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demonsreadtoo's review against another edition
2.0
Fun at times, and at others, a bit of a snore, this one took me three weeks to finish. I was drawn to the idea of reading about Tokyo, and got a bit of that in the beginning, but eventually it became all about the romantic drama. I’m usually down for that. If the characters strike a chord with me, the book could be about anything and I’d still devour it. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel connected enough to Sophia (Sofa to her friends), Jamie or David to get on board with either of the pairings the book tried throwing at me. Basically, I just wanted to be in Japan and leave these people behind.
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capesandcovers's review against another edition
I read this too long ago to review it, but it was very much a white centric story set in Japan for ~aesthetic~ so I'm just leaving it unrated
victorreads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
merlin_reads's review against another edition
2.5
Sophia has one week left in Tokyo. One week to cram in everything she loves about the city and also spend as much time with her friends as she can. When someone from her past decides to make his reentry the same week she is leaving, Sophia is left wondering if her leaving will be overshadowed by an old friends arrival and also, just what exactly does this mean for her?
Jamie and Sophia used to be friends. Really good friends. Until Jamie does something that hurts Sophia badly. He then leaves Tokyo for boarding school in the US and the two get no resolution. That is until Jamie comes back. The two of them find themselves drawn to each other and revealing what went wrong.
This story is just a huge book of misunderstandings. And also lack of communication. Set in a beautiful locale, I expected the author to use it more to help shape the story. Instead, she tells us what it is but doesn't show us. On top of that, we're thrown random Japanese words throughout the book almost in an offhand sort of way. Like the author forgot it was supposed to be set in a foreign country and went back and added those later.
As for the characters, they were ok. I disliked about half of them and the other half I just tolerated. I still could not tell you why some of them were friends. They were horrible to each other - lying, backstabbing, etc. I don't understand why Sophia was soooo in love with David - he was kind of an ass. But Sophia also was on the side of immature so maybe that was it... And then Jamie was like a lost puppy - adorable at times and then like something you need to nurture.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. That beautiful cover didn't help. I didn't hate it but I also didn't love it. It was just okay. Nothing really memorable unfortunately.
I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Jamie and Sophia used to be friends. Really good friends. Until Jamie does something that hurts Sophia badly. He then leaves Tokyo for boarding school in the US and the two get no resolution. That is until Jamie comes back. The two of them find themselves drawn to each other and revealing what went wrong.
This story is just a huge book of misunderstandings. And also lack of communication. Set in a beautiful locale, I expected the author to use it more to help shape the story. Instead, she tells us what it is but doesn't show us. On top of that, we're thrown random Japanese words throughout the book almost in an offhand sort of way. Like the author forgot it was supposed to be set in a foreign country and went back and added those later.
As for the characters, they were ok. I disliked about half of them and the other half I just tolerated. I still could not tell you why some of them were friends. They were horrible to each other - lying, backstabbing, etc. I don't understand why Sophia was soooo in love with David - he was kind of an ass. But Sophia also was on the side of immature so maybe that was it... And then Jamie was like a lost puppy - adorable at times and then like something you need to nurture.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. That beautiful cover didn't help. I didn't hate it but I also didn't love it. It was just okay. Nothing really memorable unfortunately.
I received an e-copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
thegraduatedbookwormblogger's review against another edition
4.0
Full Review can be found at http://thegraduatedbookworm.blogspot.ca
First I want to say a huge thanks to the amazing people from Hachette Books Canada for sending me an ARC copy of Seven Days Of You for an honest review! Also apologies for the delay!
Alright, so this book is a short read, but I honestly think that there should be a continuation after the ending that I just read!
From the beginning, you can tell that there is some sort of strain between Sophia and her sister, but as you go through the novel, that backstory kind of pops up into focus, and you really get more of an understanding of what Sophia's life was like before Tokyo. You see a longing and pain underlying from her current obstacles, and I really felt it all. I really enjoyed seeing for every chapter exactly how much time that Sophia had left and the connections that made in the novel too!
