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klarybelmillo's review
4.0
IT'S A POSTCARD.
Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout.
IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT THEY'RE SOOOOO... LATE LUCY AND OWEN ARE SO ADORABLE :)
Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout.
IT'S A LITTLE SAD THAT THEY'RE SOOOOO... LATE LUCY AND OWEN ARE SO ADORABLE :)
yara_adorablebooks's review
4.0
Leuk boek, las lekker weg en heerlijk voor tussendoor. Zeker als je vooral veel dystopische verhalen leest is het soms fijn om een contemporary boek te lezen. Recensie verschijnt gauw op onze blog: www.adorablebooks.nl
lisaar91's review
2.0
Finally.
Not my sort of book. Predictable romance. But I can see why people say it's cute!
Not my sort of book. Predictable romance. But I can see why people say it's cute!
lindswift's review
5.0
“But there's no such thing as a completely fresh start. Everything new arrives on the heels of something old, and every beginning comes at the cost of an ending.”
I just found my new favorite romance/love book. It was the first time that I read a book from Jennifer E. Smith and I'd heard some positive and nice things about her since "This Is What Happy Looks Like" or "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight" but when I first saw the cover of "The Geography Of You and Me" I was like "Dude, I HAVE to read it.".
So I did.
And, holy shit, I just fell in love with that book.
I was looking for a good love story for this summer -sounds silly but yeah, read really cute love story in summer is totally my thing- and after have been totally disappointed with "Falling Into You" or "The Last Summer (Of You And Me)" I really hoped that "The Geography of You and Me" would be as good as I've expected. And it did. It finally did.
This well-written novel tells the story of two teenagers : Lucy and Owen, finding each other no matter where they are, no matter their differences, no matter what they've been through. Despite the distance, despite everything. They'll find each other. A lovely story about distance relationship when you both are across the globe.
I finished "The Geography of You and Me" with a smile on my face. That kind of smile you do when you finish a great and lovely and brilliant and outstanding book.
“And the geography of the thing- the geography of them- was completely and hopelessly wrong.”
I enjoyed every single word and read all over again some parts, not because I did not understand them but just because they were so beautifully written. I think that I loved the book mostly thanks to the "travel" part : from Edinburgh to San Francisco, from London to Seattle... It was magical, I guess.
I could talk about "The Geography of You and Me" for hours, trust me, but I will end here and just say that this book will probably stay in my heart for a very long time.
“There was no point in waiting for someone who hadn't asked, and there was no point in wishing for something that would never happen.”
I just found my new favorite romance/love book. It was the first time that I read a book from Jennifer E. Smith and I'd heard some positive and nice things about her since "This Is What Happy Looks Like" or "The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight" but when I first saw the cover of "The Geography Of You and Me" I was like "Dude, I HAVE to read it.".
So I did.
And, holy shit, I just fell in love with that book.
I was looking for a good love story for this summer -sounds silly but yeah, read really cute love story in summer is totally my thing- and after have been totally disappointed with "Falling Into You" or "The Last Summer (Of You And Me)" I really hoped that "The Geography of You and Me" would be as good as I've expected. And it did. It finally did.
This well-written novel tells the story of two teenagers : Lucy and Owen, finding each other no matter where they are, no matter their differences, no matter what they've been through. Despite the distance, despite everything. They'll find each other. A lovely story about distance relationship when you both are across the globe.
I finished "The Geography of You and Me" with a smile on my face. That kind of smile you do when you finish a great and lovely and brilliant and outstanding book.
“And the geography of the thing- the geography of them- was completely and hopelessly wrong.”
I enjoyed every single word and read all over again some parts, not because I did not understand them but just because they were so beautifully written. I think that I loved the book mostly thanks to the "travel" part : from Edinburgh to San Francisco, from London to Seattle... It was magical, I guess.
I could talk about "The Geography of You and Me" for hours, trust me, but I will end here and just say that this book will probably stay in my heart for a very long time.
“There was no point in waiting for someone who hadn't asked, and there was no point in wishing for something that would never happen.”
sarahlreadseverything's review
3.0
3.75
The Geography of You and Me is a bittersweet tale of long-distance love. Lucy and Owen meet by chance during a blackout, at a point when both of their lives are about to change drastically. Owen has recently lost his mother to a car-crash and is struggling to help his father process the grief. Lucy suffers from absentee parents who seem more interested in their work than their daughter. The two are from very different places socially, but there is an instant spark between them.
I liked many things about The Geography of You and Me. I liked that despite meeting only very briefly in the first instance, there is no insta-love between Lucy and Owen. Both are very unsure as to what exactly they feel for each other and whether it is even true attraction, let alone something more. This uncertainty is reflected in both of their actions throughout the novel and made it feel very much more real. Smith's writing is beautiful - poetic, with an interesting style. A section of very short chapters built suspense two thirds of the way through in an interesting way that had me wildly flicking the pages.
I especially liked the many elements of long-distances love that rang true in Smith's portrayal. I've done long distance myself, to an even more extreme point than Lucy and Owen do here. When my husband and I started dating I lived in New Zealand and he lived in France, which remained the case for the first 3 and a half years of our relationship. So I loved the way Smith described Lucy and Owen's first meeting after a long time apart and the awkwardness there is as you re-establish with someone you're extremely close to, but not. I loved the way Owen worries about not coming off as well on paper as he does in real life.
