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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Yes
4.25 stars. Kate Stewart does it again and blows me away. This was beautiful and heartbreaking. I know “Method” is a fictional book, but you could’ve fooled me. These characters FELT. SO. REAL.
And the way this novel was structured was ingenious. I loved seeing the couple years down the road in their marriage but also catching glimpses of their love in its first stages. I have never read a romance centered around a married couple, but wow this was good. Now I want to pick up more marriage romances.
I also loved getting a behind the scenes look into the potential lives of actors and their families and the experiences they have in and out of the business. That’s what I love about books - getting to be a part of a life you never would’ve been exposed to otherwise, and I LOVED THIS. It really made me think a lot about Hollywood and celebrity culture.
And the way this novel was structured was ingenious. I loved seeing the couple years down the road in their marriage but also catching glimpses of their love in its first stages. I have never read a romance centered around a married couple, but wow this was good. Now I want to pick up more marriage romances.
I also loved getting a behind the scenes look into the potential lives of actors and their families and the experiences they have in and out of the business. That’s what I love about books - getting to be a part of a life you never would’ve been exposed to otherwise, and I LOVED THIS. It really made me think a lot about Hollywood and celebrity culture.
Kate
This was hard to rate, the plot was great. It took a while for me to get into and a lot of perseverance. The first half of the book was hard to read. Keeping up with the time jumps, different perspectives and back and forth. Il admit I wanted to quit. It was my love for Kate that kept me going. Hitting the second half I become more engrossed and not wanting to put it down. Then in true Kate style I was reduced to tears in the end. It was in the end a really good story line, emotional & gripping but it took a long time for me to get to that.
This was hard to rate, the plot was great. It took a while for me to get into and a lot of perseverance. The first half of the book was hard to read. Keeping up with the time jumps, different perspectives and back and forth. Il admit I wanted to quit. It was my love for Kate that kept me going. Hitting the second half I become more engrossed and not wanting to put it down. Then in true Kate style I was reduced to tears in the end. It was in the end a really good story line, emotional & gripping but it took a long time for me to get to that.
I couldn’t decide on a 3 or 4 star for this. And it’s honestly the first time I haven’t loved a KS book. Lucas is so unbelievably toxic to Mila and she just has to lie down and take it bc “that’s what she signed up for”. He spends months degrading her and treating her like shit… then snaps back into Lucas and now it’s all fine? KS did a good job of capturing the life as a Method Actor’s wife - but tbh he didn’t do enough groveling in the end.
I can’t even tell truth from fiction anymore. I’m not even sure how much of our story was a lie and that’s the thing that angers me most.
Method by Kate Stewart was an emotional journey that exceeded my expectations. This book consumed me as I read… The story is very much a second chance romance that expertly weaves the past and the present together for a story that’s utterly beautiful and incomparable.
Immersion isn’t necessarily a bad thing; in fact, it’s what’s propelled me into the kind of actor I want to be, but my memory gets foggy in the weeks and months that I spend behaving as someone else. I find I have a selective sort of memory in those days. I’m not exactly somewhere else, but I’m most definitely not present.
Method was a superb example of Kate Stewart’s storytelling talents. This dual POV romance captivated me from the very beginning and had me glued to my seat until the very last line. I love Kate Stewart's writing style and review her books at every opportunity that I am presented. She writes compelling stories and characters that you genuinely become immersed in as she weaves together angsty, raw, emotional journeys. Kate’s romances are intense and the characters so realistic that you cannot help but identify with them. As soon as Kate started telling her readers (via social media) about her WIP, I became intrigued with Method. And the more I learned about the story, the stronger the draw became. Then, the coolest thing happened! I met Kate at the Talkbooks Author Event in Boston just days before the blogger's copy of Method hit my kindle. And in talking with her, my anticipation for Method grew… So were my expectations for this book high? Absolutely! And still, Method exceeded my expectations!!!!
Though his suffering is ripping me apart, I’ve been aching for him for months, desperate to break through the barricade he carefully constructed, the bricks he laid, that I allowed him to lay, between us. Those walls, they’re still there. He’s no longer my husband, he is the aftermath. What’s left of the man on my porch is the evidence of a job well done and the cause of our demise.
Method is a complex journey of a method actor who immerses himself deeply into his characters and what that’s like for the woman he loves. Kate elucidates Method by weaving the past and the present together in a brilliantly written, agonizingly honest, intense, raw and undeniably sexy second chance romance. My emotions were all over the place with this one, and the tears flowed with the raw emotions Mila and Lucas underwent. I was emotionally spent at the end of Method and truly believe that Kate Stewart wrote this story from personal experiences because the story owned a complexity and intensity that are unmistakably gained through enduring them yourself. I am unwilling to spoil the story and believe that the less you know about the actual plot the better. Method was undoubtedly a six-star read on a zero to five scale and I can not stress enough for readers to skip reviews and just one-click immediately!
Quotes:
Every time I see this woman, the epiphany strikes much like the first time I saw her. For me, she is the very look and definition of love.
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We don’t need space to be individuals, because we’re the better version of ourselves when we’re together…
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Every time I’m inside my wife, I feel better, stronger, and worshipped, even if it’s short-lived. I am loved by her in a way no other woman could ever master. Mila is the answer, my answer. I’m lucky.
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He wants forgiveness, but I can’t find it sorting through his actions of the past few months. He wants mercy where he gave none. It’s hypocritical, and it infuriates me.
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We’ve become the sum of all my fears when going into this relationship and as much as I want to take some blame, anger keeps winning.
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1.5/5 stars.
Possible spoilers below
This book didn't work for me at all. First of all it has 3 different time lines and I didn't feel like it was always obvious when certain parts were taking place. Using italics to show time differences is annoying and the story also regularly shifted during the chapters without a subtitle. However, it could just be my personal experience, as I'm not a fan of time changes to begin with.
However, my biggest annoyance was with their relationship. I won't give it all away, but I wished she would move far far away and start her own vineyard somewhere far away from Lucas and he could go to hell. Their relationship was toxic. He treated her horribly. The explanation was utterly ridiculous en there was hardly any grovel to possibly make it all okay. I just didn't enjoy this.
If the things mentioned above, don't scare you away, by all means go for it.
I guess I'm the odd one out again, as the majority seems to love it.
Where have all the good new books been hiding lately?
Possible spoilers below
This book didn't work for me at all. First of all it has 3 different time lines and I didn't feel like it was always obvious when certain parts were taking place. Using italics to show time differences is annoying and the story also regularly shifted during the chapters without a subtitle. However, it could just be my personal experience, as I'm not a fan of time changes to begin with.
However, my biggest annoyance was with their relationship. I won't give it all away, but I wished she would move far far away and start her own vineyard somewhere far away from Lucas and he could go to hell. Their relationship was toxic. He treated her horribly. The explanation was utterly ridiculous en there was hardly any grovel to possibly make it all okay. I just didn't enjoy this.
If the things mentioned above, don't scare you away, by all means go for it.
I guess I'm the odd one out again, as the majority seems to love it.
Where have all the good new books been hiding lately?