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Segundas primeras impresiones by Sally Thorne

5 reviews

witcheep's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-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

4.0

This is a beautiful love story where

two people find each other and by doing so also find themselves – even through past baggage/trauma, self doubt, and fear of new things

. There's a lovely (and bossy) community around them, as well as a mystery put on a back burner to simmer thoughout the book to cook up the plot twists in the end into a bigger soup of intertwining reveals.

I'm surprised in how quickly I've adjusted to this 'I'm in love' revelation. It's like picking up a coat in a thrift store and shrugging it on: it fits, I don't need to look in the mirror to know it. Now I just carry on wearing it.

There's many kinds of representation in this book: different ages of characters (early 20s to late 80s with flahbacks/reminiscing of teenage years), lesbian side characters

with a mostly hidden sapphic romance

, and main characters with neurodivergent traits (

obsessive behaviour to the extent of neuroticism, anxiety attack, and easily distracted attention

) but no diagnosis named.

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garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was fine but I guess I was hoping for Hating Game level sparks and this one was a lot more sedate. And Ruthie was kind of a depressed doormat of a person so it was hard to root for her.

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brighta's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I really liked the writing of this book as well as the female protagonist and how she acts. Unlike other books, she speaks her mind, without fear of embarrassment from a guy. the relationship between the two main characters is cute and hopeful.

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kfmcf's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.5

The characters in this book are enjoyable and relatable. I love the Parlonis especially, even if they seem to tread outside what is realistic of women in their 90s. That aside, the progression of the characters was believable and quite simply nice. Ruthie was very demure and sweet without seeming too overtly "perfect" in that ingenue-y sort of way. I could have done without the "she's the most beautiful woman in the world she just doesn't show it because she's frumpy" angle but oh well. I liked Teddy quite a bit, my only complaint about him was that he lacked just a touch of grounding. He seemed a little bit too overtly charming and funny, etc. His only flaw was that he was too "likeable" for people and not being able to settle down. He was still sweet and I appreciated their relationship, I just wish he just one more teeny flaw besides "Oh no too hot."

I did appreciate this book having a pretty tight, well-paced ending.

Rose's heel turn was a bit unbelievable but Rose was kind of an unnecessary character to begin with in my opinion. Having both Rose and the father felt like a misstep because they both lacked a bit of character development.

Overall, I enjoyed Thorne's writing and look forward to reading more.

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wts_tiffany's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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