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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
emotional
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
I feel devastated for Min. Why do boys sometimes be like that to girls? Why do they behave that way? I'm crying for Min.
Min is a one-of-a-kind girl, I would say. I didn't like her from the beginning, but she sure did grow on me. She is a bright and funny and lovable character. I loved how she was comparing a lot of scenes to old movies. How she loved coffee, how she made a bitter sixteen cake for her best friend.
Ed on the other side I did not like. Not at all. I don't know if that was Daniel Handler's purpose. To not like the ex. To sympathize with Min in the first place. But I just did not like Ed. He was what he was. A jock. A cliché of a jock. He was everything you have seen in movies and read in books. I just don't understand what Min did see in him. She probably was blinded by his beauty. Seeing him through rose-colored glasses. I still despised him. I knew from the beginning that he was not good for Min.
And the writing! I have to say something about the beautiful, beautiful writing. This was my first Daniel Handler novel and I didn't know his writing style. I have to say that I was captivated from the beginning. I was instantly carried away by this stream of consciousness. I felt like I was Min, like I would live through her relationship once again. Like I was the one being hurt by Ed. I feel like I just broke up with Ed.
There was just this one tiny thing that annoyed throughout the whole story. Min and Ed's relationship lasted about five weeks. Five weeks! It just didn't seem that authentic in my mind. It was a roller coaster of emotions. A too short roller coaster ride. I would have liked it better when the period of time lasted a bit longer. Maybe five months. Five months would have been much nicer. On the other hand maybe that was Daniel Handler's aim. To show how fast something can end without it even having started.
I'll give this novel 4.5 stars. It was a story I will cherish and remember.
Min is a one-of-a-kind girl, I would say. I didn't like her from the beginning, but she sure did grow on me. She is a bright and funny and lovable character. I loved how she was comparing a lot of scenes to old movies. How she loved coffee, how she made a bitter sixteen cake for her best friend.
Ed on the other side I did not like. Not at all. I don't know if that was Daniel Handler's purpose. To not like the ex. To sympathize with Min in the first place. But I just did not like Ed. He was what he was. A jock. A cliché of a jock. He was everything you have seen in movies and read in books. I just don't understand what Min did see in him. She probably was blinded by his beauty. Seeing him through rose-colored glasses. I still despised him. I knew from the beginning that he was not good for Min.
And the writing! I have to say something about the beautiful, beautiful writing. This was my first Daniel Handler novel and I didn't know his writing style. I have to say that I was captivated from the beginning. I was instantly carried away by this stream of consciousness. I felt like I was Min, like I would live through her relationship once again. Like I was the one being hurt by Ed. I feel like I just broke up with Ed.
There was just this one tiny thing that annoyed throughout the whole story. Min and Ed's relationship lasted about five weeks. Five weeks! It just didn't seem that authentic in my mind. It was a roller coaster of emotions. A too short roller coaster ride. I would have liked it better when the period of time lasted a bit longer. Maybe five months. Five months would have been much nicer. On the other hand maybe that was Daniel Handler's aim. To show how fast something can end without it even having started.
I'll give this novel 4.5 stars. It was a story I will cherish and remember.
Interesante al principio por la novedad de la manera en que está escrita, se vuelve exasperante luego de la mitad, tedioso y largo; llegué a un punto en que me preguntaba cuanto faltaba para terminarlo, incluso cuando es relativamente "Corto".
I couldn't put it down.
At first, I couldn't stand Ed... I felt like he didn't like Min and it was just a big joke to him. The more I read, the more I fell for them.
I could feel my heart swell up with everything I felt for them. I felt so many things for them it's hard to put my feelings into words. I was rooting for them, so hard, I was hoping things didn't go bad - that Min was going to change her mind after writing all those letters to Ed. That she would realize they were right together.
Then I realized I should have stuck with my gut feeling about Ed. He was too good to be true. I had hints of it throughout the book, but I was trying to push those feelings aside.
This book is so many things to me, it is now on my top shelf - reserved for all my favorites. A must read, in my opinion.
At first, I couldn't stand Ed... I felt like he didn't like Min and it was just a big joke to him. The more I read, the more I fell for them.
I could feel my heart swell up with everything I felt for them. I felt so many things for them it's hard to put my feelings into words. I was rooting for them, so hard, I was hoping things didn't go bad - that Min was going to change her mind after writing all those letters to Ed. That she would realize they were right together.
Then I realized I should have stuck with my gut feeling about Ed. He was too good to be true. I had hints of it throughout the book, but I was trying to push those feelings aside.
This book is so many things to me, it is now on my top shelf - reserved for all my favorites. A must read, in my opinion.
The intended audience is younger than I am! Guess I missed my time, but it was not appealing.
I didn't like this as much as I did the first time I read it, but I still got through it really quickly and enjoyed it.
I have to say that while the part near the end makes me feel sorry for Min and disgusted at Ed, I still don't like the characters. I don't like Min or her friends, I don't like any of these people. While some parts of the story were quite beautifully written, they don't make up for all the lousy parts. It's the rambly writing that just kills me... plus, may I just say it: white people problems.
It meets expectations for the most part as a high school romance book. The ending/last 15% is 5 stars, particularly Min’s monologue about not being special or different after the final confrontation. It felt stream of consciousness in a way that is very relatable, honest, and accessible; the ending was a perfect satisfying resolution to it: “friends, or loved, or content, or whatnot.”
I liked it *but*.
Min is a bit too artsy-hipster for me to really be comfortable in her presence. I loved her friends and thought they were awesome. Her voice is distinctive, however her run-on sentences got irritating, and I'd often have to backtrack (especially at the end of a section) to figure out what the subject of the preceding sentence had been, and this was often somewhat difficult to figure out...... I liked the relationship, and thought it was realistic and interesting. I wished there hadn't been so many loose ends (mostly peripheral family stuff - its presence, such as it was, was distracting). Overall, much what I would expect of Handler, really.
Min is a bit too artsy-hipster for me to really be comfortable in her presence. I loved her friends and thought they were awesome. Her voice is distinctive, however her run-on sentences got irritating, and I'd often have to backtrack (especially at the end of a section) to figure out what the subject of the preceding sentence had been, and this was often somewhat difficult to figure out...... I liked the relationship, and thought it was realistic and interesting. I wished there hadn't been so many loose ends (mostly peripheral family stuff - its presence, such as it was, was distracting). Overall, much what I would expect of Handler, really.
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes