4.09 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

Amazing character writing. Realistic choices and development - good and bad. The ability to tell so many stories in parallel and keep me so engaged was unreal
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5 rounded up.
emotional reflective 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

I read this after reading the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and was disappointed by the contrast in these. This was hard to finish and had too many minute details that didn’t really matter or paint a picture. The ending was anti climatic. Typically love Taylor Jenkins Reid but not this one.

My least favorite TJR. I didn't have a lot of empathy for these well-to-do siblings, so I didn't really care.
emotional hopeful medium-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

Yes yes yes.

I loved that this was told with a duel timeline and the little references to Daisy Jones and Evelyn Hugo.

All the characters felt so real and this book was such a rollercoaster. I went from loving to hating a certain character within about 20 pages... All the relationships within this book were realistic and messy and I loved it.