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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
This book was dead on arrival for me. Couldn't help myself... It was 100% plot driven, by which I mean that everything any character did was simply to enhance the plot, and not because they were being rational humans or developed characters. A GIANT tragedy happens (for the majority of characters) early on in the book, yet they all seem fine, not grieving at all, and instead are focused on building up the confidence of the FMC... while she is more focused on how her ex from a year ago betrayed her and "love isn't real" than the giant tragedy that JUST occurred in her life.
Also, the timing of the first semi-steamy scene was incredibly icky. I was literally cringing and couldn't wait for it to be over. That probably wasn't helped by the fact that the main characters weren't developed into real humans, so I felt absolutely zero chemistry between them, and didn't care whether they got together or not.
Finished this book just so I could write this review. Yuck.
Also, the timing of the first semi-steamy scene was incredibly icky. I was literally cringing and couldn't wait for it to be over. That probably wasn't helped by the fact that the main characters weren't developed into real humans, so I felt absolutely zero chemistry between them, and didn't care whether they got together or not.
Finished this book just so I could write this review. Yuck.
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
slow-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
emotional
funny
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
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Grief
Moderate: Bullying
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-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
Florence Day is not a better writer than the person who wrote this book and that is only the beginning of the problems. I shall rank a few of my favourite problems in order of their validity.
1. The. Dialogue. Is. So. Bad. Has the author ever conducted a conversation with another human? Ladies, here’s a question. How do you open a conversation with someone you’ve just run into while you are crying outside a bar in an alley? Would you wail “make it quick when you murder me!” With complete sincerity? What happened to hello? Pardon me? Every single infuriating line is trying so hard to be quirky as though quirky is charming and not, as so many instances in this book prove, creepy, juvenile, and pathetic.
2. Talking a big show without delivering. Florence is sure to tell us that her ex boyfriend can’t write realistic small towns cuz he’s never lived in one. I have lived in small towns, and if the author of this book has too, it seems that living in a small town doesn't mean you can automatically write a good one. The fact that Florence complains her ex only sees stereotypical stars hollow when he thinks a small town while literally only having described a stars hollow like existence? Shockingly unaware.
3. Blatant consumerism disguised as personality. In a scene in this book, Florence tells us she is dirt broke. Then she tells us that, because her meeting went bad, she’s going to go mindlessly consume some books that she freely admits she might not need because the shopping makes her feel better. This is quirky! Its relatable! Its the literal reason why our planet is burning but hey, at least her shelves look nice.
4. My least valid hatred. Pure pettiness. Our main character is 5’3”. She tells us this. Her love interest is 6”3”. She also tells us this. The amount of fetishization of the height and size difference is a personal ick that I will never get over. Her first thought in seeing him (did I mention they have a PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP?) is that she wants to climb him like a tree. And it. Goes. On. It does not matter who this guy is, Man so big and Woman so small is literally half of what the appeal is supposed to be.
What a waste of a perfectly good concept.
1. The. Dialogue. Is. So. Bad. Has the author ever conducted a conversation with another human? Ladies, here’s a question. How do you open a conversation with someone you’ve just run into while you are crying outside a bar in an alley? Would you wail “make it quick when you murder me!” With complete sincerity? What happened to hello? Pardon me? Every single infuriating line is trying so hard to be quirky as though quirky is charming and not, as so many instances in this book prove, creepy, juvenile, and pathetic.
2. Talking a big show without delivering. Florence is sure to tell us that her ex boyfriend can’t write realistic small towns cuz he’s never lived in one. I have lived in small towns, and if the author of this book has too, it seems that living in a small town doesn't mean you can automatically write a good one. The fact that Florence complains her ex only sees stereotypical stars hollow when he thinks a small town while literally only having described a stars hollow like existence? Shockingly unaware.
3. Blatant consumerism disguised as personality. In a scene in this book, Florence tells us she is dirt broke. Then she tells us that, because her meeting went bad, she’s going to go mindlessly consume some books that she freely admits she might not need because the shopping makes her feel better. This is quirky! Its relatable! Its the literal reason why our planet is burning but hey, at least her shelves look nice.
4. My least valid hatred. Pure pettiness. Our main character is 5’3”. She tells us this. Her love interest is 6”3”. She also tells us this. The amount of fetishization of the height and size difference is a personal ick that I will never get over. Her first thought in seeing him (did I mention they have a PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP?) is that she wants to climb him like a tree. And it. Goes. On. It does not matter who this guy is, Man so big and Woman so small is literally half of what the appeal is supposed to be.
What a waste of a perfectly good concept.