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The Summer Pact

Emily Giffin

3.3 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

Started off strong. Ended up cheesy and cringey. 
medium-paced
Loveable characters: No

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My original review is below..Until I started thinking about the whole book and remembering the beginning. I had forgotten about it because it was not critical to the story. Upon further reflection, I believe it was included for gratuitous reasons. Obviously, I was able to get past that. However, that topic should not be used as a plot twist and this book could be horribly upsetting and traumatic to others. Its inclusion didn’t feel genuine to me. Shame on me for continuing to read. 1 star

Original review

3.0. Beach read. This was better than her most recent books. Cute and predictable. It was a nice way to spend a lazy summer afternoon reading on the deck

Felt too forced
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Two stars. The characters were privileged and annoying and I didn't care about them at all. This small group of friends are the kind of people that can quit their jobs and go on an elaborate vacation to try to fix all their problems without a moments notice. I also did not buy 2 main characters falling in love at the end of the book.
emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

DNF — I think I’ve outgrown Emily Giffin. I wanted to like this new one, but she seemed to just throw as much into the storyline as possible.
emotional inspiring slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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katieolive's review

4.0
adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes