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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
honestamente me tomo un tiempo terminar de leer este libro por varias razones... los personajes me fastidiaban pero igual la forma de escribir aveces lo hacia dificil seguir la historia. el final tambien como que se sintio incompleto en mi opinion.
A little too cliche and not enough plot to drive the action. While I’m sure some teens might identify with the “star-crossed” lovers aspects of this, it didn’t feel very genuine.
lmao just adding this to my list of books I’ve read. Read this in 9th grade and wrote a book report on it but literally can’t tell you anything about it. I remember liking it though !
I know...I guess I just perceived this book differently...it just went really slowly for me and I couldn't get into it. The main character just confused me and while the pictures were cute and all, I just didn't really like this novel...
I wanted to like this book. The premise is interesting: a girl leaves a box of artifacts from a relationship on the boy's doorstep and explains--in painstaking detail--why each item led to their breakup. The book contains both the letter that Min writes and illustrations of each of the items. I found as I kept reading, though, that I was mostly annoyed--by the narrator Min, by her boyfriend Ed, by Min's best friend Al (just TELL her, for crying out loud), by Ed's sister Joan, by each and every item. I was also grateful to get to a new item because a) I was that much closer to the end, and b) it's a page I didn't have to read!
All that said, I didn't hate the book. I just had no empathy for the characters. Maybe that's because I obviously knew from the title how the story would end. Maybe it's because I'm 27 and not 17, and I just can't empathize with most 17-year-olds. (That being said, I read a LOT of YA fiction, and I tend to empathize with teenage characters as much as I do with adults.)
I kept pushing through the book, though, because I had to know that Handler wasn't going to end the book with a cliche. But maybe the cliche is a cliche because it's true. Spoiler! I'm sure there are tons of girls who've dated guys who cheat, even while the girl's best friend is in love with her.
I just...I'm glad to be finished and moving on to something else.
All that said, I didn't hate the book. I just had no empathy for the characters. Maybe that's because I obviously knew from the title how the story would end. Maybe it's because I'm 27 and not 17, and I just can't empathize with most 17-year-olds. (That being said, I read a LOT of YA fiction, and I tend to empathize with teenage characters as much as I do with adults.)
I kept pushing through the book, though, because I had to know that Handler wasn't going to end the book with a cliche. But maybe the cliche is a cliche because it's true. Spoiler! I'm sure there are tons of girls who've dated guys who cheat, even while the girl's best friend is in love with her.
I just...I'm glad to be finished and moving on to something else.
High-school romances are not my cup of tea, so I'm trying not to judge this one too harshly. I was expecting something a little more Lemon-Snickety, but this is in a very different style. It is very well-written, and it's format - a first-person telling her former boyfriend off in writing as the means of conveying the story - is cute, but it didn't have a whole lot more than those two things going for it, in my mind.
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I recently went through a break up that resulted in a lot of memories and old gifts. I thought this book would give me something to cling to during the break up or even a small smudge of happiness. Instead I was let down. I absolutely love this author, but this book was bad. It wasn’t bad enough to hate it, but it was bad enough to never read it again.
Young adult romance and break up books are some of my favorites, but this wasn’t all that good. Unique idea, but over three hundred pages and it was supposed to be a letter she wrote on the way to the guy’s house. I know some of the pages were pictures, but still. That is a long letter and for me that plot point was when the book turned from OK to bad.
The book was written in a way I enjoyed, except I didn’t like the main character. She was snobby and very much someone I wouldn’t be around. This character feels like the main character to The Basic Eight, but less thought out and less likable. They could easily be the same person, but one was more flat (only likes old movies) and the other more realistic (actually has friends, a back story, something likable about her). This book was just a let down for the level of humor and skill I hold Daniel Handler to. It was still a great idea (I loved the premise of explaining why they broke up and it wasn’t just that the guy had done a big bad thing) and I loved the humor the author always has (though this book was less humorous than his others).
If you want a really funny book or one that is more Daniel Handler, look else where. This book is Daniel Handler Lite. Most of his YA books aren’t as good as his adult books. I highly suggest his adult books.
I recently went through a break up that resulted in a lot of memories and old gifts. I thought this book would give me something to cling to during the break up or even a small smudge of happiness. Instead I was let down. I absolutely love this author, but this book was bad. It wasn’t bad enough to hate it, but it was bad enough to never read it again.
Young adult romance and break up books are some of my favorites, but this wasn’t all that good. Unique idea, but over three hundred pages and it was supposed to be a letter she wrote on the way to the guy’s house. I know some of the pages were pictures, but still. That is a long letter and for me that plot point was when the book turned from OK to bad.
The book was written in a way I enjoyed, except I didn’t like the main character. She was snobby and very much someone I wouldn’t be around. This character feels like the main character to The Basic Eight, but less thought out and less likable. They could easily be the same person, but one was more flat (only likes old movies) and the other more realistic (actually has friends, a back story, something likable about her). This book was just a let down for the level of humor and skill I hold Daniel Handler to. It was still a great idea (I loved the premise of explaining why they broke up and it wasn’t just that the guy had done a big bad thing) and I loved the humor the author always has (though this book was less humorous than his others).
If you want a really funny book or one that is more Daniel Handler, look else where. This book is Daniel Handler Lite. Most of his YA books aren’t as good as his adult books. I highly suggest his adult books.
DNF after 150 pages. The concept was cool, and also the reason I'm giving this two stars. I would give it more, but honestly it felt very repetitive. Such an amazing format and an amazing idea, but it just didn't land the way I wanted it to. Maybe it's because I just don't relate to the characters, but I noticed a lot of interactions between the two felt very dated. Not a bad thing, it was probably good for its time, but dating is really different now so I just couldn't understand the dynamic. He seems like he was a pretty bad person from the day the main character met him, so I don't understand why the main character is dating him. When he's disrespectful, why didn't she call him out? Idk if it's a generational thing or poorly written chemistry tbh. I didn't feel much while reading this.
I couldn't make it past page 37. This book wasn't engaging and I was not invested in the story and characters. I finally gave up to spend my time on a book I'll actually enjoy.
It was a refreshing read; I loved the way it was written and the illustrations were the cherries on top.