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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
hopeful
didn’t love as much as seven year slip but soooo cute
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Bloody loved it! Gave me Sweet Home Alabama, Bridget Jones, and Casper vibes! I couldn’t read this fast enough.
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book made me laugh out loud and brought a tear to my eye. ashley poston has a way of making grief feel soft, beautiful, even strangely comforting - without brushing off the real weight of it. florence goes through one of my biggest fears, and still the story feels like a warm hug wrapped in ghost stories and small-town magic.
the humor is sharp, the vibe is cozy-macabre, and florence’s voice feels like catching up with a friend. it didn’t quite top seven year slip for me, but it has that same everyday magic ashley does so well. perfect for the spooky season girlies who want something mostly ghostly but still full of heart.
the humor is sharp, the vibe is cozy-macabre, and florence’s voice feels like catching up with a friend. it didn’t quite top seven year slip for me, but it has that same everyday magic ashley does so well. perfect for the spooky season girlies who want something mostly ghostly but still full of heart.
It was actually pretty decent. The process of dying was painted sincerely and compassionately, and truly the Day family were bursting with life and love. The romance was sweet and I'm glad Ben was a ghost whilst the romance developed because it gave them more time to get to know each other. The only part I didn't like the the oddly smutty scene on the morning of Florence's fathers funeral. What awful timing to flirt.
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I only have three questions - well I actually have a million but that would take forever so I’ll give you my three most pressing:
- Why was she obsessed with putting googly eyes on things (her friend’s vibrators?! Her boyfriend’s abs?!)?
- Why did she refer to her ex with his first AND last name almost every single time she mentioned him (which was a lot)?
- Wtf is this sentence: “We danced across the ancient oak floorboards, around Mom and Alice, and Seaburn and his wife, and Karen and Mr. Taylor, though I only knew that later, because all I remembered was Ben.” Huh???? She found out later that there were other people on the dance floor at the wedding?? After she just got done observing the dance floor and musing about the people dancing on it for an entire page, mind you.
I loved the Seven Year Slip but after A Novel Love Story and this? Yeah, I’m all set with Ashley Poston.
- Why was she obsessed with putting googly eyes on things (her friend’s vibrators?! Her boyfriend’s abs?!)?
- Why did she refer to her ex with his first AND last name almost every single time she mentioned him (which was a lot)?
- Wtf is this sentence: “We danced across the ancient oak floorboards, around Mom and Alice, and Seaburn and his wife, and Karen and Mr. Taylor, though I only knew that later, because all I remembered was Ben.” Huh???? She found out later that there were other people on the dance floor at the wedding?? After she just got done observing the dance floor and musing about the people dancing on it for an entire page, mind you.
I loved the Seven Year Slip but after A Novel Love Story and this? Yeah, I’m all set with Ashley Poston.
3.7 I have a strange relationship with death so I found this very sweet. I liked Poston’s romanticization of the full circle of life, including death not in spite of it