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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
Probably not the best message, that love and romance can cure everything and the insta-love was really insta, but I really like the characters and the story, so I will close both of my eyes and pretend.
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
Once you pick this one up, you won't want to put it down.
This is the perfect book for bookworms and anyone who loves stories.
Amelia and her best (and only) friend Jenna planned to go to college together, to take all the same basic courses and electives together, and to start their adult lives together. Jenna had the plan all detailed out on huge poster board. She was always the organized one, the one so certain of where she needed to go in life and how to get there.
But then, after a freak car accident, suddenly Jenna is gone and Amelia is unanchored.
Did she ever know what she wanted to do with herself? Were Jenna's plans really her plans to? And how else is she supposed to hang onto Jenna if she doesn't follow their life plan. Jenna's parents cling to Amelia with such ferocity that she doesn't know how to move on or even if she wants to. Jenna's parents have already lost their daughter and she doesn't want to hurt them by revealing how uncertain she is in life.
But just a few days after Jenna's funeral a strange package arrives for Amelia at the local bookstore. She's certain it's from Jenna somehow. So Amelia goes to the original bookstore from where this impossible book originates.
There, just maybe she'll find answers. Just maybe she'll find friends. Just maybe she'll meet others who teach her how to be broken and beautiful at the same time. Just maybe she'll find herself.
But then what?
If she does find a dream for herself, how can she keep it when her life is already planned out and deviating from that plan would mean starting a new story when all she wants is to return to how her story should have been?
The characters in this book are sheer perfection - every last one of them. You'll fall in love with Amelia, Jenna, Alex, Nolan, Val, Jenna's parents, even the brain damaged dog.
Pick this one up. You'll be glad you did.
This is the perfect book for bookworms and anyone who loves stories.
Amelia and her best (and only) friend Jenna planned to go to college together, to take all the same basic courses and electives together, and to start their adult lives together. Jenna had the plan all detailed out on huge poster board. She was always the organized one, the one so certain of where she needed to go in life and how to get there.
But then, after a freak car accident, suddenly Jenna is gone and Amelia is unanchored.
Did she ever know what she wanted to do with herself? Were Jenna's plans really her plans to? And how else is she supposed to hang onto Jenna if she doesn't follow their life plan. Jenna's parents cling to Amelia with such ferocity that she doesn't know how to move on or even if she wants to. Jenna's parents have already lost their daughter and she doesn't want to hurt them by revealing how uncertain she is in life.
But just a few days after Jenna's funeral a strange package arrives for Amelia at the local bookstore. She's certain it's from Jenna somehow. So Amelia goes to the original bookstore from where this impossible book originates.
There, just maybe she'll find answers. Just maybe she'll find friends. Just maybe she'll meet others who teach her how to be broken and beautiful at the same time. Just maybe she'll find herself.
But then what?
If she does find a dream for herself, how can she keep it when her life is already planned out and deviating from that plan would mean starting a new story when all she wants is to return to how her story should have been?
The characters in this book are sheer perfection - every last one of them. You'll fall in love with Amelia, Jenna, Alex, Nolan, Val, Jenna's parents, even the brain damaged dog.
Pick this one up. You'll be glad you did.
She’s done it.
Ashley Schumacher has written the perfect YA story.
Read this book the first time to get lost in its beauty.
And then read it again to find the missing bits of magic you missed in the first.
This is a story about loss and grief
About everyday magic, whales and hidden rooms
About bookstores and the readers who consume stories like it’s the very air they breathe
It’s about starting in the middle
It’s about being ok not knowing the end
It’s about friendship and trust and finding your person
It’s about writers who need to tell stories and how magic in books is cast by ordinary people.
I could tell you about the book but in all honesty I’d like to tell you about how it made me feel.
When I finished, I cried. I wanted to hug this book and immediately shelve it into my all time favorites. If I could give it more stars I would. This captures what it feels like to be 18 and have the whole world in front of you. The friendship and the writing is absolutely imaginative and lyrical. Reading it like felt the perfect summer night...knowing that even though it would end, experiencing for the time being was just enough...just right.
I was spellbound from page 1 to finish, I honestly can’t think of a single thing I didn’t like. This is the book I wish I had the talent to write myself.
