Scan barcode
roglows's review against another edition
3.0
3.5; at first I rounded up to a 4. Then I rounded down. Conflicted! This book was ok.
littlewitchreading's review against another edition
2.0
This was kind of aimless, I'll likely do a full review on my blog. I was not all that impressed and found myself bored the first three quarters of the book.
jen1303's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
janewhitehurst's review against another edition
3.0
I was SO excited to read this ARC, since I enjoyed This Song Will Save Your Life, but I'm just left with a feeling of "meh". I like Leila Sales writing, but none of the characters in this book really spoke to me. Arden, the main character prides herself on being "wrecklessly loyal" to her friends. Her best friend, Lindsay, is a bit of a mess and Arden is constantly trying to protect her. In a fit of emotions while searching online, she starts to read a blog written by a guy her age in New York City. He has similar problems to hers as he feels he loves people more than they love him back, and Arden starts to fall in love with him. It all sounds like a good premise, but the execution was lacking. I never felt the romantic build-up I expect, and the love story falls very flat (which, to be fair, is purposeful). I also saw Arden as being annoyingly loyal, to the point that she was condescending to her friends. Lindsay was likeable, but never really developed fully. It was just not what I was hoping for. Since I read the ARC, maybe some of this will be resolved in the final copy. I will still read the next book Sales writes, but with a bit more caution.
jackiehorne's review against another edition
3.0
Arden has spent her life imbibing her mother's gendered "be a good, self-sacrificing, nice girl" Kool-Aid, so much so that she's known for being "recklessly loyal." Not surprisingly, then, when Arden's mom finally wakes up from all the platitudes she's been sprouting and leaves her husband and family for a life in New York City ("I only knew who I was in relation to somebody else. For years I was somebody's wife, somebody's mother, somebody's friend, somebody's daughter. And for once, I wanted to be somebody for myself"), Arden blames mom. Arden finds solace in reading an online blog by a boy in NYC, who, like Arden, wonders "why doesn't anybody love me as much as I love them?" Peter's blog, Tonight the Streets Are Ours,/i>, unfolds as a memoir, telling of his deep crush/love for a girl a friend is dating, and his angst over the mysterious disappearance of his older brother. When Arden's boyfriend ruins her carefully planned anniversary celebration, Arden decides to take her screw-up friend Lindsey and hit the road, driving to NYC in search of Peter the blogger. Where Arden of course discovers that Peter's self-presentation online may not be telling the entire story...
This was one of those books where I agreed wholeheartedly with the ideology/message: women should not be taught to be nice and only nice, to the exclusion of their own wishes and dreams. Yet that message came across so heavy-handedly that I could not take a lot of pleasure in reading about it.
This was one of those books where I agreed wholeheartedly with the ideology/message: women should not be taught to be nice and only nice, to the exclusion of their own wishes and dreams. Yet that message came across so heavy-handedly that I could not take a lot of pleasure in reading about it.
nicolemhewitt's review against another edition
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
Tonight the Streets Are Ours is a story about breaking boundaries and discovering who you are apart from other people. The plot follows Arden who is, as the synopsis states, recklessly loyal – so she was dubbed by the doll company that made a doll out of her when she was a child, and she’s let that definition define her throughout her whole life. Arden believes it is her responsibility to take care of the people she loves, which is a wonderful goal, of course, but she does it to the exclusion of everything else, including taking care of herself. She has a best friend who she met because she made a huge sacrifice for her when she was a child (you’ll find out about that when you find out about the doll) and who she has been sacrificing for and watching out for ever since. She also has a boyfriend who she supports in all of his endeavors. And it’s especially important to take care of everyone right now because her endlessly mother just suddenly left without a backward glance and moved three hundred miles away. Arden copes by reading a blog called “Tonight the Streets Are Ours,” written by a boy about her age who she feels like she connects with more than anyone she knows in real life. When everything in both of their lives seems to go awry, she seeks him out, hoping she’ll find something she’s been missing.
What fed my addiction:
Family matters.
The situation with Arden’s family is complicated. Her mom disappeared after always focusing solely on her family, and Arden is so angry that she won’t talk to her. In the meantime, her dad has thrown himself into his work, barely paying any attention at all to her and her eleven-year-old brother. Arden feels like she has to pick up the pieces and be the one to hold things together, especially for her little brother. It does not always go well. I liked the concept of the family issues, but I wasn’t that fond of where it all went – I’ll talk about that in the next section, though.
