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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
This is a pretty great book, but just not my style. I am sure that there are many other people who would love it, but it is just not my type. Also not the best of Rowell's work, especially after just reading fangirl and the Snow series. Would still read it again but that's just a habit at this point. I also wanted to hug him and Jennifer and Beth at all times.
was this kinda creepy? sure, yeah i can’t deny it.
but i like my men pathetic
but i like my men pathetic
lighthearted
reflective
slow-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
It took me a minute to place myself back in 1999, but once I did, this “vintage” tale of email exchanges and Dungeons and Dragons had me hooked and I couldn’t put it down! I had to see the main characters win - and win they did. A lovely love story that will warm souls from all millennia.
In a word: CUUUTTEE!! In 2 words: cute and clean!! Light, easy breezy, fluffy, romantic.
3.5 Stars
Can we just talk about the fact that my boy Lincoln plays a Dwarf named Smov the Ninekiller in D&D?
I went into this book having attempted reading it back when I was still in my teens, 16 year old me was not very interested reading about a guy who read other people’s emails for a living, 16 year old me also didn’t think that Little Miss Sunshine was probably one of the best movies ever made, so I mean, who cares what she though anyways.
While I did want some actual interactions between Beth and Lincoln throughout the book, the slow build to the moment they DID officially meet for the first time was a pretty good payoff.
One of the biggest highlights of this book (But also of all Rainbow Rowell’s books) was definitely the dialogue, I absolutely love the dialogue, it flows so beautifully while still adding to each character's personality so vividly.
I took off half a star because the first half of the book I couldn't help but think this could so easily turn into one of those early 2000’s thriller movies, where the guy forms an obsession with a woman whose emails he’s reading, thinking he knows her, thinking they’re meant for each other, only to discover that she doesn’t feel the same, even though she doesn’t even know he exists. After that realization he starts stalking her and eventually ends up trying to kill her…
Luckily Lincoln isn’t a super creep, I mean he did go to her desk a few times, but then again who of us haven’t walked past our work crush’s desk a few times and strategically started hanging out in places we were sure they’d pop up in?
Can we just talk about the fact that my boy Lincoln plays a Dwarf named Smov the Ninekiller in D&D?
I went into this book having attempted reading it back when I was still in my teens, 16 year old me was not very interested reading about a guy who read other people’s emails for a living, 16 year old me also didn’t think that Little Miss Sunshine was probably one of the best movies ever made, so I mean, who cares what she though anyways.
While I did want some actual interactions between Beth and Lincoln throughout the book, the slow build to the moment they DID officially meet for the first time was a pretty good payoff.
One of the biggest highlights of this book (But also of all Rainbow Rowell’s books) was definitely the dialogue, I absolutely love the dialogue, it flows so beautifully while still adding to each character's personality so vividly.
I took off half a star because the first half of the book I couldn't help but think this could so easily turn into one of those early 2000’s thriller movies, where the guy forms an obsession with a woman whose emails he’s reading, thinking he knows her, thinking they’re meant for each other, only to discover that she doesn’t feel the same, even though she doesn’t even know he exists. After that realization he starts stalking her and eventually ends up trying to kill her…
Luckily Lincoln isn’t a super creep, I mean he did go to her desk a few times, but then again who of us haven’t walked past our work crush’s desk a few times and strategically started hanging out in places we were sure they’d pop up in?
Es una cuquez de libro. La premisa me parecía cuanto menos rarita. Eso de que él leyera sus correos electrónicos no me sonaba del todo bien, pero Rainbow Rowell (por favor, qué nombre más guay tiene esta mujer) maneja muy bien este asunto. Lincoln no es un acositos ni hace nada tóxico que dé miedo. Más bien al contrario, se enamora de Beth de una forma pura y preciosa mientras él evoluciona y consigue encauzar por fin su vida.
En definitiva, es un libro muy recomendable cuando quieres tener el alma contenta y calentita.
En definitiva, es un libro muy recomendable cuando quieres tener el alma contenta y calentita.
Rainbow Rowell is a genius. A magician. One of my favourite authors
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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 needed the book to end - to make sure there was THE happy needed. I did not want it to end, when it did. I wanted more. What a glorious emotional respite in these tumultuous, stressful, depressing and helpless times!
I have read Rainbow Rowell before. The Landline in December 2014. I think I thought it was fine then. Never thought about it or the author since. Now I have to research the author, look up the list of her books and order them at the library.
P. S. I am still giggling to myself and feeling warm inside.
I have read Rainbow Rowell before. The Landline in December 2014. I think I thought it was fine then. Never thought about it or the author since. Now I have to research the author, look up the list of her books and order them at the library.
P. S. I am still giggling to myself and feeling warm inside.
This was an incredibly fun read. The whole time, I felt like I should be creeped out, but I somehow wasn't. I was 2/3 of the way through the book when I realized that I had never actually read a scene that Jennifer and Beth were in, just their emails, and I was incredibly invested in their lives the same way Lincoln was. It helps that he plays D&D, and that you knew his intentions sort of weren't creepy, but I was still proud of him in the end. It was a charming book with an addicting rom-com premise.