Reviews - Kaunokaisia | The StoryGraph

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Kaunokaisia

Ann Napolitano

4.14 AVERAGE

esther_a_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-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

This was a slow start as the story built. But as I got into it I was gripped by this family, especially the four Padvano sisters. Beautifully written and I was invested in all the highs/lows of the character's lives over many years.

alindsay818's review against another edition

5.0

i fell in love with each of the padavano sisters- such a lovely story about love and family

ahsatandc's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hanafdm's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective 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: Complicated

jhitchen29th's review against another edition

3.0

The characters lives were wonderful to sink into.

salstar's review against another edition

4.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

sleepapneattic's review against another edition

1.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

As far as the writing is concerned: a lot of telling rather than showing. Way too much exposition. Plot wise: super interesting? Sure. Are the characters way too self aware? Absolutely. The internal monologue of all the characters are too self aware to be believable. The “courage” of Sylvie to choose William so soon after her sister’s departure is not courageous, it’s extremely selfish. The only person who was acting as expected to me was Julia. I don’t respect the narrative of horrible selfish choices combined with the exposition “it’s because of who I am that I made this choice and it’ll be okay and I’m actually brave for choosing my truth” what a load of waffle. Realistically, the happy ending we received would never happen in a situation like this. Everyone just saying “it was fine and I’m not hurt or scarred by any of this everything is all love anyway” please.