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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
Started as a 5 star book, ended as a 2 star book.
I got so frustrated with the book by 92% then I can’t find it in me to finish it.
I got so frustrated with the book by 92% then I can’t find it in me to finish it.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The opening scene feels like something that the author thought of before writing the book, and then where it was placed in the actual book made no sense as to where the characters actually were in their lives. but it was overall entertaining.
Is Plagiarism, I went to read the original, when I tell you is word for word, I can’t believe this was allowed to be published
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ratings:
2.5⭐️
1🌶️
Themes:
- Duel PoV
- Coming of age
- forbidden romance
- First love
- Mutual pining
- Childhood Trauma
- Death
Thoughts:
Well I have to say, I feel like the TikTok hype was deffo overdone on this book. Also the plagiarism concerns around this book left me with a sour taste, if I’d have know this before reading I wouldn’t have picked this up. It deffo felt like a compilation of books I’ve recently read. And the conflict started to become quite repetitive, this book definitely could have been shorter. By the end I felt like we were rehashing the same issues and resolving them in the same manner. I didn’t feel connected to either of our main characters, but I did love Tiffany and Jamal. Those two were absolute highlights. The 3rd act conflict I really didn’t see coming, that had me teary. Overall this book was average. (But I’m also still trying to climb out of my Releasing 10 slump, I think this was just too similar. But obviously no where near as good.)
Best Bits:
“How do you tell someone you don’t love them – not because they are unworthy of love or haven’t tried hard enough, but because someone else has already taken that place in your heart? How do you shape something so cruel into words that won’t leave scars behind?”
“Your presence feels like both salvation and destruction.”
“Blake. The name meant nothing to me then, but it would come to mean everything.”
“How could anyone not know what it meant to be smiled at?”
The two taps 😭❤️
“You’re my hobby.” 😭 poor Beverly
“Who made you cry?” 😭
The brownies 🤣
“You’re my anchor. My human seatbelt. My Emotional Support Beverly.”
The boy is mine 🎶
“Grief is a quiet, shapeless thing. It loops and dips, showing up on birthdays, in greedy store aisles, in the middle of songs you didn’t ask to hear. It lingers in the pauses - in the laughter that comes too late, in the quiet moments where you realise, again and again, that they’re still gone. But I guess, at the end of the day, it’s just proof that your heart has loved.”
The letters 😭
I was acually starting to love it but then I saw discussions online about this book possibly being plagiarised. I went and checked for myself and yep. The original work is Obsessed by R. j Lewis. The similarities are crazy. It's the same work with different names. This is so sad to see. I can't continue reading. I went and got Obsessed so I'm going to give that one a try. So disappointed.
emotional
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
EDIT: Just saw some reviews and apparently this book is plagiarised. I am unaware of the actual truth BUT if it is... I don't know what else to say.
Not 5 stars because it pissed me off at some parts and during second half I was really concerned with some of the choices of the main characters
Not 5 stars because it pissed me off at some parts and during second half I was really concerned with some of the choices of the main characters
This author plagiarized a book called “Obsessed” by RJ Lewis.
DNF @16% due to this being plagiarized work