Learning independence.
The funny thing is that while Arden has always felt like she’s taking care of other people, she’s actually very dependent on all of those people – her life revolves around them and she does very little thinking for herself. Arden doesn’t know who she is apart from her best friend and her boyfriend and her family – and she may not be anyone at all. After all, the defining characteristic of her life has always been that she is recklessly loyal – and she strives to live up to that title. Through Arden’s time in NYC, she learns a few things – first of all,, people are not always who you think you are or you’ve defined them to be. And second of all, that she doesn’t have to live a recklessly loyal life – it’s okay to let go sometimes.
The Peter storyline.
Arden doesn’t actually head to NYC to find Peter until relatively late in the book. Maybe if it had happened sooner, I would have liked the book more because I really liked the storyline that involved him. That’s not to say that I actually liked what was happening, because it was very messed up and strange, but it made for an extremely interesting story and I loved the lessons that Arden learned from the whole situation.
What left me wanting more:
Arden herself.
The real problem with this book is that Arden herself is hard to like. She goes through life feeling like she has to fix everyone or watch over them, which automatically leads to a feeling of superiority and that air of superiority starts to get old as the book goes on. I was actually fine with it for the first half of the book or so – I understood why she felt that way and how she had ended up going down that path. I could even see how some of the people in her life really did kind of mess things up when left to their own devices, so it was understandable why Arden felt like she had to police them. But, by midway over the book, I was over it. I was especially frustrated by the way she treated Lindsey – like she was a child who couldn’t do anything right. Even when Lindsey was trying hard to be helpful, Arden was too busy putting her down to notice it. So, yeah, great best friend material. And Arden did kind of learn her lesson about this in the end – but by that time, I was already too frustrated with her to see it as a huge win.
Arden’s mother.
This really made me mad. The implication was that Arden’s mother had been taking care of everyone for so long that she needed to take herself out of the situation in order to fix her own issues. And I get that, I do. I’m a stay-at-home mom who homeschools two of my three kids. My youngest son is adopted and has special needs, and I started homeschooling my older two when my oldest had so many issues at school that it was becoming nightmarish. I get it – putting yourself aside for your kids is hard and frustrating and sometimes overwhelming. Although, honestly, she had two super well-behaved kids who never caused any problems – her biggest issue was the fact that she did a lot for them and no one seemed grateful enough. So she left. Packed her bags and moved three hundred miles away. Sure, she called occasionally, but I had a hard time sympathizing with her. As a mom, I understand the urge to get away – I understand that she needed space, but I don’t understand punishing your kids for the fact that you have issues and completely removing yourself from their lives. Unless you’re a danger to them or your presence is somehow hurting their well-being, in my opinion, that’s never okay.
So, while I liked aspects of this book, an unlikable main character eventually got to me. I still appreciated the overall message of letting go and learning to be yourself without other people, but the journey there wasn’t always fun. I give this book 3/5 stars.
Tonight the Streets Are Ours is a story about breaking boundaries and discovering who you are apart from other people. The plot follows Arden who is, as the synopsis states, recklessly loyal – so she was dubbed by the doll company that made a doll out of her when she was a child, and she’s let that definition define her throughout her whole life. Arden believes it is her responsibility to take care of the people she loves, which is a wonderful goal, of course, but she does it to the exclusion of everything else, including taking care of herself. She has a best friend who she met because she made a huge sacrifice for her when she was a child (you’ll find out about that when you find out about the doll) and who she has been sacrificing for and watching out for ever since. She also has a boyfriend who she supports in all of his endeavors. And it’s especially important to take care of everyone right now because her endlessly mother just suddenly left without a backward glance and moved three hundred miles away. Arden copes by reading a blog called “Tonight the Streets Are Ours,” written by a boy about her age who she feels like she connects with more than anyone she knows in real life. When everything in both of their lives seems to go awry, she seeks him out, hoping she’ll find something she’s been missing.
What fed my addiction:
Family matters.
