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3.13 AVERAGE
3.13 AVERAGE
UGH. This book made me so angry. I did enjoy don’t get me wrong but I hated that Molly was to blame for everything! Like no Gabe and Patrick are both at fault as well. Patrick pissed me off. And Molly I wanted to slap repeatedly in the face.
Wowwwww. So many bad decisions, honestly. While I can't relate at all to Molly, I did enjoy reading this book. But too many bad decisions. A low four stars.
I started out really enjoying this book, but that enjoyment stopped when the main character continued to make decisions that hurt herself and others. I like complicated characters but this just didn’t sit very well with me.
8/4/17
I was going back through my read books from this year and I think I was way too generous on my star rating, because still just thinking about this book makes me angry.
5/28/17
I'm going to give myself some time to think about this before I write a review. Towards the end I was just speed reading to get through it because so many things were angering me. RTC
I was going back through my read books from this year and I think I was way too generous on my star rating, because still just thinking about this book makes me angry.
5/28/17
I'm going to give myself some time to think about this before I write a review. Towards the end I was just speed reading to get through it because so many things were angering me. RTC
Ouch
This book made my heart hurt. I haven’t had a book that affected me like this in a long long time. I was only at chapter 18 and i already started to tear up. This book is exactly what I need; perfect combination of heart break and feminism.
This book made my heart hurt. I haven’t had a book that affected me like this in a long long time. I was only at chapter 18 and i already started to tear up. This book is exactly what I need; perfect combination of heart break and feminism.
I am SHOCKED at how much I loved this book. Katie could write me a grocery list and I'd read it, but I wasn't sure about the plot. A girl caught in love triangle between two brothers? But I loved that NO ONE was perfect in this book. EVERYONE made mistakes. And I love love loved how Katie captured the small town feel, and the Hudson Valley feel (my favorite place on earth!).
Molly did the unthinkable: cheat on her "forever" boyfriend with his brother. She left for boarding school soon after - however not because of what had happened, but because she was offered a track scholarship. Her mother takes her story and makes it into a bestselling novel and then (stupidly, in my opinion but…whatever) announces it is based on her daughter's life in a magazine article. The summer before starting college, she returns and is clearly an outcast.
Man…this book. I LOVE what it said about people and mistakes and cheating and slut-shaming. And the writing! While not as gorgeous as Katie's debut, it was still so so so strong and yes, again, I'd read a grocery list by Katie. Bravo, K. Can't wait to see what book 3 is!
Molly did the unthinkable: cheat on her "forever" boyfriend with his brother. She left for boarding school soon after - however not because of what had happened, but because she was offered a track scholarship. Her mother takes her story and makes it into a bestselling novel and then (stupidly, in my opinion but…whatever) announces it is based on her daughter's life in a magazine article. The summer before starting college, she returns and is clearly an outcast.
Man…this book. I LOVE what it said about people and mistakes and cheating and slut-shaming. And the writing! While not as gorgeous as Katie's debut, it was still so so so strong and yes, again, I'd read a grocery list by Katie. Bravo, K. Can't wait to see what book 3 is!
I really enjoyed this story, even the horrible things they all do to one another, and the cheating and the simmering chemistry, because you know what? Sometimes teens make really bad decisions. And keep making them. And can't stop. And that's not meant to be an ideal or romantic experience.
But it is real. And messy. And my favorite part was the moment that you realize that this is just one part of your life, and get to move on. Because that's a big part of the story. And watching them get to that point was part of why I couldn't stop reading.
But it is real. And messy. And my favorite part was the moment that you realize that this is just one part of your life, and get to move on. Because that's a big part of the story. And watching them get to that point was part of why I couldn't stop reading.
I hated the main character. I don't think I have read a book where I spent the whole time hating the main character.
This is a book you will either love or hate. This isn't a nice or cute book. You will not love these characters or swoon over them, they are messy and complicated. I for one love messy main characters. Troubled girls with serious flaws who just keep fucking up seem real to me, this is probably why I can't get into any Sarah Dessen novels I just can't relate to perfect girls and their perfect lives, give me a bad girl hell bent on self destruction any day. Obviously Molly Barlow is my girl.
Molly is a mess, she fled town after word got out that she hooked up with her boyfriend's older brother and she's now back for the summer. She has no idea what she wants. She mourns the loss of Patrick in the way that you can only mourn your first love, that a part of her and her history had been lost to her. She is torn up over the lack of closure they've had all the while falling for Gabe and trying to move on. She's selfish and caught up in her own drama, in short she's your typical 18 year old girl. I've seen a lot of complaints about the ending but it worked for me, they had hurt each other so much and we're heading off in different directions, the ending reminded me of the end of Love and Other Theories .
Cotugno makes valid points while delving into how Molly is vilified and tormented by other girls while the boys escape criticism of any kind. This book was addictive, I was unable to put it down. I adored Cotugno's writing style.
It was good until it wasn't, it worked until it broke.
This is the worst part, I remind myself, working to keep my face impassive. Except for all the other worst parts.
Molly is a mess, she fled town after word got out that she hooked up with her boyfriend's older brother and she's now back for the summer. She has no idea what she wants. She mourns the loss of Patrick in the way that you can only mourn your first love, that a part of her and her history had been lost to her. She is torn up over the lack of closure they've had all the while falling for Gabe and trying to move on. She's selfish and caught up in her own drama, in short she's your typical 18 year old girl. I've seen a lot of complaints about the ending but it worked for me, they had hurt each other so much and we're heading off in different directions, the ending reminded me of the end of Love and Other Theories .
Cotugno makes valid points while delving into how Molly is vilified and tormented by other girls while the boys escape criticism of any kind. This book was addictive, I was unable to put it down. I adored Cotugno's writing style.
It was good until it wasn't, it worked until it broke.
This is the worst part, I remind myself, working to keep my face impassive. Except for all the other worst parts.