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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
If there is one thing I can bet on it's a Rainbow Rowell book gut punching me in my feels.
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pre-ordered kindle ebook version on 4/15/24 for $14.99
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pre-ordered kindle ebook version on 4/15/24 for $14.99
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
funny
fast-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
There is something about high school relationships (platonic and otherwise) that is soOo irresistible to me—the intensity of emotion? the feeling that they are *everything* in the moment with the hindsight of knowing that your world is so small when you’re 17? and I loved how the story was rooted in the present, with the realities of being 33 and living a full life before coming back together, while interweaving the HS/college friendship/romance to be just as poignant. I found both of them extremely relatable at times and extremely unlikable in others, and I really liked that!! Usually despise the miscommunication trope but this might be the first story where I appreciated it. Maybe bc it came so early, and the actual story was about working through it as adults? Also appreciated the depiction of parenthood lol. This book really grew on me… strong 4
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
I don't know what this says about me but I found Shiloh really relatable, especially in her teenage version. Flawed but relatable. Cary, Mikey, and Shiloh felt like the bitter-but-secretly-earnest theatre kids I'd hang out with when I was younger. I also liked the sweet but not overly sentimental look at second-chance romance with kids involved, ex-partners, long-distance worries. And the ending!