The situation with Arden’s family is complicated. Her mom disappeared after always focusing solely on her family, and Arden is so angry that she won’t talk to her. In the meantime, her dad has thrown himself into his work, barely paying any attention at all to her and her eleven-year-old brother. Arden feels like she has to pick up the pieces and be the one to hold things together, especially for her little brother. It does not always go well. I liked the concept of the family issues, but I wasn’t that fond of where it all went – I’ll talk about that in the next section, though.
Learning independence.
The funny thing is that while Arden has always felt like she’s taking care of other people, she’s actually very dependent on all of those people – her life revolves around them and she does very little thinking for herself. Arden doesn’t know who she is apart from her best friend and her boyfriend and her family – and she may not be anyone at all. After all, the defining characteristic of her life has always been that she is recklessly loyal – and she strives to live up to that title. Through Arden’s time in NYC, she learns a few things – first of all,, people are not always who you think you are or you’ve defined them to be. And second of all, that she doesn’t have to live a recklessly loyal life – it’s okay to let go sometimes.
The Peter storyline.
Arden doesn’t actually head to NYC to find Peter until relatively late in the book. Maybe if it had happened sooner, I would have liked the book more because I really liked the storyline that involved him. That’s not to say that I actually liked what was happening, because it was very messed up and strange, but it made for an extremely interesting story and I loved the lessons that Arden learned from the whole situation.
What left me wanting more:
Arden herself.
The real problem with this book is that Arden herself is hard to like. She goes through life feeling like she has to fix everyone or watch over them, which automatically leads to a feeling of superiority and that air of superiority starts to get old as the book goes on. I was actually fine with it for the first half of the book or so – I understood why she felt that way and how she had ended up going down that path. I could even see how some of the people in her life really did kind of mess things up when left to their own devices, so it was understandable why Arden felt like she had to police them. But, by midway over the book, I was over it. I was especially frustrated by the way she treated Lindsey – like she was a child who couldn’t do anything right. Even when Lindsey was trying hard to be helpful, Arden was too busy putting her down to notice it. So, yeah, great best friend material. And Arden did kind of learn her lesson about this in the end – but by that time, I was already too frustrated with her to see it as a huge win.
Arden’s mother.
This really made me mad. The implication was that Arden’s mother had been taking care of everyone for so long that she needed to take herself out of the situation in order to fix her own issues. And I get that, I do. I’m a stay-at-home mom who homeschools two of my three kids. My youngest son is adopted and has special needs, and I started homeschooling my older two when my oldest had so many issues at school that it was becoming nightmarish. I get it – putting yourself aside for your kids is hard and frustrating and sometimes overwhelming. Although, honestly, she had two super well-behaved kids who never caused any problems – her biggest issue was the fact that she did a lot for them and no one seemed grateful enough. So she left. Packed her bags and moved three hundred miles away. Sure, she called occasionally, but I had a hard time sympathizing with her. As a mom, I understand the urge to get away – I understand that she needed space, but I don’t understand punishing your kids for the fact that you have issues and completely removing yourself from their lives. Unless you’re a danger to them or your presence is somehow hurting their well-being, in my opinion, that’s never okay.
So, while I liked aspects of this book, an unlikable main character eventually got to me. I still appreciated the overall message of letting go and learning to be yourself without other people, but the journey there wasn’t always fun. I give this book 3/5 stars.
missbookiverse's review against another edition
2.0
Ich muss ganz stark bezweifeln, dass ein und die selbe Person Tonight the Streets Are Ours und das fabelhafte This Song Will Save Your Life geschrieben hat. Nichts von meiner Liebe zu letzterem konnte ich in diesem Roman wiederfinden. Das größte Problem stellt die Protagonistin selbst dar. Arden ist enorm nett und hilfsbereit, immer für andere da. An sich ist das interessant, denn Figuren mit diesen Eigenschaften spielen meist nur Nebenrollen. Nun weiß ich nicht, ob Arden und ich einfach so grundverschieden sind oder ob sie schlecht geschrieben wurde, aber ich konnte ihre Gedankengänge einfach nicht nachvollziehen. Sie ist enttäuscht, weil sie das, was sie ständig gibt nie zurückbekommt. Für niemanden ist sie die Person, für die man alles tun würde. Selbstverständlich schmerzt das, aber es ist mir auch zu naiv. Wir leben leider nicht in einer Welt, in der jeder Mensch zuerst an seinen Nächsten denkt. Ich finde es mutig, wenn jemand trotzdem nach diesem Schema lebt, aber genauso heuchlerisch, wenn dafür eine Gegenleistung erwartet wird. Tut Arden ihren Freunden jeden Gefallen, weil sie es möchte oder weil sie “etwas gut haben” will? Allerdings muss ich dem Buch anrechnen, dass Arden durchaus lernfähig ist und ihre Weiterentwicklung einen zentralen Punkt darstellt.
