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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I didn’t feel for any of the characters and everything felt kinda dragged out, confusing. How did Haru’s entire thing work??? No one saw him yet no one ever finds it weird the MC is talking to air. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE KIDS AHHH!!!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
fast-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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
I do not like Eric. I do not like Daniel. I do not like Haru. Eric needs therapy. The whole premise of this book is weird. I did not at all like the style of storytelling. Repeatedly Eric would tell us a story about something happening only for it to not have happened. I started to think everything in Eric's life was made up B's that he just wanted to call our bluff on. I spoilered myself on the plot twist. HATE. Not in the how dare you play with my emotions like this hate. Rather in a visceral, why are you this bad at writing plot, sort of hate. I will be putting this author on my never read list. Only points he gets....this book was queer.
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
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
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I honestly don't know what to say about When Haru Was Here. When I was reading I was kinda curfuffled the entire time, especially with the time skips right at the beginning of the book. It felt like situations were continually repeating themself. I didn't like any of the characters until the last couple chapters of the book. There was something that kept me reading though. I like the ending but I don't know if that's enough to redeem the rest of the book or if it even fits the character and the story. Overall I don't know what to rate this book. It was very confusing.
Edit: I forgot to about this when writing the review, the text. I don't know if my book was misprinted but if so l've never seen a misprint quite like it. At the beginning of every chapter and some paragraphs the first line was in a different font. It was also not
Edit: I forgot to about this when writing the review, the text. I don't know if my book was misprinted but if so l've never seen a misprint quite like it. At the beginning of every chapter and some paragraphs the first line was in a different font. It was also not
consistent sometimes the whole first line would be in a different font sometimes just a few words. it was bizarre and inconsistent, really took me out of the story since I was just confused why anyone would do this in a book. Was it a code? Is there a reason because I've really thought about it and I cannot understand.