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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
The moment I read this book, I cant help myself from smiling. The cover explains everything in the book.
Sunrise.Boat.Two sweet lovers.Sea.The intensity. And the big "HAPPY" in the title
It's a beginning of a sweet, perfect, complicated, adventurous love story.
Sunrise.Boat.Two sweet lovers.Sea.The intensity. And the big "HAPPY" in the title
It's a beginning of a sweet, perfect, complicated, adventurous love story.
The two main characters, Graham and Ellie, are so adorable. I loved how their emailing and the banter blossomed into something so sweet and you can really see how much they need eachother. The mix ups at the start were funny and it was quickly resolved - which I was pleased about, I hate stories that drag - and the relationship soon become such a cute story.
I love stories between two people who are from completely different worlds but are so similar. They both wanted the same thing, just someone to love them for them, and that's what they got. It wasn't ruined by any trashy sex scenes and there wasn't a ton of making out sessions that cheapened it, it was done well. The relationship between them in this was more to their friendship and being with eachother, I didn't find it entirely romantic and it was nice to read something different. Although they did like eachother and kiss once or twice, they needed a friend aswell. They talked. You don't get that much in love stories because they're either arguing, being jealous or snogging. Dialogue = <3
The idea of someone famous being in love with you is a fantasy we've all imagined, especially when it's written like this, you can't help but put yourself in those shoes and I loved it. Graham wasn't stuck up, he wasn't a manwhore who was only interested in sex and money, fame and power, he was a genuinely nice guy. He just wanted someone who'll talk to him as if he's a normal bloke, because he is. Girls always suck up to him and he's bored of that. His life's just isolating him, especially from his parents, and it must be lonely
poor baby
and then there's Ellie's story with her father, and what her and her mother are going through. I'm glad that he helped her through the part when she wanted to see her dad, he was supportive to her and she needed that.
I loved it.
The setting was cute, it's set in a small town in Maine by the sea, and it was refreshing. Most books like this are set in the same place, it made me want to go down to the beach.
Very cute.
This story is for anyone who enjoys a nice, quick, easy and cute read. Although the ending didn't give us much, I'm just going to assume that
Spoiler
they separated after filming and they just emailed, which disappoints me, I wish there was more to itOverall, I loved it. Four stars.
Amazingly written. There are many cliques, but it's good nonetheless.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Jennifer E. Smith is not a new author; I have read another YA book by her and enjoyed it very much. But I wasn't wowed with This Is What Happy Looks Like this time.
The book's premise looked interesting, but the execution felt flat. I only finished the book because of the audiobook I found through Hoopla.
I just thought the alternating POV between the girl and boy would have worked better in these kinds of stories instead of the third person because it seemed like the third-person narrative made the pacing a bit wordier. I think it's also why I feel distant from the characters.
I believe that both characters had awkward pasts, which brought them together in the first place.
The story is very predictable and leaves you with an open ending, so you have to continue with the next book of the series. Sorry, I am not interested in knowing how Graham and Ellie's relationship will go.
The book's premise looked interesting, but the execution felt flat. I only finished the book because of the audiobook I found through Hoopla.
I just thought the alternating POV between the girl and boy would have worked better in these kinds of stories instead of the third person because it seemed like the third-person narrative made the pacing a bit wordier. I think it's also why I feel distant from the characters.
I believe that both characters had awkward pasts, which brought them together in the first place.
The story is very predictable and leaves you with an open ending, so you have to continue with the next book of the series. Sorry, I am not interested in knowing how Graham and Ellie's relationship will go.
More of a 3.5 rating. I really liked the beginning of this book. It started off gang-busters. Smith does a nice job with the movie star mets and falls in love with a nobody trope. Graham and Ellie were both very three dimensional. In other books where the hero is a famous person I've never really "gotten" why it was so rough to be in their shoes. I usually think, yes it sucks that they are being chased around by the press and that they have to live under a microscope, but really, wasn't that what they signed up for when they decided to become celebrities? With Graham though I could understand how he was feeling and why he was feeling this way. The fame just sort of snuck up on him all of a sudden. One thing led to another and suddenly, sort of without warning he was famous-- and lonely and isolated. I really felt for him.
Ellie...well I felt for her as well, but not as much as Graham. I understand the "secret" dad idea, and why she felt she had to keep it a secret, but it got old for me pretty quick. After her first angst filled decision to back away from Graham and his fame for personal reasons I was behind her, but when she kept doing it, again and again, it got old.
The reason that this book got demoted from a five star read to a 3.5 was that Graham and Ellie found each other in the end and got a happily ever after of a sort, but I didn't really feel it. There was something lacking the whole last half of the book in their connection. After their first encounter and their emails I was expecting them not to be so typically teen-angsty, finding reason after reason why they couldn't see each other and had to keep rushing off to deal with other things in their lives. I guess I got the rational for these things, but it wasn't the direction that I thought the story should go in. It stopped being the happy little love story and tried to go in a different direction-- one that I just wasn't feeling.
Ellie...well I felt for her as well, but not as much as Graham. I understand the "secret" dad idea, and why she felt she had to keep it a secret, but it got old for me pretty quick. After her first angst filled decision to back away from Graham and his fame for personal reasons I was behind her, but when she kept doing it, again and again, it got old.
The reason that this book got demoted from a five star read to a 3.5 was that Graham and Ellie found each other in the end and got a happily ever after of a sort, but I didn't really feel it. There was something lacking the whole last half of the book in their connection. After their first encounter and their emails I was expecting them not to be so typically teen-angsty, finding reason after reason why they couldn't see each other and had to keep rushing off to deal with other things in their lives. I guess I got the rational for these things, but it wasn't the direction that I thought the story should go in. It stopped being the happy little love story and tried to go in a different direction-- one that I just wasn't feeling.
It's nice to read a ya novel that isn't exactly cookie cutter, although it has all the elements. Cute and sweet, just like a woopie pie.
I liked this. The SPALAFS was a great one, and I have to say that this falls second, although it was beautifully crafted and well done.
Bravo.
Bravo.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes