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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
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
Despite the predictable plot I loved this book!!! The writing style is great and of course MAXON is super cute!!! Team Maxon all the way haha. Can't wait to read the other books!!
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was obsessed with this story as a middle schooler
This book is fine. We follow America as she struggles between her first love and her newfound interest in a man that could help her to grow to be more than an incredibly naive young woman. The writing is fine. The characters are a little single-note. Some of the story beats are predictable, due to this. All of this is fine. I've read and enjoyed books with similar levels of writing. My issue is with the ending.
Spoiler
The premise of this book (based on the text on the cover, "35 Girls. 1 Crown") is that we find out who wins the competition between the aforementioned 35 ladies. We don't. We only find out who the final six are after a sudden and rushed elimination of 16 ladies in the last few chapters. Why on earth did the author decide that this story needed to be split into (at least) two books? There is no twist at the end that suggests a whole second book is needed to resolve it. We've been bumbling along with no real deep, lasting conflict up until this point--why would I pick up a second book just to continue this pace? Nothing in the ending of this novel (if you could call it an ending) calls me to read the next part in the series.
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book will always hold a special place in my heart, I’ve read it a billion times and I could read it a billion more and never get bored of it. Maxon was my first real book boyfriend and WOW he sets the standards so high, we love a man who can communicate. Middle school me knew what she was doing when choosing to read this book for the first time.
4 stars only because i cant bring myself to give this middle school book a 5 stars review. anyways america (yes that’s her name) is lowkey a player god damn she switches up on who she likes each chapter at the end lmaoo
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No