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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
NAILED IT!!!
You ladies never disappoint!!! This book was amazing. So great to see a love story as great as Pippa and Jenson! I still wish I was friends with all of them, but for some reason I'm not.
You ladies never disappoint!!! This book was amazing. So great to see a love story as great as Pippa and Jenson! I still wish I was friends with all of them, but for some reason I'm not.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
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I really wasn't as into this one and I'm not sure why. I loved all the epilogues at the end and seeing all the characters one last time. Very sweet.
four stars for the many epilogues, i think.
i've always loved series with great ensembles in them and this, i suppose, is no exception. the series is tied together well and pippa and jensen's story arc also went full-circle by the end.
it also had a great story, i think, that really set up the end of the whole series well.
i mean, what better way for the last book to be about our group of friends (albeit incomplete) going on a road trip and seeing a new relationship bloom along the way?
i've always loved series with great ensembles in them and this, i suppose, is no exception. the series is tied together well and pippa and jensen's story arc also went full-circle by the end.
it also had a great story, i think, that really set up the end of the whole series well.
i mean, what better way for the last book to be about our group of friends (albeit incomplete) going on a road trip and seeing a new relationship bloom along the way?
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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
there are like some random anti-fat parts of this ???? but i do think the couple was good together
funny
lighthearted
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
De eerste twee boeken hadden van mij ook 3 sterren gekregen. Ik vond ze fijn maar leek er soms toch wat aan te missen. In boek drie kreeg ik het idee dat mijn verwachtingen beter vervuld werden. Ik was verkocht aan de personages en de verhaallijn.
De drie eerste boeken bevatte een heleboel actie naast het romantische gedeelte. Iets wat deze serie zo typeerde. Jammer, want dat was zeer afwezig in dit boek.
Ik vond het nog steeds een geweldig verhaal en deze serie lees ik graag eens tussendoor. Toch, ik wilde meer. Het voelde langdradig aan in het begin. Ik miste de chemie tussen de personages. Die kwam pas later en zelfs toen voelde het nog ongemakkelijk.
Het personage Pippa had in mijn ogen ook wet meer aandacht kunnen krijgen. Ze kwam over als een slons wat haar niet ten goede deed.
Dat alle voorgaande personages in het boek zaten vond ik dan weer geweldig. Het was fijn om te weten hoe hun leven verder ging.
Je merkt ook dat tussen al de personages een mooie band ontstaan is. Dat vond ik zeer belangrijk tijdens het lezen. Je merkt dan dat het een serie is en geen losstaande boeken.
De setting vond ik in dit boek ook zeer geslaagd. Zeker de setting rond de blokhut. Daar had ik echt een kerstgevoel. Ondanks dat het ergens in oktober plaatsvond.
Kortom, het was een goed boek maar na boek 4 toch een kleine teleurstelling.
De drie eerste boeken bevatte een heleboel actie naast het romantische gedeelte. Iets wat deze serie zo typeerde. Jammer, want dat was zeer afwezig in dit boek.
Ik vond het nog steeds een geweldig verhaal en deze serie lees ik graag eens tussendoor. Toch, ik wilde meer. Het voelde langdradig aan in het begin. Ik miste de chemie tussen de personages. Die kwam pas later en zelfs toen voelde het nog ongemakkelijk.
Het personage Pippa had in mijn ogen ook wet meer aandacht kunnen krijgen. Ze kwam over als een slons wat haar niet ten goede deed.
Dat alle voorgaande personages in het boek zaten vond ik dan weer geweldig. Het was fijn om te weten hoe hun leven verder ging.
Je merkt ook dat tussen al de personages een mooie band ontstaan is. Dat vond ik zeer belangrijk tijdens het lezen. Je merkt dan dat het een serie is en geen losstaande boeken.
De setting vond ik in dit boek ook zeer geslaagd. Zeker de setting rond de blokhut. Daar had ik echt een kerstgevoel. Ondanks dat het ergens in oktober plaatsvond.
Kortom, het was een goed boek maar na boek 4 toch een kleine teleurstelling.
Finally, the series is done! I can be at peace now. Beautiful is the final book in this series, with yet another new couple thrown into this mess.
My thing is that this series wasn't completely awful and it wasn't problematic or abusive, I just never really liked it and only kept reading because of reading challenges. Maybe early on I could have bought the chemistry between the couples but now? Nah. This series has gone on for too many books and introduced too many couples that were put together just because. Pippa and Jensen get together literally because everyone in their friend / family groups wanted them to just because they were there. Zero chemistry and god, they were boring.
It was so bizarre too because they get off to a rough start of Pippa walking in and hearing Jensen shit talk her (after she got drunk on the plane and spilled her life story to him) and then not that many pages later she's like, wow I can already see he's a kind and responsible man! And then the dude's sister also calls him responsible because she INSTANTLY wanted Pippa to date him and I was confused.
There are honestly so many couples now and they are ALL married and with multiple kids now and I screamed. They are all connected or related in way or another but don't ask me anything about those people because wHO. I could barely keep up in the last book but they really introduced even more. The last 10% of this book was an epilogue too of ALL the other books and I just don't care. Plus this book felt like it focused mainly on the other couples too?? I just don't understand why this book had to happen. Just write a long epilogue book for everyone instead of shoving a boring new couple with no chemistry in.
Also the fact that this book is just called "Beautiful" with nothing else means we've reached the final form and that just makes me laugh.
My thing is that this series wasn't completely awful and it wasn't problematic or abusive, I just never really liked it and only kept reading because of reading challenges. Maybe early on I could have bought the chemistry between the couples but now? Nah. This series has gone on for too many books and introduced too many couples that were put together just because. Pippa and Jensen get together literally because everyone in their friend / family groups wanted them to just because they were there. Zero chemistry and god, they were boring.
It was so bizarre too because they get off to a rough start of Pippa walking in and hearing Jensen shit talk her (after she got drunk on the plane and spilled her life story to him) and then not that many pages later she's like, wow I can already see he's a kind and responsible man! And then the dude's sister also calls him responsible because she INSTANTLY wanted Pippa to date him and I was confused.
There are honestly so many couples now and they are ALL married and with multiple kids now and I screamed. They are all connected or related in way or another but don't ask me anything about those people because wHO. I could barely keep up in the last book but they really introduced even more. The last 10% of this book was an epilogue too of ALL the other books and I just don't care. Plus this book felt like it focused mainly on the other couples too?? I just don't understand why this book had to happen. Just write a long epilogue book for everyone instead of shoving a boring new couple with no chemistry in.
Also the fact that this book is just called "Beautiful" with nothing else means we've reached the final form and that just makes me laugh.
The first ~70% of this was pure perfection. The chemistry, the banter, just everything was on point. I was swooning and giggling. Then...their vacation ended and I hatttteeeddddd Jensen. It did not give me the warm and fuzzies and left me unsure if he could be vacation Jens more often. It got weird and desperate honestly.
Then we got some lovely epilogues to tie the series up which at least brought me back around.
Then we got some lovely epilogues to tie the series up which at least brought me back around.