Ardens Gegenpart bildet Peter mit seinem Blog über sein Leben. Gezielt verliert er im Verlauf der Handlung an Zauber, kam mir dabei aber nie richtig echt vor. Auch der Trubel um seinen Blog hat sich mir nicht erschlossen. Peter schreibt, weil er Schriftsteller werden möchte und weil Übung hilft. Viele Posts kann man 1 zu 1 mitlesen und das ist nett, aber nichts Besonderes. Weder Peters Stil noch worüber er bloggt, rechtfertigen die Resonanz und das professionelle Angebot, das er später erhält. Etwas mehr Recherche zum Thema Bloggen, liebe Autorin?
Neben Ardens Persönlichkeitskrise und Peters Pseudo-Autor-Ergüssen bleibt der Plot auf der Strecke. Die Inhaltsangabe verspricht einen Road-Trip, der gerät aber erst nach der Hälfte des Buches überhaupt ins Rollen. Die eigentlich recht zentrale Freundschaft zwischen Arden und ihrer Nachbarin Lindsey ist eine reine Behauptung. Seit Jahren sind sie beste Freundinnen und doch gibt es nie Szenen, in denen ich Nähe gespürt habe, in denen die zwei wichtige Gedanken austauschen oder wenigstens Interessen teilen. Das einzig Vielversprechende ist am Ende Ardens gereizte Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter, die kurz vor Beginn des Buches die Familie verlassen hat.
Tonight the Streets Are Ours hat erschreckend wenig zu sagen. Die Hauptfigur ist ungewöhnlich, büßt dabei aber an Sympathie ein und schafft es nicht den mauen Plot allein zu tragen. Lieber noch mal This Song Will Save Your Life lesen.
Ardens Gegenpart bildet Peter mit seinem Blog über sein Leben. Gezielt verliert er im Verlauf der Handlung an Zauber, kam mir dabei aber nie richtig echt vor. Auch der Trubel um seinen Blog hat sich mir nicht erschlossen. Peter schreibt, weil er Schriftsteller werden möchte und weil Übung hilft. Viele Posts kann man 1 zu 1 mitlesen und das ist nett, aber nichts Besonderes. Weder Peters Stil noch worüber er bloggt, rechtfertigen die Resonanz und das professionelle Angebot, das er später erhält. Etwas mehr Recherche zum Thema Bloggen, liebe Autorin?
Neben Ardens Persönlichkeitskrise und Peters Pseudo-Autor-Ergüssen bleibt der Plot auf der Strecke. Die Inhaltsangabe verspricht einen Road-Trip, der gerät aber erst nach der Hälfte des Buches überhaupt ins Rollen. Die eigentlich recht zentrale Freundschaft zwischen Arden und ihrer Nachbarin Lindsey ist eine reine Behauptung. Seit Jahren sind sie beste Freundinnen und doch gibt es nie Szenen, in denen ich Nähe gespürt habe, in denen die zwei wichtige Gedanken austauschen oder wenigstens Interessen teilen. Das einzig Vielversprechende ist am Ende Ardens gereizte Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter, die kurz vor Beginn des Buches die Familie verlassen hat.
Tonight the Streets Are Ours hat erschreckend wenig zu sagen. Die Hauptfigur ist ungewöhnlich, büßt dabei aber an Sympathie ein und schafft es nicht den mauen Plot allein zu tragen. Lieber noch mal This Song Will Save Your Life lesen.
katiemichellereads's review against another edition
3.0
I received a free review copy of this book through Netgalley.
Arden Huntley is nice and loyal: These are the traits that define her. She finds worth through giving others what they want, fixing their problems for them. She likes feeling needed, but she hates not being able to depend on anybody else when she needs them. Her mother left for New York weeks ago, her father focuses only on work, her boyfriend Chris is only focused on his own dreams, and her best friend Lindsey is more prone to creating messes than helping fix them.