Okay so let's get to Jamie...You know I would go there! Right from the beginning there is a total love-hate relationship going on. Whether they wanted to admit it or not, there was a connection. I mean she called him a nerd, yet she was clearly making Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings references, so really, they were meant to be together!
Overall I really enjoyed this book! It was sweet, and had such a cute love story. There was a lot of heartache that appeared in different ways (Not from a physical relationship) and you see how these two people came together to help one another move on and move past what's been holding them back. I do feel like there could have been more to the story, and that the last half could have been spread out more than rushed, but it was still a great read!
First I want to say a huge thanks to the amazing people from Hachette Books Canada for sending me an ARC copy of Seven Days Of You for an honest review! Also apologies for the delay!
Alright, so this book is a short read, but I honestly think that there should be a continuation after the ending that I just read!
From the beginning, you can tell that there is some sort of strain between Sophia and her sister, but as you go through the novel, that backstory kind of pops up into focus, and you really get more of an understanding of what Sophia's life was like before Tokyo. You see a longing and pain underlying from her current obstacles, and I really felt it all. I really enjoyed seeing for every chapter exactly how much time that Sophia had left and the connections that made in the novel too!
Okay so let's get to Jamie...You know I would go there! Right from the beginning there is a total love-hate relationship going on. Whether they wanted to admit it or not, there was a connection. I mean she called him a nerd, yet she was clearly making Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings references, so really, they were meant to be together!
Overall I really enjoyed this book! It was sweet, and had such a cute love story. There was a lot of heartache that appeared in different ways (Not from a physical relationship) and you see how these two people came together to help one another move on and move past what's been holding them back. I do feel like there could have been more to the story, and that the last half could have been spread out more than rushed, but it was still a great read!
bookswrotemystory's review against another edition
2.0
About the only real positive I have here is that this was a quick read. Other than that, it was a bit of a disappointment. I so wanted to love this book because it sounded so cute! But honestly, there just wasn't anything special about it. It is the type of book that I will completely forget. The characters were really one dimensional and to be honest, I didn't really connect with any of them in any real way.
chrissireads's review against another edition
3.0
I have had this book on my TBR for over a year now, so I thought it was about time that I got around to reading it. I was aware of some reviews that weren’t overly complimentary about the story. In some ways, I can see why, but I thought it was an okay read and it definitely didn’t take me long to read at all. I think it would make a good beach read or a book in-between heavier books.
Seven Days of You follows Sophia who is entering her last week in Tokyo before she moves back to the US. She’s struggling with the thought of leaving her friends and the place that she loves spending time in. Sophia has set an alarm counting down the days, hours and minutes until she leaves. An old friend named Jamie is back in Tokyo during Sophia’s last week and he makes the last week pretty unforgettable.
I think my main frustration with this book was that I didn’t feel like I got to know Tokyo. I’ve never been there, so I really wanted the setting to be rich and descriptive. I wanted to go on an armchair adventure, but it definitely wasn’t for me. It really could have been set anywhere because I didn’t get a strong sense of place.
I did think the romance was believable and I liked how it was initially based on friendship. I think the relationship was hopeful for the future at the end of the story. To me, this story isn’t a love story for Tokyo, it’s a story about finding out who you are readdressing the friendships in your life. I don’t think Sophia’s friendships were as strong as she thought they were and it was interesting to read her discovery of this fact!
Seven Days of You follows Sophia who is entering her last week in Tokyo before she moves back to the US. She’s struggling with the thought of leaving her friends and the place that she loves spending time in. Sophia has set an alarm counting down the days, hours and minutes until she leaves. An old friend named Jamie is back in Tokyo during Sophia’s last week and he makes the last week pretty unforgettable.
I think my main frustration with this book was that I didn’t feel like I got to know Tokyo. I’ve never been there, so I really wanted the setting to be rich and descriptive. I wanted to go on an armchair adventure, but it definitely wasn’t for me. It really could have been set anywhere because I didn’t get a strong sense of place.
