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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was so good to finally have something new contemporary to read by Rainbow Rowell. It took me a while to pick it up, but once I did I felt at home among her words and characters. Please don't ever stop writing contemporary novels, Rainbow, I need them in order to fully live!
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-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
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Usually I love Rainbow Rowell's books. However, this just didn't do it for me.
The characters are insufferable and the plot is just boring
The characters are insufferable and the plot is just boring
emotional
fast-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
I'm starting the review writing before rating. And that's because... I really don't know how I feel about this book. I didn't like it, really. I'm not sure these are characters we're meant to like (or dislike). One of the things I loved about Fangirl, which has turned out to by the only RR book I've actually liked, is how real the conversations and characters felt. That was true here, too. Technically, this book was good. But, in me, it evoked none of the necessary emotions for a satisfying romance-read. If this had been billed as chick-lit, maybe I'd have felt differently? Then again, maybe not.
We don't get much directly from Cary, but when we do it's all nostalgia and only partly in a way that makes it seem like he's done some growing up in the intervening fifteen years. Shiloh, for her part, seems to understand that she comes with a fair amount of baggage but hasn't actually done much to address it. In her defense, she's barely into her thirties, she's just gone through a divorce, and she's got two young kids. That means there hasn't been a lot of time for introspection. This book, and Shiloh and Cary, probably would have benefitted greatly for this book having been set another ten years down the road.
As it stands, this book just didn't hit. And, despite how much I loved Fangirl, I'm afraid this is where I part company with Rainbow Rowell as I just don't think she's for me. Even if she really can turn a phrase. I mean damn but she writes some evocative (and uncomfy, but I like that) passages.
We don't get much directly from Cary, but when we do it's all nostalgia and only partly in a way that makes it seem like he's done some growing up in the intervening fifteen years. Shiloh, for her part, seems to understand that she comes with a fair amount of baggage but hasn't actually done much to address it. In her defense, she's barely into her thirties, she's just gone through a divorce, and she's got two young kids. That means there hasn't been a lot of time for introspection. This book, and Shiloh and Cary, probably would have benefitted greatly for this book having been set another ten years down the road.
As it stands, this book just didn't hit. And, despite how much I loved Fangirl, I'm afraid this is where I part company with Rainbow Rowell as I just don't think she's for me. Even if she really can turn a phrase. I mean damn but she writes some evocative (and uncomfy, but I like that) passages.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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