If you like YA, take a chance on Amelia Unabridged.
Ashley Schumacher has written the perfect YA story.
Read this book the first time to get lost in its beauty.
And then read it again to find the missing bits of magic you missed in the first.
This is a story about loss and grief
About everyday magic, whales and hidden rooms
About bookstores and the readers who consume stories like it’s the very air they breathe
It’s about starting in the middle
It’s about being ok not knowing the end
It’s about friendship and trust and finding your person
It’s about writers who need to tell stories and how magic in books is cast by ordinary people.
I could tell you about the book but in all honesty I’d like to tell you about how it made me feel.
When I finished, I cried. I wanted to hug this book and immediately shelve it into my all time favorites. If I could give it more stars I would. This captures what it feels like to be 18 and have the whole world in front of you. The friendship and the writing is absolutely imaginative and lyrical. Reading it like felt the perfect summer night...knowing that even though it would end, experiencing for the time being was just enough...just right.
I was spellbound from page 1 to finish, I honestly can’t think of a single thing I didn’t like. This is the book I wish I had the talent to write myself.
If you like YA, take a chance on Amelia Unabridged.
This one is GOOD! I can't wait to recommend it to my students. Amelia is perfectly imperfect, but so relatable for teens finishing high school. I love her connection with books and reading, even her reliability on it to help her through certain life changing situations.
Amelia Unabridged is a super sweet and cute romance novel. It is super emotional and it's about the navigation through her best friend's death (Jenna) and finds love in the darkness. I first found this book on Instagram as an ad because it had my name on the cover and I wasn't sure it sounded that good but once I read it, it was so wonderful. I would soooo recommend reading it.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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:
Complicated
“Jenna was right: there is nothing in the world a good book can’t cure”
I loved Amelia and Jenna’s friendship, too much that during the first 10% of the book I was scared of the bomb the author would drop, I know what was coming and I was dreading it my heart was beating so fast.
Amelia and Jenna’s moments were so beautiful, written beautifully that you can’t help but fall in love with them.
And now my boy Nolan, my angsty boy. I didn’t know what to think of him first, he was mysterious and his personality was hard to be determined but I grew to love him through his moments with other characters. It broke my heart to see what he went through.
What I love about this book:
- WRITER main character
- BOOKWORM and nerdy characters
I loved Amelia and Jenna’s friendship, too much that during the first 10% of the book I was scared of the bomb the author would drop, I know what was coming and I was dreading it my heart was beating so fast.
Amelia and Jenna’s moments were so beautiful, written beautifully that you can’t help but fall in love with them.
And now my boy Nolan, my angsty boy. I didn’t know what to think of him first, he was mysterious and his personality was hard to be determined but I grew to love him through his moments with other characters. It broke my heart to see what he went through.
What I love about this book:
- WRITER main character
- BOOKWORM and nerdy characters
dark
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
ok this book is so beautiful. the vibes and aesthetic are astronomical and the romance is bittersweet. it’s definitely a character driven book.the arc of both amelia and nolan helping each other with their grief and fears is so fucking lovely, but because of their consumation with their respective greivances it makes it so both characters are sort of flat. amelia has some whole ass parental issues but they can't be touched on because jenna is dead and she has to fall in love with nolan. wally highkey annoys the shit out of me and i wish he was a cat bc this book just gives cat vibes. jenna is highkey controlling and ik she meant well and thought it was what amelia wanted, but it's still fucked to plan someone's whole life. i'm pretty sure there's even a part where jenna picks amelia's career only because she got good grades in that subject, and doesn't take into account what AMELIA wanted to do. i kind of wish amelia’s relationship with her mom was touched on more, i know the point is that the orman chronicles and jenna’s parents gave her a family when hers didn’t show up, but her mom might as well not exist as a character until the one chapter when amelia needs a reason to go back to nolan. also making out for the first time in front of your dead sisters' graves. NO. other than those few gripes, this book actually means a lot to me. it has my favorite epilogue i've read ever and one of the most beautiful romance stories i've seen. the writing style is just how i like it. also whatever alex is getting paid is not enough.
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