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Midnight Sun by Trish Cook

twistedreader93's review against another edition

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5.0

Excuse me while I go curl up and cry now! But such a good book too but if you don’t want to cry I wouldn’t read it. But at the same time if you need a really good cry read this book!

faemorgan's review against another edition

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4.0

A cute romantic book, showing a relationship between a girl who can't go out in the sunlight and her long-time crush. A little cringey and clique, but cute turning to sad at the end.

taegen's review against another edition

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3.0

Bring tissues.
I was wiping away tears more than I'd like during this one and I cried pretty hard when it was over...

booksfemme's review against another edition

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1.0

I don't think I have ever read a book more cringeworthy than this. Officially my least favourite book of the year. I have So. Many. Issues. with this lame book but I'll keep it short.

It feels like a cheap ripoff of Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (which I also didn't really enjoy) but then filled with possibly every afwul cliche and horrendous trope that exists in the history of YA Contemporary novels.

A girl who has basically never seen daylight is good at everything she does for the first time, meets a perfect, popular boy who instantly loves her. This girl was once bullied by another girl when they were both approximately 6 years old and this bully miraculously stayed a vile bitch after all these years and she suddenly emerges when MC is hanging out (after sundown, obvs) with said perfect boy because she's jeaaaalllouuuusss!!!1!!!!

Side characters that seem important in the beginning are completely shoved aside by both the MC and the author for no apparent reason (possibly to talk more about perfect Charlie Reed). Usually I'd say add 100 more pages for ~depth~ but I would literally not want to read any more of this than I did. So done.

sophia_bookdragon's review against another edition

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5.0

Such a good book. I can't wait to see the movie now out on March 23rd! 🙂

learrrs's review against another edition

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sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

georgilvsbooks's review against another edition

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4.0

amor vincit omnia....

imrebecca's review against another edition

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3.0

Valutazione: ⭐⭐⭐/5.

Ho deciso di leggere questo romanzo dopo che, qualche anno fa, mi è capitato di vedere il trailer del film, il quale tra l'altro non ho ancora avuto modo di vedere, dato che prima volevo dare una possibilità al romanzo, che si è rivelato molto carino e leggero.

La storia di Katie Price, una giovanissima ragazza di soli diciotto anni, malattia di XP, xerodema pigmentoso, si legge davvero in pochissimo tempo, dato che il romanzo è davvero molto breve e scorrevolessimo.
Tutto comincia quando Katie, una sera, andando a suonare in stazione, incontra Charlie Reed, il ragazzo per cui ha una cotta di tempi delle elementari, e che per tutta la sua vita trascorsa chiusa in casa a causa della malattia, ha visto passare sempre sotto casa sua.
Da quel momento, la sua vita ha una svolta.

In breve, la morale che sembra voler trasmettere questa storia, è che si può fare tutto in qualunque situazione della vita ci si trova, se si vuole. È un incoraggiamento a realizzare i propri sogni, ma soprattutto a vivere la vita assaporandola giorno per giorno.

Il libro è partito benissimo, poi da un punto in poi, l'ho trovato un po' noisetto per poi riprendersi perfettamente verso la fine.

Libro davvero molto carino. 

laura_books03's review

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

valeriefm's review against another edition

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There's something about the tragically-sick-girl-and-the-boy-who-helps-her-live trope that will always win me over. This one had some cute moments and funny dialogue but overall felt thin. Katie's everyday (and later accelerated) XP symptoms weren't addressed or come off as believable. The entire ending felt rushed and swept up nicely to get within a certain page/word count (the book is incredibly short) rather than take the story all the way up to the end.

Also, letters-as-epilogues are my least favorite.