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fuzzybob_249's review
Slow paced. Beginning was interesting but middle changed direction hard to work out connection.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer
writingwwolves's review
4.0
Hope is a very emotional book that covers a lot of issues that made me very sad & very happy. Rhian has got teenager interaction between crushes spot on & I identify a lot with Hope (possibly enough to have a chat with my GP). I wasn't too fond of her best friend though.
This book falls into the contemporary category & Rhian has written that part of the book very well; the diverse & realistic characters & their lives all fit together really naturally & none of it felt forced or just done to tick a box.
I think this is a really important book for teenagers that will help a lot of period-sufferers to feel less alone. I have a couple of unanswered questions about Hope's mum but part of me thinks that may be deliberate.
I feel very honoured to have been among the first to have access to an uncorrected copy of the final book - a huge thank you to Firefly for trusting me.
Extended Blog Review: https://writingwolves.wordpress.com/2017/08/20/hope-by-rhian-ivory/
This book falls into the contemporary category & Rhian has written that part of the book very well; the diverse & realistic characters & their lives all fit together really naturally & none of it felt forced or just done to tick a box.
I think this is a really important book for teenagers that will help a lot of period-sufferers to feel less alone. I have a couple of unanswered questions about Hope's mum but part of me thinks that may be deliberate.
I feel very honoured to have been among the first to have access to an uncorrected copy of the final book - a huge thank you to Firefly for trusting me.
Extended Blog Review: https://writingwolves.wordpress.com/2017/08/20/hope-by-rhian-ivory/
ameliaveganreader's review
5.0
I'm always happy to read book and discover that it's beautiful both inside and out. I didn't expect much from it, and I got everything:tears of joy and sadness, laughing at cheesy jokes and getting to know some new things that I didn't know anything about. I honestly enjoyed every page and I even downloaded app mentioned in the story, and I have to thank the author for that. I really want to know more about what happens next in the story, but I'm also quite pleased by the way it ended.
libby_f's review
4.0
This book manages to cover such a range of issues without feeling like they are crammed in for the sake of it. Some of these issues are seen as taboo but this book brings them to light and highlights to readers that they are worth talking about and if you have the problems you should find someone to talk to. I bought this book before one of my Music college auditions and planned to read it if I didn't get a place. Although I luckily did get one, I found that I could deeply empathize with Hope and the process of planning for the future and finding a plan B. But the thing that we learn from this book is that sometimes a plan B can turn into a plan A.
coincidental's review
4.0
For Hope, a 16 year old who lives and breathes her dream of becoming an actress, failing her audition feels like the end of the world. For her, with mum unable to find travelling for more auditions or visits and dad recently passed away, this means the end of the line with her dream. Hope does not know how to process this.
A chance meeting with an Irish boy called Riley on her ferry home provides a background to the main events of the novel. He is both a source of her frustration and a humorous support. As Hope struggles with her deteriorating relationship with her still grieving mother and with her best friend, turbulent moods and figuring out what she ~is going to do next if not acting, you're most definitely along for the ride.
Hope was an emotional rollercoaster. I empathised for this frustrated, angry, hurting girl and I honestly believe most young people will. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and would urge others to pick it up in September!
A chance meeting with an Irish boy called Riley on her ferry home provides a background to the main events of the novel. He is both a source of her frustration and a humorous support. As Hope struggles with her deteriorating relationship with her still grieving mother and with her best friend, turbulent moods and figuring out what she ~is going to do next if not acting, you're most definitely along for the ride.
Hope was an emotional rollercoaster. I empathised for this frustrated, angry, hurting girl and I honestly believe most young people will. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and would urge others to pick it up in September!