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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If you’ve seen any hallmark movie, you’ve read this book. Same same same. I enjoyed it. I love hallmark movies.
This is a lovely YA book about love, forgiveness, and finding yourself. I adored the symbolism and found it a lovely happy book that both made me cry and gave me warm feelings.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't typically leave reviews. In fact, I'm notoriously bad about reviewing literally anything. But this book came to me at just the right moment in my life, and I felt compelled to share. Last year in March, I lost my best friend of almost twenty years to cancer, and nothing has felt the same since her loss, and this book almost perfectly captured every feeling I've had in the year since.
That's it. That's the review. Read this book.
That's it. That's the review. Read this book.
I have a feeling this will be a hit for a lot of teens who love reading.
[I received a free electronic review copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.]
5 stars +++ = Best of the best
Wow, this was incredible! This exceeded my expectations in every way imaginable. This is the sort of book that the expression "book hangover" was created for. I wasn't quite sure what to do with myself when I finished. I needed to either sit with the experience for awhile or start the book over again immediately.
I loved everything about this - Amelia, Nolan, the book store, the Orman series pieces, how the grief and loss issues were handled, the descriptions of Amelia's photographs, the epilogue. Truly, every minute of this was a delight.
There are times when the writing of a book will catch my attention - great descriptions or metaphors that will take me out of the reading for a moment to appreciate the craft. But this was at a different level for me where the writing took me *further* into the story, deepening the escape rather than drawing attention to itself. This will definitely be one of my top books for 2021 when the year wraps up. (Language, TW: grief/loss)
5 stars +++ = Best of the best
Wow, this was incredible! This exceeded my expectations in every way imaginable. This is the sort of book that the expression "book hangover" was created for. I wasn't quite sure what to do with myself when I finished. I needed to either sit with the experience for awhile or start the book over again immediately.
I loved everything about this - Amelia, Nolan, the book store, the Orman series pieces, how the grief and loss issues were handled, the descriptions of Amelia's photographs, the epilogue. Truly, every minute of this was a delight.
There are times when the writing of a book will catch my attention - great descriptions or metaphors that will take me out of the reading for a moment to appreciate the craft. But this was at a different level for me where the writing took me *further* into the story, deepening the escape rather than drawing attention to itself. This will definitely be one of my top books for 2021 when the year wraps up. (Language, TW: grief/loss)
I don’t quite think this book is absolutely perfect, but it made me tear up several times and it’s an incredibly special debut that absolutely deserves 5 stars.