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3.18 AVERAGE
3.18 AVERAGE
this was good i recommend if ur wanting a summer novel with a complicated family
it's cute
it's cute
This book was chaotic and sad and confusing but ultimately kinda great. I really enjoyed it. It follows way too many characters, which is what makes the narrative kinda chaotic, but all the characters are really different and their individual plots weave together to create this confusing but beautiful mess of a story about a confusing but beautiful family. Would highly recommend for 13+
That was not the best book i've read. Not my fav.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
We live in the same place, but never together.
After seventeen years of sharing the house on the pond, Sasha and Ray have still not properly met but share an unspoken bond over their small collections of books and seashells in their shared room in the house. Now they face a series of events that will mean they end up finally meeting, from sharing a ob to their older sisters growing up and getting married or going off the college but the sour relationship between Lila and Robert creates tension between al members of. the families.
I honestly really connected with the characters of this story, especially Ray and Sasha. I personally come from a family where my oldest brother is my half brother, and he has a whole other set of siblings from his father. However the difference between me and Ray and Sasha is the fact that I grew up knowing my brothers father and other siblings. In saying that, though, I really didn't like the amount of POVs in this. I was fine with just the two younger siblings, Ray and Sasha, but then the older siblings were brought into it and I struggled to find out who was talking / the focus of each chapter or paragraph as times.
This book felt very nostalgic in the way the house and the life of Ray and Sasha were described, and their relationship felt very innocent as if they could only give each other what the other needed, I realise there is some unspoken love or something between them but it didn't seem as if It would be pushed more than what happened within the book. They understand each other in a way no one else can.
I was actually a little disappointed with how nothing really happened in this book, it all felt like a lot of trivial matters and then the final "plot point" that happened wasn't very surprising and felt like it's been done so many times before. The fact that something happened to a character during the books was very expected in the way it was written as the author didn't really focus that much on that character in particular, as if they were a throw away character.
Actual rating 3.5 / 5
After seventeen years of sharing the house on the pond, Sasha and Ray have still not properly met but share an unspoken bond over their small collections of books and seashells in their shared room in the house. Now they face a series of events that will mean they end up finally meeting, from sharing a ob to their older sisters growing up and getting married or going off the college but the sour relationship between Lila and Robert creates tension between al members of. the families.
I honestly really connected with the characters of this story, especially Ray and Sasha. I personally come from a family where my oldest brother is my half brother, and he has a whole other set of siblings from his father. However the difference between me and Ray and Sasha is the fact that I grew up knowing my brothers father and other siblings. In saying that, though, I really didn't like the amount of POVs in this. I was fine with just the two younger siblings, Ray and Sasha, but then the older siblings were brought into it and I struggled to find out who was talking / the focus of each chapter or paragraph as times.
This book felt very nostalgic in the way the house and the life of Ray and Sasha were described, and their relationship felt very innocent as if they could only give each other what the other needed, I realise there is some unspoken love or something between them but it didn't seem as if It would be pushed more than what happened within the book. They understand each other in a way no one else can.
I was actually a little disappointed with how nothing really happened in this book, it all felt like a lot of trivial matters and then the final "plot point" that happened wasn't very surprising and felt like it's been done so many times before. The fact that something happened to a character during the books was very expected in the way it was written as the author didn't really focus that much on that character in particular, as if they were a throw away character.
Actual rating 3.5 / 5
2/5 Stars
Overall didn't enjoy it or really care about the characters. Pretty depressing though.
Overall didn't enjoy it or really care about the characters. Pretty depressing though.
It has been a while since I finished this book and I got a little behind on my reviews, but this book is about family and togetherness rather than a love story. I can accept that and take it for what it is, although I do love a sappy and happy romance.
I know I'm being contradicting to my last review, but I loved the different perspectives of this family. I did not see that plot twist coming or the end almost making me cry walking into work. This book was a 4.5 out 5 starsππππ’
It started off so good but then it got so bad???
I strongly feel like there was another way to bring the families together without randomly killing Quinn off. She was clearly the coolest character. Why did that happen??? I feel like I wasn't attached enough to her for me to be sad but the other characters all got sad and the writing got all like poetic and dramatic and stuff and it really wasn't for me.
Also I really did not ship Ray and Sasha together. I know it's not incest but it totally seemed like it cos tHEY HAVE THE SAME SISTERS. It'll make it weird for EVERYONE. And it wasn't confirmed or anything it was just endlessly skirted around ugh why.
The best storyline was probs Mattie's cos it was a fun twist that helped her become a better person.
Also is Robert Indian or Bangladeshi? I know he's Bengali but like Quinn kept referring to India but also that he was born in a Bangladeshi camp?
Also I really did not ship Ray and Sasha together. I know it's not incest but it totally seemed like it cos tHEY HAVE THE SAME SISTERS. It'll make it weird for EVERYONE. And it wasn't confirmed or anything it was just endlessly skirted around ugh why.
The best storyline was probs Mattie's cos it was a fun twist that helped her become a better person.
Also is Robert Indian or Bangladeshi? I know he's Bengali but like Quinn kept referring to India but also that he was born in a Bangladeshi camp?