One night, Arden Googles the question, why doesn't anybody love me as much as I love them? In the search results she finds Tonight the Streets Are Ours, a blog/online journal where Peter is asking the same exact question. She quickly finds herself invested in Peter's life and the people involved. She wants to know about his ex girlfriend and his missing brother. And somewhere in between going back to the first post and being caught up, reading them as they're released... Arden finds herself daydreaming of her and Chris as a couple, despite his recent break-up and the fact that she has a boyfriend of her own -- not to mention that Chris lives hours away, in New York.
I have mixed feelings about this book, and I think the negative ones mostly center around Arden's parents. Honestly, this is the one and only time I've ever wished parents were featured less in a young adult book, but I think I would have enjoyed it much more without them. I will admit that there were a lot of things here that might have just hit too close to home for me, and maybe I wouldn't have had so many problems with them if that weren't the case. Or maybe I would have felt the same. (Who knows?)
Anyway, we have a mother who left her husband and two children to live in New York, about six hours away from home. Why? Because her husband wasn't helping enough, and parenting became too overwhelming for her. Which I can completely understand. We all feel overwhelmed sometimes. She was giving too much and getting too little in return. It's still not an excuse for leaving behind her kids, but I feel that her actions were brushed off for the true message of the story -- which was that we all make mistakes and hurt the ones we love, and it doesn't mean we love them any less.
I like this message, overall. The thing is, I do agree that we shouldn't all be tip-toeing around other peoples feelings all of the time. (Even though I'll be the first to admit that I do so far too often!) I can get behind the idea that we, as people, are not entirely responsible for the well-being and emotions of others. But I just can't agree that parents aren't responsible for their children, and I feel like having this theme and applying it to the parents kind of excused their behavior, especially Arden's mother.
That said, I could sympathize with her, which was more than I could say about the father. This guy felt that two kids and two pets were too much responsibility, so what does he do? Puts down the family dog. And he does not get any grief for this. Arden even uses it as one point to justify him being a great parent: He brought them to the shelter when they decided to get a dog! Let's not mention that he also killed the poor thing! This part just made me really sick to my stomach. Her dad was an awful person, and he was made out to be a "good dad" multiple times. I didn't see any evidence for him being anything but neglectful to his children.
Despite my dislike for those characters, I didn't really dislike the book. I liked Arden's character, and I enjoyed her friendship with Lindsey. I do wish we could have seen more of Lindsey, because it would have been interesting to learn more about her as a person, and maybe see her character arc a bit more in-depth. Arden's boyfriend, Chris, was also an interesting character that I wish had more depth, because I didn't feel like I knew him very well. There was more about his dreams of being an actor throughout the book than about him as an actual person. However, Arden was great and I did like seeing her change throughout the book and become more comfortable with herself. In the end, I think it was Arden who saved this book for me and kept me reading despite my issues with side characters and plot.
Then, of course, there are the slight issues I had with the plot. I liked the idea of Arden learning to accept herself, rather than seeking that acceptance in others, and the beginning of the book was wonderful. But then Arden decides to go on a "road trip" to meet Peter, the author of Tonight the Streets Are Ours. She finds him by calling bookstores in New York until she finds the one he works for, then stops by for a visit.
First, are there not a bunch of guys named Peter who live in New York and work at a bookstore? And second (most importantly), maybe people don't reveal their locations online for a reason? Personally, I don't want anyone who reads my blog showing up where I work, no matter how much they love my writing. Especially if they have to travel six hours to find me. I know Arden was taking a risk, I just feel like she could have done something different. Even reached out to Peter online, if she wanted to! Just... not stalking him.
That said, I did like how realistically this played out, and I do have to say I expected things to happen differently. The ending of the book worked itself out nicely and made up for the whole stalking thing in some ways. It was also fantastic that this story did not center entirely on romance, which felt refreshing and, given everything that happened, realistic.
Overall, I expected this book to be a quick, cute read, and it did deliver on that. I loved Leila Sales' writing style, as always, and did laugh a few times while reading. It held my interest enough that I read it mostly in one sitting, and I'll probably think about it for awhile still -- it touched a lot on what love means, which was an interesting topic and gave me a few things to consider. I don't think it met all of my expectations, but I also know I had high hopes going in, and so that might not be entirely the book's fault.
