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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
2/5 stars
The book started off quite promising. I was quite intrigued as I began it. I enjoyed the potential of exploration of the complex emotions that come with the death of a parent, a rocky relationship with the other parent, a difficult time in one's very public-facing career, and a new romance. However, I don't think the book actually spent enough time with any of those aspects. I think that the time spent on the main character's relationship with her father definitely needed to be much longer and needed to be explored in much more depth. Considering where it began, their relationship could not have been fully fixed in only a week and to truly be any kind of fixed, the father would've had to have spent way more time reflecting and apologizing than he did. I think this book would've been much better if it had focused on only 1 or 2 of the plot aspects and the depth of feeling they would inspire and/or let the book grow, say, another 100 pages to better accommodate the complexities of the topics it tried to involve.
I wanted to like this and I thought I would to begin with. I'm afraid to say that's not what happened. 2 stars.
The book started off quite promising. I was quite intrigued as I began it. I enjoyed the potential of exploration of the complex emotions that come with the death of a parent, a rocky relationship with the other parent, a difficult time in one's very public-facing career, and a new romance. However, I don't think the book actually spent enough time with any of those aspects. I think that the time spent on the main character's relationship with her father definitely needed to be much longer and needed to be explored in much more depth. Considering where it began, their relationship could not have been fully fixed in only a week and to truly be any kind of fixed, the father would've had to have spent way more time reflecting and apologizing than he did. I think this book would've been much better if it had focused on only 1 or 2 of the plot aspects and the depth of feeling they would inspire and/or let the book grow, say, another 100 pages to better accommodate the complexities of the topics it tried to involve.
I wanted to like this and I thought I would to begin with. I'm afraid to say that's not what happened. 2 stars.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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