That being said, there was just a few little moments that jerked me out of The Geography of You and Me's spell. I felt that Lucy reads far older than 16, to the extent that there were several points where it brought me out of the story because it didn't seem realistic - especially her relationship with another male character, which she falls into in a way that 16 year olds don't tend to. Just as there were elements of the long-distance that I loved, there were also a couple that didn't ring as true to life for me, though I recognise all experiences are different!
Overall? 3.75 stars. It's a beautifully written and compelling story, but I just couldn't quite bring myself to give it a 4.
The Geography of You and Me is a bittersweet tale of long-distance love. Lucy and Owen meet by chance during a blackout, at a point when both of their lives are about to change drastically. Owen has recently lost his mother to a car-crash and is struggling to help his father process the grief. Lucy suffers from absentee parents who seem more interested in their work than their daughter. The two are from very different places socially, but there is an instant spark between them.
I liked many things about The Geography of You and Me. I liked that despite meeting only very briefly in the first instance, there is no insta-love between Lucy and Owen. Both are very unsure as to what exactly they feel for each other and whether it is even true attraction, let alone something more. This uncertainty is reflected in both of their actions throughout the novel and made it feel very much more real. Smith's writing is beautiful - poetic, with an interesting style. A section of very short chapters built suspense two thirds of the way through in an interesting way that had me wildly flicking the pages.
I especially liked the many elements of long-distances love that rang true in Smith's portrayal. I've done long distance myself, to an even more extreme point than Lucy and Owen do here. When my husband and I started dating I lived in New Zealand and he lived in France, which remained the case for the first 3 and a half years of our relationship. So I loved the way Smith described Lucy and Owen's first meeting after a long time apart and the awkwardness there is as you re-establish with someone you're extremely close to, but not. I loved the way Owen worries about not coming off as well on paper as he does in real life.
That being said, there was just a few little moments that jerked me out of The Geography of You and Me's spell. I felt that Lucy reads far older than 16, to the extent that there were several points where it brought me out of the story because it didn't seem realistic - especially her relationship with another male character, which she falls into in a way that 16 year olds don't tend to. Just as there were elements of the long-distance that I loved, there were also a couple that didn't ring as true to life for me, though I recognise all experiences are different!
Overall? 3.75 stars. It's a beautifully written and compelling story, but I just couldn't quite bring myself to give it a 4.
shhchar's review against another edition
2.0
The Geography of You and Me was as charming and unique as any of Smith's other books, but it lacked character development and a hook.
I didn't really know either Lucy or Owen and wasn't given the chance to. They were falling in love when I was still struggling to get into the story. I wasn't given enough material to care about either of them individually, let alone together.
I loved all the descriptions of the places Lucy and Owen traveled. The uniqueness of the postcard communications was adorable, but it still didn't save the book in my eye. Initially, I thought the night of the blackout would be longer in page numbers, and I wish it had been.
I didn't like how extremely symmetric some of the chapters were, down to just changing the names and places. The writing style was definitely unique, but tedious at times.
You'll like The Geography of You and Me if you've liked Smith's other books (I recommend This is What Happy Looks Like). If you were on the fence about some of her other books, I wouldn't recommend this.
I didn't really know either Lucy or Owen and wasn't given the chance to. They were falling in love when I was still struggling to get into the story. I wasn't given enough material to care about either of them individually, let alone together.
I loved all the descriptions of the places Lucy and Owen traveled. The uniqueness of the postcard communications was adorable, but it still didn't save the book in my eye. Initially, I thought the night of the blackout would be longer in page numbers, and I wish it had been.
I didn't like how extremely symmetric some of the chapters were, down to just changing the names and places. The writing style was definitely unique, but tedious at times.
You'll like The Geography of You and Me if you've liked Smith's other books (I recommend This is What Happy Looks Like). If you were on the fence about some of her other books, I wouldn't recommend this.
sallyavena's review
3.0
A sweet innocent story of first love. Not a life changing read but a fun piece of mind candy. I do like how Smith writes her characters...you get to know them but don't feel pulled into the emotions. You're an innocent by stander instead of being heavily invested emotionally...perfect for the mind candy type of a read.
lexingtonreads's review
2.5
i remember liking this, like ti was cute. but, it definitely hasn't stuck with me. the only reason why i have the rating so low is i don't remember it enough to even truly rate it.
leanne_who_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book has been on my TBR for a long time and I finally got around to reading it. I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought would have, it is a young adult novel and I have matured since I put this book on my TBR. I acknowledge that my taste in books has matured and evolved over the years. It's a lighthearted read and I knew that it would be. It's an easy read and I think it's a good book to get out of a reading slump, however, it's not particularly spectacular.
christiana's review against another edition
3.0
Jessica Smith is a good teen romance writer for sure. This is What Happy Looks Like is one of my favorite reads from last year. I liked the story of Geography of You and Me, but there were some parts I wanted less on (like the dragging and moping while they're both kind of thinking of each other) and more in others (like the night of one hundred emails being summarized instead of showing at least SOME of it). Still, I'm looking forward to her next book.