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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
One of the best books I've ever read! I cried so hard so make sure you have tissues!
emotional
reflective
sad
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
While I wouldn’t add this book to a list of favorites, it was completely un-put-down-able. Sad and sweet, with a few very morally questionable moments. Overall, a mesmerizing and sad thought experiment on the permanence of fate and being unable to leave the past.
i went into this curious because it's so beloved, immediately got tonal whiplash when the two characters meet and clare talks about henry sucking her toes??? then several descriptions of clare that felt very men-writing-women, only for me to realize this was was in fact written by a woman. yikes. reminder that women are not exempt from objectifying their female characters too.
i resolved to continue reading only as an outlet for my favorite hobby (complaining), but the female narrator's child voice for clare's childhood diary was too grating and i couldn't do it.
also overall a weird choice from the author to have henry and clare start dating with an 8-year age gap (clare is 20, henry 28 when they meet in "real time"). like, it's already questionable the fact that henry visits her (several times) as a full-grown adult, naked, when she's in elementary school. and both characters don't have any feelings about this dynamic at all. no, it's not weird at all that clare describes henry as "parental" when she was growing up. yuck, yeah, i'm out.
i resolved to continue reading only as an outlet for my favorite hobby (complaining), but the female narrator's child voice for clare's childhood diary was too grating and i couldn't do it.
also overall a weird choice from the author to have henry and clare start dating with an 8-year age gap (clare is 20, henry 28 when they meet in "real time"). like, it's already questionable the fact that henry visits her (several times) as a full-grown adult, naked, when she's in elementary school. and both characters don't have any feelings about this dynamic at all. no, it's not weird at all that clare describes henry as "parental" when she was growing up. yuck, yeah, i'm out.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No