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Hello Beautiful

Ann Napolitano

4.14 AVERAGE

emotional reflective sad fast-paced
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jackwhalen's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

Couldn't connect to the story. Felt bland.
dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced
dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

3.5 stars. I loved the first half of the book but the second half was hard work. For me it felt too idealised, sentimental and simplistic (eg Sylvie and William’s perfect relationship, the twins’ perfect shared lives). I felt the author was just saying the same thing again and again but with slightly different multitudes of words.
emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes