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loveitall's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I should've dnf'ed but I had hope for some minor plot points but, personally, felt let down.

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whosfernn's review

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

This book feels like something straight from Wattpad, written by some 15 year old girl who's never experienced anything vaguely romantic in her life. Not a single one of the characters is likeable (except for Manny, who honestly deserves so much better). Misha serves to remind me of why I am terrified of men. His theme song might as well be Norman fucking Rockwell by Lana Del Rey. And oh my god, I can not read another 'romance' where the characters just hate-fuck a couple times and decide they're in love without sharing even a single positive moment with each other. I can't do it. I'm going insane.

It's a shame, because I wanted to like this book. I'd heard mixed things, but from what I'd heard about the plot it sounded like something I would enjoy, or at least be interested in. I was not interested. I was either annoyed or outright bored for at least 75% of this book, and that's being generous.

I do want to give the dark romance genre another shot though, so if anyone has any recommendations that are not as god awful as this book, send them my way.

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popatschi's review against another edition

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Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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amaramorgenstern's review

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Toxic as fuck, mysogonistic as fuck, Creepy as fuck. Protagonistin ist wahnsinnig unsympatisch. Mit 14-16 hätte mir das Buch warscheinlich sehr getaugt.

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tamaraacortiz's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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courteez's review

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It really dug into the nitty-gritty aspects of high school, the need to fit in and the horrid expectations we set on each other and on ourselves. I liked that Ryen wasn’t some loveable, innocent female character that most books will proceed with as most people aren’t angels we perceive them to be. I also approved of the way Misha was written, his personality truly shown through the book words making it easy to picture the person he is. The same with Ryen and being able to see her in both her ‘façade’ and the true person she is.

I’ll admit it’s a little slow at the start, and some things said are a little vulgar but it does pull you in.

The absolute revelation at the end that we find out absolutely stunned me.

This book made me emotions go from curiosity, happiness, sadness to angry in many ways.. I connected with the words written on the page and that’s what I truly love when it comes to reading. If I can’t connect to the words written, then what’s the purpose?

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keowolf_09's review

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Punk 57

Format : Physical copy || gifted via Jonathan Ball Publishers
Rating : 3 stars
Genre : Romance, Contemporary, New Adult
No Spoilers

I think if I read this book when I was younger I would have loved it thus I recommend this to you if you’ve just finished school. I think you’d be able to relate a lot more to the characters and their issues.

However, this book wasn’t really for me. Alot of the issues wasn’t things I could relate too anymore thus I think took me out of the story alot of the time.
I think the best way for me the review this will be too list what I did like and what I didn’t.

Things that I did like :
>The concept of the pen pals was such a fun idea too introduce the characters to each other.
>This was a very quick read
>Gave off an Early 2000s movie vibe

Things that I didn’t like :
>I’m not a fan of the bullying troupe and this had a lot of it
>I didn’t understand why Ryens sister was so mean
>I love would have liked to know why Mishas dad was so awful to him
>A lot of homophobia
>I’m not a fan of setting a new adult story in a school environment. Doesn’t sit right with me.

Overall if you find the synopsis interesting give it a go however if you find yourself disliking the stuff I listed above, give this book a skip

Thank you so much too Jonathan Ball Publishers for the gifted review copy!

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