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antsy's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
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
2.5
ceceska's review
1.0
Je voulais aimer et continuer ce livre mais il ne passe pas la règle des 50 pages. Je me suis rendue à la page 72 mais malheureusement ce livre n'est pas pour moi. J'ai arrêté ma lecture à 25%. J'ai dépassé la règle des 50 pages pour lui donner une chance mais j'ai arrêté.
Ce livre suit l'histoire d'une enseignante, Mac, qui rencontre un homme séduisant, Evans, dans un bar et l'embrasse mais qui décide de partir sans prévoir le revoir. Cependant, le lendemain elle a la surprise de le voir à son lieu de travail. Elle apprend qu'il est un écrivain connu et qu'il fait de la recherche pour son prochain livre. Son patron lui demande s'il peut l'observer quand elle travaille puisqu'il écrit un livre portant sur l'enseignement.
Je trouve que l'histoire était quand même simple mais efficace. Le concept de l'histoire était quand même bien. C'est sûr que c'est le classique de : deux personnes se rencontrent, ont une chimie de feu mais ne veulent pas se revoir et se revoient le lendemain. J'ai trouvé ça assez spécial puisque leur première rencontre était décrite comme étant parfaite et agréable mais la protagoniste décide qu'elle n'aime pas Evans pour aucune raison. J'ai été déçue parce que toutes les fois qu'ils se voient tout se passe bien mais Mac est décidée de ne pas l'aimer et de lui faire de l'attitude pour aucune raison.
Les dialogues des personnages ne sont pas réalistes. Souvent, les personnages s'échangent quelques mots et sont décrits comme partant à rire comme ça se peut pas comme si c'était les choses les plus hilarantes au monde. Mais ça donne une vibe bizarre parce que bien que c'est cocasse ce n'est pas hilarant.
Mac a un énorme défaut selon mon opinion de lectrice : elle est "not like the other girls". Elle est belle même si elle s'habille mal et ne fait pas d'efforts pour bien paraître. Elle est gentille même si elle essaie de ne pas l'être. Evans s'intéresse à elle mais sans jamais dire pourquoi? Ça m'a refroidie assez vite.
Bref, bien que ce livre ait une histoire et une structure intéressante il n'était pas pour moi.
Ce livre suit l'histoire d'une enseignante, Mac, qui rencontre un homme séduisant, Evans, dans un bar et l'embrasse mais qui décide de partir sans prévoir le revoir. Cependant, le lendemain elle a la surprise de le voir à son lieu de travail. Elle apprend qu'il est un écrivain connu et qu'il fait de la recherche pour son prochain livre. Son patron lui demande s'il peut l'observer quand elle travaille puisqu'il écrit un livre portant sur l'enseignement.
Je trouve que l'histoire était quand même simple mais efficace. Le concept de l'histoire était quand même bien. C'est sûr que c'est le classique de : deux personnes se rencontrent, ont une chimie de feu mais ne veulent pas se revoir et se revoient le lendemain. J'ai trouvé ça assez spécial puisque leur première rencontre était décrite comme étant parfaite et agréable mais la protagoniste décide qu'elle n'aime pas Evans pour aucune raison. J'ai été déçue parce que toutes les fois qu'ils se voient tout se passe bien mais Mac est décidée de ne pas l'aimer et de lui faire de l'attitude pour aucune raison.
Les dialogues des personnages ne sont pas réalistes. Souvent, les personnages s'échangent quelques mots et sont décrits comme partant à rire comme ça se peut pas comme si c'était les choses les plus hilarantes au monde. Mais ça donne une vibe bizarre parce que bien que c'est cocasse ce n'est pas hilarant.
Mac a un énorme défaut selon mon opinion de lectrice : elle est "not like the other girls". Elle est belle même si elle s'habille mal et ne fait pas d'efforts pour bien paraître. Elle est gentille même si elle essaie de ne pas l'être. Evans s'intéresse à elle mais sans jamais dire pourquoi? Ça m'a refroidie assez vite.
Bref, bien que ce livre ait une histoire et une structure intéressante il n'était pas pour moi.
cynt_reads's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
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? No
4.0
sunshine0991's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lolovesbooks3's review
5.0
I liked how slow burn this was. It worked for me and there were some really sweet moments between Daniel and Mac as they were getting to know each other. I liked how careful he was with her and how he let her set the pace. I definitely felt that Daniel and Mac legitimately fell in love during the course of this book and that rarely happens for me.
stephanie_willis's review
4.0
Okay this was cute! A high school English teacher and a well known author! Yes please.
I loved the forced proximity, the banter between Mac and Daniel, and Macs love for teaching and her students. I feel like it was captured so well. Also Daniel Evans is just the sweetest!
Did not love: the 3rd act breakup, and the lack of communication. Like hello, just communicate and there would have been a lot less frustration.
I do like that the author included a chapter from Daniels POV and it made me wish she would’ve written it in dual POV. That would’ve sealed it for me!
Just one
kirstencc's review
3.0
On books…”I have my favorites to study and my favorites to read for fun. I have books I’d sell my soul to read again for the first time, and books that feel new each time I reread them. I have my favorite book I love to hate, and my favorite book I hate to love. The list goes on.”
Worth the read for this quote alone.
Worth the read for this quote alone.
taetahlia's review
4.0
This is such a sweet teacher / writer romance about finding that spark again. Mac was just so admirable as a teacher, and her passion bought this story (and consequently Daniel's story) to life. There's a lot of heart, a lot of swoony worthy moments for our reader hearts and ultimately, this is such a cute read.
Triggers: not on page, but grief themes from a sibling death.
Triggers: not on page, but grief themes from a sibling death.
paginasdapaty's review
5.0
“Essa é a beleza da literatura. Isso nos faz sentir. Ou talvez uma descrição melhor seja que nos permite sentir num espaço seguro.”
Simplesmente sobre isso,bookstagram. É simplesmente sobre isso!
Que livro fe-no-me-nal!
Não é apenas uma história de amor, é uma história de amor para ser sentida.
Sabe aquele livro que vai te pegar e te fazer refletir? É esse livro.
Daniel e Mac fazem com que você se apaixone por eles.
Daniel Evans está enfrentando o seu pior bloqueio criativo da vida. Ele é um famoso autor (que explodiu com seu primeiro livro aos 18 anos) que precisa fazer pesquisa de campo para seu próximo livro, que será sobre a vida de professores.
Ele vai para os subúrbios de Chicago e ficará como “sombra” da maravilhosa professora Mackenzie Milcrest.
Daniel só ficará por 6 semanas… Mac prioriza seu trabalho e não mistura trabalho e vida pessoal.
E se eu te contar que um dia antes de eles se conhecerem profissionalmente eles se esbarram em um bar, trocam conversas profundas e finalizam a noite com um beijo de fazer o chão tremer?
É assim que esse livro começa…
Esse livro me trouxe tanta reflexões sobre sentir, se permitir, sobre saudade, luto.
Simplesmente sobre isso,bookstagram. É simplesmente sobre isso!
Que livro fe-no-me-nal!
Não é apenas uma história de amor, é uma história de amor para ser sentida.
Sabe aquele livro que vai te pegar e te fazer refletir? É esse livro.
Daniel e Mac fazem com que você se apaixone por eles.
Daniel Evans está enfrentando o seu pior bloqueio criativo da vida. Ele é um famoso autor (que explodiu com seu primeiro livro aos 18 anos) que precisa fazer pesquisa de campo para seu próximo livro, que será sobre a vida de professores.
Ele vai para os subúrbios de Chicago e ficará como “sombra” da maravilhosa professora Mackenzie Milcrest.
Daniel só ficará por 6 semanas… Mac prioriza seu trabalho e não mistura trabalho e vida pessoal.
E se eu te contar que um dia antes de eles se conhecerem profissionalmente eles se esbarram em um bar, trocam conversas profundas e finalizam a noite com um beijo de fazer o chão tremer?
É assim que esse livro começa…
Esse livro me trouxe tanta reflexões sobre sentir, se permitir, sobre saudade, luto.
lenelivesloudly's review
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? No
2.75
I‘m sorry you guys I didn’t like it.
