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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just couldn’t stand to spend any more time with either of these main characters
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
The way it was written feels like the author was trying to meet a word count and also shoehorning explanations to make things make sense. Like how Tallie just so happened to have clothes that fit Emmett from her ex husband that she never threw away/donated even though it’s been a year. Inviting him to her home and letting him stay. The lying. Emmett sending that email made me immediately dislike him, like why would someone do that? Same thing with Tallie stealing and reading his notes. I’ve read reviews that said it makes sense at the end and there’s a twist, but the writing was too annoying for me to even try to push through for it.
Picked this as my book of the month and I’ll hold on to it forever!! This book made me feel so many emotions and I loved it! Could not put it down and could not guess the ending and my heart almost couldn’t handle it!
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
There were several things I liked about this book: warm characters, excellent musical reference, the coziness of the setting (hygge!) The premise of this book definitely drew my attention. On the flip side, I felt like this only scratches the surface of very heavy topics and I wanted a bit more than what I got. The author uses italicized paragraphs that list what is visible from the character’s POV, which started to wear on me after time. The why behind it makes sense later in the book though. This is fiction but I also found the character's behavior a bit far fetched. The ending is left pretty open, allowing me to ruminate after the final pages. That’s not for everyone, but it worked for me! A solid 3 stars.
wasn’t vibin, and also the total invasion of privacy by him EMAILING HER EX HUSBAND PRETENDING TO BE HER??! I get you’re going thru some shit dude but that’s not cool
Read all of the content warnings, this book touches some heavy topics! But I also loved Leesa Cross-Smith’s willingness to go there into mental health topics that most books won’t touch. The characters are complicated and wonderful, I just wanted the best for all of them, and I love that in a book.
Wasn’t sold on the premise but finished because it was obvious from the beginning that one of the characters was not who they said they were.