Reviews - When Haru Was Here

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When Haru Was Here

Dustin Thao

3.75 AVERAGE

snakesread's review against another edition

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

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.

tara239126's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious reflective 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

solemyst_reading's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

skyrific's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious sad 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

theycallmeterri's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lautahreadingramble's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is good but not as good as Dustin Thao's other book called 'you've reached sam' that I was introduced to before this one.It was pretty flat when it came to the relationship between Haru and Eric.