Arden Huntley is nice and loyal: These are the traits that define her. She finds worth through giving others what they want, fixing their problems for them. She likes feeling needed, but she hates not being able to depend on anybody else when she needs them. Her mother left for New York weeks ago, her father focuses only on work, her boyfriend Chris is only focused on his own dreams, and her best friend Lindsey is more prone to creating messes than helping fix them.
One night, Arden Googles the question, why doesn't anybody love me as much as I love them? In the search results she finds Tonight the Streets Are Ours, a blog/online journal where Peter is asking the same exact question. She quickly finds herself invested in Peter's life and the people involved. She wants to know about his ex girlfriend and his missing brother. And somewhere in between going back to the first post and being caught up, reading them as they're released... Arden finds herself daydreaming of her and Chris as a couple, despite his recent break-up and the fact that she has a boyfriend of her own -- not to mention that Chris lives hours away, in New York.
I have mixed feelings about this book, and I think the negative ones mostly center around Arden's parents. Honestly, this is the one and only time I've ever wished parents were featured less in a young adult book, but I think I would have enjoyed it much more without them. I will admit that there were a lot of things here that might have just hit too close to home for me, and maybe I wouldn't have had so many problems with them if that weren't the case. Or maybe I would have felt the same. (Who knows?)
Anyway, we have a mother who left her husband and two children to live in New York, about six hours away from home. Why? Because her husband wasn't helping enough, and parenting became too overwhelming for her. Which I can completely understand. We all feel overwhelmed sometimes. She was giving too much and getting too little in return. It's still not an excuse for leaving behind her kids, but I feel that her actions were brushed off for the true message of the story -- which was that we all make mistakes and hurt the ones we love, and it doesn't mean we love them any less.
I like this message, overall. The thing is, I do agree that we shouldn't all be tip-toeing around other peoples feelings all of the time. (Even though I'll be the first to admit that I do so far too often!) I can get behind the idea that we, as people, are not entirely responsible for the well-being and emotions of others. But I just can't agree that parents aren't responsible for their children, and I feel like having this theme and applying it to the parents kind of excused their behavior, especially Arden's mother.
That said, I could sympathize with her, which was more than I could say about the father. This guy felt that two kids and two pets were too much responsibility, so what does he do? Puts down the family dog. And he does not get any grief for this. Arden even uses it as one point to justify him being a great parent: He brought them to the shelter when they decided to get a dog! Let's not mention that he also killed the poor thing! This part just made me really sick to my stomach. Her dad was an awful person, and he was made out to be a "good dad" multiple times. I didn't see any evidence for him being anything but neglectful to his children.
Despite my dislike for those characters, I didn't really dislike the book. I liked Arden's character, and I enjoyed her friendship with Lindsey. I do wish we could have seen more of Lindsey, because it would have been interesting to learn more about her as a person, and maybe see her character arc a bit more in-depth. Arden's boyfriend, Chris, was also an interesting character that I wish had more depth, because I didn't feel like I knew him very well. There was more about his dreams of being an actor throughout the book than about him as an actual person. However, Arden was great and I did like seeing her change throughout the book and become more comfortable with herself. In the end, I think it was Arden who saved this book for me and kept me reading despite my issues with side characters and plot.
Then, of course, there are the slight issues I had with the plot. I liked the idea of Arden learning to accept herself, rather than seeking that acceptance in others, and the beginning of the book was wonderful. But then Arden decides to go on a "road trip" to meet Peter, the author of Tonight the Streets Are Ours. She finds him by calling bookstores in New York until she finds the one he works for, then stops by for a visit.
First, are there not a bunch of guys named Peter who live in New York and work at a bookstore? And second (most importantly), maybe people don't reveal their locations online for a reason? Personally, I don't want anyone who reads my blog showing up where I work, no matter how much they love my writing. Especially if they have to travel six hours to find me. I know Arden was taking a risk, I just feel like she could have done something different. Even reached out to Peter online, if she wanted to! Just... not stalking him.
That said, I did like how realistically this played out, and I do have to say I expected things to happen differently. The ending of the book worked itself out nicely and made up for the whole stalking thing in some ways. It was also fantastic that this story did not center entirely on romance, which felt refreshing and, given everything that happened, realistic.
