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hannah_quinn's review
5.0
I read this book in 3 hours because I was so invested in it. The story and writing captured love and loss perfectly and was breathtakingly beautiful. I have been slightly down in life and this book was exactly what I need to remind me the world is not all horrible. It also reminded me it is okay to not know exactly where I am going in life. I would do just about anything to read this for the first time again.
3dotsforme's review
3.0
When your best friend dies suddenly what else can you do but bike her remains to California, fall in love along the way and then help bring to life the top secret play she wrote?
katiecoops's review
3.0
I thought I was going to like this book a lot more than I did, but it hardly stood a chance. Any book that has an off-the-wall musical in it has to compare in my head to Tiny Cooper's masterpiece, so of course this fell short. I kind of would have rather had the "then" parts all be together and not interspersed with the "now" parts. It didn't seem necessary to keep jumping back and forth. Good premise and an okay story, but I think it could have been done better. Then again, it's so easy to judge, isn't it?
popsiclepuff's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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
4.5
lucy2006's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
An emotional read that I completed in one night while stressing about tests
veethorn's review
5.0
Sweet and sad and lovely with an earned happy ending. Deals with grief very well.
brittanyallyn's review
4.0
I liked Cass and Heather's complex relationship and how it really seemed to develop naturally. However the transitions between the Then and Now chapters were not always smooth, I think the story was kind of broken up awkwardly. Still a good read though.
library_lurker's review
5.0
i actually stumbled across this book while i was on a lengthy bike trip and searching for queer themed books in the frostburg public library with my partner-in-crime. he was actually the one that found this, and i am so glad he did. what could be better when you're on a lengthy bike trip, a big queermo, and a lover of teen books, than to find this deeply satisfying book about a queer teen girl on a bike trip?!? i read it in various bookstores and libraries along the way, and just finished it yesterday in washington DC. ms. horner comes up with some really illuminating phases and i have a dead BFF too, so i could relate to that part a lot. wish this book existed when i was still in my grieving phase. the ending made me smile SO MUCH, it's the sweetest thing ever (as anyone who's ever ridden double will tell you)
foreveryoungadult's review
Graded By: Erin
BFF Charm: Yay, Yay, A Thousand Times Yay!
Swoonworthy Scale: 3
Talky Talk: Straight Up
Bonus Factors: Drama Club, People Who Aren't Liz Wakefield
Relationship Status: Co-Lead in the Big Show
Read the full book report here.
BFF Charm: Yay, Yay, A Thousand Times Yay!
Swoonworthy Scale: 3
Talky Talk: Straight Up
Bonus Factors: Drama Club, People Who Aren't Liz Wakefield
Relationship Status: Co-Lead in the Big Show
Read the full book report here.