about. the drawings added to the story and complimented it very well, and the dynamic between the two characters was very interesting as well. i like the biracial relationship :)
i saw the “plot-twist” coming from miles away. it was a cheap ploy at a happy ending. the romance wasn’t groundbreaking but it was still very fun to read about. the drawings added to the story and complimented it very well, and the dynamic between the two characters was very interesting as well. i like the biracial relationship :)
uruseibaka's review against another edition
5.0
To NetGalley and Delacorte Press: I am forever thankful to you guys for giving me an eARC of this book I have mooned over for so long.
This is by far the strangest, most unique and cutest book I have ever read.
Everything about this book is perfectly cute. From the story to the impossibly adorable characters and beautiful illustrations.
Plus, Nicola Yoon knows how to spur you emotionally.
I highly recommend this book, it’s a perfectly light read. You’ll definitely love this if you’re a huge fan of cutesy-heartbreak-romance contemporary.
Full review here.
This is by far the strangest, most unique and cutest book I have ever read.
Everything about this book is perfectly cute. From the story to the impossibly adorable characters and beautiful illustrations.
Plus, Nicola Yoon knows how to spur you emotionally.
I highly recommend this book, it’s a perfectly light read. You’ll definitely love this if you’re a huge fan of cutesy-heartbreak-romance contemporary.
Full review here.
harleyrae's review
4.0
4.5/5 Stars
I surprisingly really enjoyed this. There aren't very many books that make me want to stay up all night reading it. this though was one of those books. I loved how this book was set up, it was interesting and made the book go by faster.
I was completely surprised by the ending, I was not expecting it at all! I enjoyed how this book dealt with SCID, and not cancer as so many contemporary books now do. It was nice to see something different.
All in all I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it just about everyone.
I surprisingly really enjoyed this. There aren't very many books that make me want to stay up all night reading it. this though was one of those books. I loved how this book was set up, it was interesting and made the book go by faster.
I was completely surprised by the ending, I was not expecting it at all! I enjoyed how this book dealt with SCID, and not cancer as so many contemporary books now do. It was nice to see something different.
All in all I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it just about everyone.
leafblade's review
5.0
first of all: I knew it
second of all: I read it in less than 24 hours
the characters were amazing and I feel like I've read enough stories about the plot twist to fall for it but it was a pretty good plot twist and how Maddy's mom handled it was really good. I like how it portrayed other things? aside from a chronic illness: abusive family, blogging, losing loved ones, a lot of books, a really intelligent main character (even if, you know... the plot twist), mental illness, mixed race characters... it was amazing, dude.
I will definitely be reading the sun is also a star sometime soon
second of all: I read it in less than 24 hours
the characters were amazing and I feel like I've read enough stories about the plot twist to fall for it but it was a pretty good plot twist and how Maddy's mom handled it was really good. I like how it portrayed other things? aside from a chronic illness: abusive family, blogging, losing loved ones, a lot of books, a really intelligent main character (even if, you know... the plot twist), mental illness, mixed race characters... it was amazing, dude.
I will definitely be reading the sun is also a star sometime soon
jamiereybooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
4.25
dilchh's review against another edition
3.0
Oh I so want to like this book so much. It was on my “want to read” list, which I only reserved for books that I would totally wait for. Let’s just say that by the time I’m done with this book, the feelings that I thought were going to be overflowing in me didn’t really came. Here’s the thing, I find it incredibly hard to sympathise with Maddy. I get it that she’s suppose to be sick, but let’s be honest, it seems to me she’s trying so HARD to be witty and nonchalant about her sickness. But, hey, I’ve never been sick to the point that anything I do can trigger death, so maybe I’m just being ignorant. To be fair, I can’t seem to enjoy Olly as well. I get that he’s a character in a book, but he’s just very two dimensional to me. There’s nothing in the portrayal of Olly that can make me feel like when I read Park in Eleanor and Park.
Even with all the diary entries and illustrations, I still can’t find myself getting amuse by this book. Granted I did read the book in just four days, but that’s mostly because I just want to end the book so that I wouldn’t feel entirely bad about not finishing it. Another thing that I couldn’t enjoy is the fact that the book is pretty predictable. Like, very predictable. I don’t know if the author never quite meant it to be a secret, but that plot twist was so predictable. The moment I saw the happening before my eyes, I kept on muttering, “oh man, I totally call dibs on that plot twist. Yep, totally called it.”
I don’t know if I should be happy or pissed that I’m not surprised with that plot twist, but I’m definitely losing my spirit the more I read the book. There’s just so many things that I kept on complaining about throughout the book. First off, how could Maddy just leave her house like that? How could she leave her Mum like that? Did she not think what it would do to her Mum? How selfish could one be? Yeah, I get that you want to see the world and what have you, but running away? Just like that? Oh man, my inner self just screams with agony. Second, what’s up with her not wanting to forgive her Mum? Sure, what her Mum did was borderline psychotic, but to be fair, her Mum was kinda depressed. It’s not like she’s in her perfect mind. Couldn’t a girl at least stick around and make sure her Mum is well taken care off during her depression? Like, Maddy, come on! She’s your Mother, for God’s sake.
