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bookaddictang's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? Yes
5.0
This is one of the most wonderful, Christmas books I have read in awhile. It is about the people in our lives we love, about chosen family, losing family, and reconnecting with family. It was refreshing to read a novel about friendship and maintaining friendship while growing up and finding love. What happens when your best friend gets a job across the country? How do you keep up traditions, and adopt new ones?
This book felt so much like real life, I had so much empathy with the characters. Their worries, dreams, passions were so palpable and relatable. And like life, all of the conflicts, the concerns are resolved when everyone communicates.
If you are looking for a Christmas-y story that's not a romance, but still fairly light, I highly recommend The Christmas Orphans Club.
This book felt so much like real life, I had so much empathy with the characters. Their worries, dreams, passions were so palpable and relatable. And like life, all of the conflicts, the concerns are resolved when everyone communicates.
If you are looking for a Christmas-y story that's not a romance, but still fairly light, I highly recommend The Christmas Orphans Club.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death of parent and Homophobia
steffski's review against another edition
3.0
I'm all for a found family/non conventional Christmas/ plutonic love story! I just wasn't convinced these people were actually friends
kaylareadsbooks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? No
4.5
I would have loved more of Priya.
whiptostic's review against another edition
3.0
This took me two tries to get through. I like the friendships. I enjoy the scene of creating your own family. It was hard to get through.
itstooraa's review against another edition
2.0
La verdad qué no a sido lo que yo esperaba, tenía ganas de leerlo porqué prometía ser una buena lectura navideña y amigable, y no a sido así para mí.
En toda la novela he sentido qué le faltaba algo, que no me acababa de convencer.
Creo qué es demasiado larga para lo qué es, ya que lo bueno a venido pasando la mitad del libro, ahí he visto qué almenos había más sentimiento, ya que hasta ahí era todo muy superficial.
No he llegado a conectar con ningún protagonista, quizá sea el problema qué he mencionado antes de qué lo sentía todo de manera superficial?
A pesar de todo, a habido momentos buenos y qué me han gustado, pero sigo pensando lo mismo, me faltaba algo.
★★'75☆☆☆
En toda la novela he sentido qué le faltaba algo, que no me acababa de convencer.
Creo qué es demasiado larga para lo qué es, ya que lo bueno a venido pasando la mitad del libro, ahí he visto qué almenos había más sentimiento, ya que hasta ahí era todo muy superficial.
No he llegado a conectar con ningún protagonista, quizá sea el problema qué he mencionado antes de qué lo sentía todo de manera superficial?
A pesar de todo, a habido momentos buenos y qué me han gustado, pero sigo pensando lo mismo, me faltaba algo.
★★'75☆☆☆
naomi_fearnon's review against another edition
3.0
This was very cute, very Hallmark movie coded. The jumping around in the timeline confused me, and I think Priya was overlooked so much, I’m glad she had a go at them all.
Hannah needed a kick up the ass many’s a time, but as someone who can relate to not realising you’ve made bad choices till you’re elbows deep in them, I mean you do think everything is a catastrophe and think the world is against you when really- “it’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”
But yeah, fun lil christmassy book
Hannah needed a kick up the ass many’s a time, but as someone who can relate to not realising you’ve made bad choices till you’re elbows deep in them, I mean you do think everything is a catastrophe and think the world is against you when really- “it’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”
But yeah, fun lil christmassy book
alicebme's review against another edition
This was in the holiday romance section of the airport bookstore, and it is not so much a romance. It’s a friends as family book. Good holiday read.
slicciardi's review against another edition
4.0
This was sweet and i liked that it was a Christmas story about friendship and not so much of a romance