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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Une histoire très touchante que le lecteur suit à travers des post-it laissés sur le frigo par une mère et sa fille. Très beau livre !
This was tense, lovely, amazing, harsh and smooth.
I didn't expect much character development from this format, but the characters were too stereotypical for me to really care about them. This would probably be a good book for a teenage girl whose mother has breast cancer, but I'm left wondering why I bought this novel. I found it when I was unpacking a box and noticed I had read half of it, but I remembered nothing of it. Since I had already invested more than 100 pages, I decided to finish it before I threw it in the box of books to sell. It took me twenty minutes to read the remaining 103 pages. I'm not sure that twenty minutes was well spent.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just want to start by saying younger me thought this book was brilliant. Adult me, however, is left with a lot to be desired. This is not a bad story by any means - in fact, it’s just the opposite. It was sweet, and as an adult I can appreciate the nuances I assume the author intended. Life can speed by in the blink of an eye, and with everyone wrapped up in their own stories it’s often easy to forget that we’re part of someone else’s. In fact, the entire vibe of this story reminded me of a juvenile Jodi Picoult. The execution just fell flat to me. Throughout the duration of the book I just kept getting frustrated at both Claire and her mother. In life, we make time for the ones we love. ESPECIALLY given the breast cancer revelation.
I don’t know…I just wish I could recapture the emotion I felt so intensely the first time around. I was 13/14 and sobbing when it was completed. Claire’s final letter to her mother was achingly sweet. I would often wonder about the context in between the notes - but during my re-read whenever they would reconcile after a fight through a post-it note I would roll my eyes. Perhaps I’ve become cynical and jaded. Perhaps I’ve grown up.
Either way, this story has dropped from a 4-5 star read to a 2 star read. My apologies to the author and other readers who enjoyed it. If I were to recommend it, I would suggest pre-teens read it. They would definitely appreciate it more than I.
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was a short but beautiful book with a very important message; you never know how much time you have left with someone you love, so don’t let time pass for nothing.
The Sun will go up and down every day whether you like it or not and for every time that happens you may have a moment less with a loved one. So even if you are fighting with your mom or don’t talk to your sister or had an argument with you boyfriend, it doesn’t matter, if you love them then you will do everything in your power to show that love before it is to late.
The Sun will go up and down every day whether you like it or not and for every time that happens you may have a moment less with a loved one. So even if you are fighting with your mom or don’t talk to your sister or had an argument with you boyfriend, it doesn’t matter, if you love them then you will do everything in your power to show that love before it is to late.
Short, sweet and made me cry. This book is sweet for those who have loved and lost.