I did think the romance was believable and I liked how it was initially based on friendship. I think the relationship was hopeful for the future at the end of the story. To me, this story isn’t a love story for Tokyo, it’s a story about finding out who you are readdressing the friendships in your life. I don’t think Sophia’s friendships were as strong as she thought they were and it was interesting to read her discovery of this fact!
locuraxloslibros's review against another edition
4.0
Último verano en Tokio es el primer libro que leo de Cecilia Vinesse y la verdad que me ha encantado! Es increíble como la vida de una persona puede cambiar de un momento para otro, en tan solo una semana. Sophia es una chica de 17 años que vive en Tokio con su hermana Alison y su mamá, y que se mudará a Estados Unidos donde ya había vivido cuando era chica. La historia comienza cuando faltan exactamente 7 días para volver a EEUU y Sophia quiere aprovechar esa semana para despedirse de Tokio y especialmente de sus mejores amigos David (del cual siempre estuvo enamorada) y Mika, pero todo cambia cuando vuelve a Tokio Jamie, quien se había ido del país hacia 3 años y ya no habían tenido más contacto. Sophia empieza a pasar más tiempo con Jamie luego de una pelea que tiene con Mika y David y se da cuenta que antes de que Jamie se fuera de Tokio, a ella le gustaba mucho. Podrán empezar una relación a tan pocos días de que ella se marche y no saben si para siempre?
Lo que más me gustó de la historia fue sin dudas la relación de Sofa con su hermana Alison, el nivel de compañerismo y la forma en que ella siempre la estaba ayudando y apoyando, y también el papel de su mamá, quien siempre está buscando lo mejor para sus hijas. Su papá por otro lado me cayó muy mal, quien siempre estaba haciendo de menos a Sophia y a su hermana porque él ya había formado una nueva familia y estaba viviendo en Francia.
Este libro nos enseña que los sentimientos son algo que nosotros no podemos controlar, que simplemente llegan para quedarse sin que nosotros lo podamos evitar, y aunque uno luche y quiera no sentir amor, odio, tristeza o cualquier sentimiento por alguien, eso es algo que no podemos manejar. Y así fue, el amor llegó y no importó cuantas horas faltaban para que se separaran, simplemente llegó y se quedó.
Creo que lo más bonito de la historia fue darme cuenta que evidentemente la vida puede dar muchos giros inesperados en muy poco tiempo, y que todo depende de nosotros y en cómo afrontamos esas situaciones. En si estamos o no dispuestos a abrirnos y dejar que todo pase como tiene que pasar...
Lo que más me gustó de la historia fue sin dudas la relación de Sofa con su hermana Alison, el nivel de compañerismo y la forma en que ella siempre la estaba ayudando y apoyando, y también el papel de su mamá, quien siempre está buscando lo mejor para sus hijas. Su papá por otro lado me cayó muy mal, quien siempre estaba haciendo de menos a Sophia y a su hermana porque él ya había formado una nueva familia y estaba viviendo en Francia.
Este libro nos enseña que los sentimientos son algo que nosotros no podemos controlar, que simplemente llegan para quedarse sin que nosotros lo podamos evitar, y aunque uno luche y quiera no sentir amor, odio, tristeza o cualquier sentimiento por alguien, eso es algo que no podemos manejar. Y así fue, el amor llegó y no importó cuantas horas faltaban para que se separaran, simplemente llegó y se quedó.
Creo que lo más bonito de la historia fue darme cuenta que evidentemente la vida puede dar muchos giros inesperados en muy poco tiempo, y que todo depende de nosotros y en cómo afrontamos esas situaciones. En si estamos o no dispuestos a abrirnos y dejar que todo pase como tiene que pasar...
liralen's review against another edition
3.0
It's Sophia's last week in Tokyo, it's her mortal enemy's first week back after years away, and she's managed to fall in love with him.
I was eager to read this because I'm terribly curious about books that take place elsewhere, ones that (in YA literature, anyway) ask the characters not just to deal with normal growing pains but also place them in a different cultural context than the characters and/or readers are used to. This didn't work for me as well as I would have liked, for a couple of reasons: romance and use of Tokyo.
