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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
It's not as great as I thought it would be. It's boring. The pace is not consistent. Everything's a bit of a mess. I don't like it.
That was absolutely wild. The ending was especially exciting.
Drama, mysterie, humor. Meer heeft een boek niet nodig. En dat alles had dit boek, en nog veel meer. Niet het beste van Cecelia Ahern, maar toch een zeer goed boek, dat ik absoluut niet kon neerleggen.
I think this was YA (young adult) and I need OA (old adult)
meh. It's as if the author had two books she wanted to write, but didn't have enough material for one or the other so she married them together. On one hand, a teenage girl finds a mysterious book that tells her the future (where or why this book was never ever explained). On the other hand, there is all this drama and secrecy of her family, which reveals itself to her leaf by leaf. Actually this part is a pretty good story; I just didn't see what the mysterious diary had to do with any of it.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-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
This book was sent to me years ago by a friend who thought I might like to read it. It sat on my bookshelf for many years, now I have finished it I have no idea why it took me so long to read it. I really enjoyed it, the only thing I think it lacked was more of the book of tomorrow in the story line. This is only my opinion but I think it could have been introduced a bit early with a bit less story building. Also maybe instead of a book that helped the story along it could have been a secret diary or a series of letters that revealed the secrets that the story was hiding.
Having said that I really did enjoy the story and am very thankful to my friend for sending it to me.
Having said that I really did enjoy the story and am very thankful to my friend for sending it to me.
It puzzles me that I dislike the beginning, and I'm dissatisfied by the ending, but I still enjoyed this book. I think it's because Tamara grows so much, and I love to see growth in a character. The fact that Ahern is a good storyteller doesn't hurt, either.
This was a cute fluff book, but nothing too amazing. A quick and entertaining read with a little bit of a mystery in there. The mystery wasn't entirely obvious, though I did understand one part of it as soon as she had her first panic attack when there was some smoke.
The main character was truly awful. At the beginning of the novel she is a spoiled, selfish, awful person. She does change some by the end of the novel, but honestly I don't think she was that much better. Maybe she will continue to change.
Also, I think the "book" to which the title refers was unnecessary - very gimmicky way to get people interested in reading. It was a neat idea and could have been done so much better if the author really wanted to play into that aspect of it. But the way this novel is written... I think it could have been done without the book. After all, people learn to think about the consequences of their actions EVERY DAY without being able to see the future...
But despite those flaws, I did enjoy the book. I liked trying to figure out the mystery and there were so many aspects of what was going on that even though I figured out one part there was just so much more to the story. It was very satisfying in the end. And I really enjoyed all the characters except the main character. Especially the guy with the traveling library :P
The main character was truly awful. At the beginning of the novel she is a spoiled, selfish, awful person. She does change some by the end of the novel, but honestly I don't think she was that much better. Maybe she will continue to change.
Also, I think the "book" to which the title refers was unnecessary - very gimmicky way to get people interested in reading. It was a neat idea and could have been done so much better if the author really wanted to play into that aspect of it. But the way this novel is written... I think it could have been done without the book. After all, people learn to think about the consequences of their actions EVERY DAY without being able to see the future...
But despite those flaws, I did enjoy the book. I liked trying to figure out the mystery and there were so many aspects of what was going on that even though I figured out one part there was just so much more to the story. It was very satisfying in the end. And I really enjoyed all the characters except the main character. Especially the guy with the traveling library :P