Okay, now that I think about it, I guess it’s the characters that annoys me to the point not liking this book. Maddy is just annoying. Olly is just too two dimensional. Maddy’s Mum was just off, even from the very beginning of the book. Olly’s families are like condiments that are just practically unnecessary to begin with. I guess Carla was the only character that I can actually like, just a bit. Just a teeny tiny bit.
Now, I’m going to explain a bit about this book and what I think about it (sure, the whole previous paragraphs are basically complaints, so you can all scroll through that. A bit late, I guess.); so, I don’t really like the book, but I’m not going to give it a two star. At the end of the day, this book, at least, deserves a three star. The only reason this book can hold its three stars was because of the question posed in the book. It questions about wanting something, about how once one had want something, one can never know how to stop; it’s just going to keep wanting more. To me, this is an interesting question. There was a song by Manchester Orchestra called I can Feel a Hot One, and one of the lyrics were Because enough is never quite enough. What’s enough?
I had this lyrics etched in my brain since my last year of university, and the older I get, the more relatable the question gets. How do you know that enough is enough? What defines as enough? You think you knew, but given the reality on a silver platter before you, then you wouldn’t realise if it is enough or not. Even more so when what’s been given to you is something that you had never taste before and now you enjoyed the taste so much, that you just won’t stop thinking that you felt that it is not enough for you think that you’ve been deprived of that taste for so long.
In the end, the book didn’t really answer the question but it doesn’t really matter, because in the end I think that question is the kind of questions one can never set an answer to it. So, there goes my rambling about this book. Feel free to give this book a read; it’s not a bad read, it’s just not what I thought it would be when I first read the synopsis.
Even with all the diary entries and illustrations, I still can’t find myself getting amuse by this book. Granted I did read the book in just four days, but that’s mostly because I just want to end the book so that I wouldn’t feel entirely bad about not finishing it. Another thing that I couldn’t enjoy is the fact that the book is pretty predictable. Like, very predictable. I don’t know if the author never quite meant it to be a secret, but that plot twist was so predictable. The moment I saw the happening before my eyes, I kept on muttering, “oh man, I totally call dibs on that plot twist. Yep, totally called it.”
I don’t know if I should be happy or pissed that I’m not surprised with that plot twist, but I’m definitely losing my spirit the more I read the book. There’s just so many things that I kept on complaining about throughout the book. First off, how could Maddy just leave her house like that? How could she leave her Mum like that? Did she not think what it would do to her Mum? How selfish could one be? Yeah, I get that you want to see the world and what have you, but running away? Just like that? Oh man, my inner self just screams with agony. Second, what’s up with her not wanting to forgive her Mum? Sure, what her Mum did was borderline psychotic, but to be fair, her Mum was kinda depressed. It’s not like she’s in her perfect mind. Couldn’t a girl at least stick around and make sure her Mum is well taken care off during her depression? Like, Maddy, come on! She’s your Mother, for God’s sake.
Okay, now that I think about it, I guess it’s the characters that annoys me to the point not liking this book. Maddy is just annoying. Olly is just too two dimensional. Maddy’s Mum was just off, even from the very beginning of the book. Olly’s families are like condiments that are just practically unnecessary to begin with. I guess Carla was the only character that I can actually like, just a bit. Just a teeny tiny bit.
Now, I’m going to explain a bit about this book and what I think about it (sure, the whole previous paragraphs are basically complaints, so you can all scroll through that. A bit late, I guess.); so, I don’t really like the book, but I’m not going to give it a two star. At the end of the day, this book, at least, deserves a three star. The only reason this book can hold its three stars was because of the question posed in the book. It questions about wanting something, about how once one had want something, one can never know how to stop; it’s just going to keep wanting more. To me, this is an interesting question. There was a song by Manchester Orchestra called I can Feel a Hot One, and one of the lyrics were Because enough is never quite enough. What’s enough?
I had this lyrics etched in my brain since my last year of university, and the older I get, the more relatable the question gets. How do you know that enough is enough? What defines as enough? You think you knew, but given the reality on a silver platter before you, then you wouldn’t realise if it is enough or not. Even more so when what’s been given to you is something that you had never taste before and now you enjoyed the taste so much, that you just won’t stop thinking that you felt that it is not enough for you think that you’ve been deprived of that taste for so long.
In the end, the book didn’t really answer the question but it doesn’t really matter, because in the end I think that question is the kind of questions one can never set an answer to it. So, there goes my rambling about this book. Feel free to give this book a read; it’s not a bad read, it’s just not what I thought it would be when I first read the synopsis.