Romance-wise, there was just...too much of it for me. It's hard for me to care about a romance that was clearly either a) not going to last longer than the week the book spanned or b) spin out into some improbable 'we haven't spoken for years but now that we've had a week together we'll do the long-distance thing indefinitely because we know we're meant to be' thing. Even Sophia knew this, but everything else seemed to be of secondary importance throughout the book. (I also find it really, really weird that the reason she hates him at the beginning is that he once sent her a mean text by accident...but she's perfectly happy to receive the same kind of message (i.e., a mean text about someone else) from the guy she has a crush on at the beginning of the book.)
And in terms of use of Tokyo... I don't know. There were some Tokyo-specific details and so on, but I had trouble getting past the fact that Sophia's lived in Tokyo, on and off, for more than half her life but doesn't speak more than the most rudimentary of Japanese. I do understand that it's a difficult language and that she's been attending an English-language school, but having trouble saying 'please' in Japanese when she orders pizza? I cannot imagine. Literally, I cannot imagine moving somewhere for more than a few months (more than a few weeks) and not putting any effort into learning the language. Her friends in the book are also of the expat variety, and for the most part Japanese culture in the book is limited to noodle shops, karaoke, and animated films.
It could have been worse (so much worse!), but I'd still love to find a YA book that really took me into Tokyo.
I was eager to read this because I'm terribly curious about books that take place elsewhere, ones that (in YA literature, anyway) ask the characters not just to deal with normal growing pains but also place them in a different cultural context than the characters and/or readers are used to. This didn't work for me as well as I would have liked, for a couple of reasons: romance and use of Tokyo.
Romance-wise, there was just...too much of it for me. It's hard for me to care about a romance that was clearly either a) not going to last longer than the week the book spanned or b) spin out into some improbable 'we haven't spoken for years but now that we've had a week together we'll do the long-distance thing indefinitely because we know we're meant to be' thing. Even Sophia knew this, but everything else seemed to be of secondary importance throughout the book. (I also find it really, really weird that the reason she hates him at the beginning is that he once sent her a mean text by accident...but she's perfectly happy to receive the same kind of message (i.e., a mean text about someone else) from the guy she has a crush on at the beginning of the book.)
And in terms of use of Tokyo... I don't know. There were some Tokyo-specific details and so on, but I had trouble getting past the fact that Sophia's lived in Tokyo, on and off, for more than half her life but doesn't speak more than the most rudimentary of Japanese. I do understand that it's a difficult language and that she's been attending an English-language school, but having trouble saying 'please' in Japanese when she orders pizza? I cannot imagine. Literally, I cannot imagine moving somewhere for more than a few months (more than a few weeks) and not putting any effort into learning the language. Her friends in the book are also of the expat variety, and for the most part Japanese culture in the book is limited to noodle shops, karaoke, and animated films.
It could have been worse (so much worse!), but I'd still love to find a YA book that really took me into Tokyo.
itsmandyj's review against another edition
3.0
First off I will say that I am not a huge contemporary lover so that may have an effect on my feelings toward this book.
I thought the setting of the book, Tokyo, was so cool and I really liked that it was different than most contemporaries. I think because the book is set over a period of 7 days that I didn't connect with any of the characters at all. I liked Sophia, but she just seemed to juvenile for me. But in saying that a lot of the things she thinks about boys did remind me of when I was in high school so I do think that was captured pretty well.
Overall not something that I would pick up for myself, but would definitely recommend to younger readers
I thought the setting of the book, Tokyo, was so cool and I really liked that it was different than most contemporaries. I think because the book is set over a period of 7 days that I didn't connect with any of the characters at all. I liked Sophia, but she just seemed to juvenile for me. But in saying that a lot of the things she thinks about boys did remind me of when I was in high school so I do think that was captured pretty well.
Overall not something that I would pick up for myself, but would definitely recommend to younger readers