I think it has a lot to do with the meet cute because it wasn’t very meet cuty. It was awkward, there was almost no chemistry and I just didn’t get it. Even in the bonus chapter where we see all of this from Daniel’s perspective it’s not any better. But this awkwardness is weird because Mac had a lot of chemistry and amazing banter with her best friend Jenny so clearly the author is very capable of writing it. Anyways because there was nothing there between Mac and Daniel I found it hard to believe that they were so attracted to each other and that’s were my real beef with this story starts.
I think the connection between the two was too heavily reliant on both of them having only had bad love interests in their pasts, which made it feel like they just so happened to be the first normal people each of them met. I just can’t stand this thing so many romance books do where I am supposed to believe that our mc is so special and not like other girls because she has normal opinions and is not a bitch. Why can our main characters not be their own unique special lovable selves without establishing that everyone else is shit.
Mac tells us that she has had a hard time after the death of her sister because the other teachers just could not let it go and kept reminding her of it, while simultaneously pitying her and also looking down on her for grieving at all. Like what? That’s not what normal people do and I refuse to like the Daniel just because in this weird world where everyone sucks he is normal. Do better.
And for him it was the same. Apparently where he is from it is normal to devalue his success of being an award winning bestselling author because he didn’t go to college. Of course he will fall in love with the first woman who tells him he is not a second rate human for writing a bunch of critically acclaimed bestselling novels instead of studying at uni.
Can you feel the stupidity of this??
While I’m at it I also didn’t understand why Mac was so angry at Daniel for not immediately telling him who he is and instead using Evan (his last name is Evans) to introduce himself when they meet in a bar. Like what’s your problem girl. You two were strangers you wouldn’t tell him anything other than your nickname either.
When I got to the end this suddenly disappointingly made sense because him „lying“ to her in the beginning was apparently supposed to be some kind of foreshadowing for or maybe character establishing to explain him lying (by omission) later on in the story.
On another note I really liked Jenny the best best friend in history. I think she might be a bit to perfect in that regard but I forgive it because her friendship with Mac was sweet and deep and I liked it
I think it has a lot to do with the meet cute because it wasn’t very meet cuty. It was awkward, there was almost no chemistry and I just didn’t get it. Even in the bonus chapter where we see all of this from Daniel’s perspective it’s not any better. But this awkwardness is weird because Mac had a lot of chemistry and amazing banter with her best friend Jenny so clearly the author is very capable of writing it. Anyways because there was nothing there between Mac and Daniel I found it hard to believe that they were so attracted to each other and that’s were my real beef with this story starts.
I think the connection between the two was too heavily reliant on both of them having only had bad love interests in their pasts, which made it feel like they just so happened to be the first normal people each of them met. I just can’t stand this thing so many romance books do where I am supposed to believe that our mc is so special and not like other girls because she has normal opinions and is not a bitch. Why can our main characters not be their own unique special lovable selves without establishing that everyone else is shit.
Mac tells us that she has had a hard time after the death of her sister because the other teachers just could not let it go and kept reminding her of it, while simultaneously pitying her and also looking down on her for grieving at all. Like what? That’s not what normal people do and I refuse to like the Daniel just because in this weird world where everyone sucks he is normal. Do better.
And for him it was the same. Apparently where he is from it is normal to devalue his success of being an award winning bestselling author because he didn’t go to college. Of course he will fall in love with the first woman who tells him he is not a second rate human for writing a bunch of critically acclaimed bestselling novels instead of studying at uni.
Can you feel the stupidity of this??
While I’m at it I also didn’t understand why Mac was so angry at Daniel for not immediately telling him who he is and instead using Evan (his last name is Evans) to introduce himself when they meet in a bar. Like what’s your problem girl. You two were strangers you wouldn’t tell him anything other than your nickname either.
When I got to the end this suddenly disappointingly made sense because him „lying“ to her in the beginning was apparently supposed to be some kind of foreshadowing for or maybe character establishing to explain him lying (by omission) later on in the story.
On another note I really liked Jenny the best best friend in history. I think she might be a bit to perfect in that regard but I forgive it because her friendship with Mac was sweet and deep and I liked it