Overall, I expected this book to be a quick, cute read, and it did deliver on that. I loved Leila Sales' writing style, as always, and did laugh a few times while reading. It held my interest enough that I read it mostly in one sitting, and I'll probably think about it for awhile still -- it touched a lot on what love means, which was an interesting topic and gave me a few things to consider. I don't think it met all of my expectations, but I also know I had high hopes going in, and so that might not be entirely the book's fault.
paginasdealex's review against another edition
4.0
Adoré esta historia. Creo que me ha enseñado muchas cosas y movido muchas más. Pueden leer la reseña aquí: http://laspaginasdealex.blogspot.mx/2016/10/esta-noche-las-calles-son-nuestras.html
“Bienvenido. Como todas las historias, la que estás por leer es una historia de amor. Si no lo fuera, ¿qué caso tendría?"
Hace dos años que espero para leer un libro de Leila Sales. Cuando This Song Will Save Your Life salió al mercado escuché sólo cosas buenas sobre el libro.
Sin embargo, dos años después sigue entre los libros que compré y por una u otra cosa no he podido leer. Es mi primera vez leyendo a Sales y no he sido decepcionada.
Los personajes fueron muy bien desarrollados. Desde sus apariencias, actitudes y opiniones, hasta sus aspectos más complejos como sus reacciones en momentos de estrés, su crecimiento como personajes y sus descubrimientos personales fueron creíbles en todo momento. De verdad podía imaginar ver a estos personajes como personas reales. Incluso hubo momentos en los que no estaba de acuerdo con ellos y que llegué a detestarlos. Pero siempre mantuvieron su esencia personal.
La idea detrás de este libro es que cada persona tiene su propia historia, y aunque la escuchemos, algunas veces la historia que se muestra al mundo no es la verdadera. La realidad puede ser muy diferente de lo que dejamos conocer a otros.
La manera en que el libro está escrito es en extremo cuidadosa. Un perfecto balance entre la trama principal y las anécdotas de nuestra protagonista. No hubo momentos lentos ni largos. De cierta manera la historia principal se teje entre otras historias y nos lleva en la búsqueda del punto entre ayudar a aquellos que lo necesitan sin destruirse uno mismo.
En definitiva un libro excelente.
“Bienvenido. Como todas las historias, la que estás por leer es una historia de amor. Si no lo fuera, ¿qué caso tendría?"
Hace dos años que espero para leer un libro de Leila Sales. Cuando This Song Will Save Your Life salió al mercado escuché sólo cosas buenas sobre el libro.
Sin embargo, dos años después sigue entre los libros que compré y por una u otra cosa no he podido leer. Es mi primera vez leyendo a Sales y no he sido decepcionada.
Los personajes fueron muy bien desarrollados. Desde sus apariencias, actitudes y opiniones, hasta sus aspectos más complejos como sus reacciones en momentos de estrés, su crecimiento como personajes y sus descubrimientos personales fueron creíbles en todo momento. De verdad podía imaginar ver a estos personajes como personas reales. Incluso hubo momentos en los que no estaba de acuerdo con ellos y que llegué a detestarlos. Pero siempre mantuvieron su esencia personal.
La idea detrás de este libro es que cada persona tiene su propia historia, y aunque la escuchemos, algunas veces la historia que se muestra al mundo no es la verdadera. La realidad puede ser muy diferente de lo que dejamos conocer a otros.
La manera en que el libro está escrito es en extremo cuidadosa. Un perfecto balance entre la trama principal y las anécdotas de nuestra protagonista. No hubo momentos lentos ni largos. De cierta manera la historia principal se teje entre otras historias y nos lleva en la búsqueda del punto entre ayudar a aquellos que lo necesitan sin destruirse uno mismo.
En definitiva un libro excelente.
vll295's review against another edition
3.0
I started this book for a buddy read for the #RockmyTBR challenge. This book is one in which we meet Arden and her kind nature. She has always been the responsible one, but lately she feels a bit taken advantage of. When she comes across Peter’s blog, “Tonight the Streets Are Ours” she feels like she finally has someone who can express what she feels. When they meet up in real life the adventure is not what she had planned. An interesting book about learning who you really are, what you portray to the world, and what it all means.