Kaunokaisia by Ann Napolitano

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Kaunokaisia

Ann Napolitano

4.14 AVERAGE

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
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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
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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. 

tinnesooky's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

penelope3's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

sodapopsio's review against another edition

3.25
slow-paced

amberkim92's review against another edition

4.5
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes