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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.75 Stars
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Tropes:
👥 Brother's best friend
⚠️ Love triangle
❤️🔥 Slow burn romance
Say You Swear was a fast, addicting read that hooked me right away. It had just the right amount of drama to keep me turning the pages, and the love triangle element really added to the tension. I enjoyed the way Ari and Noah's relationship developed against the backdrop of messy friendships and complicated loyalties.
That said, some of the plot turns stretched believability for me. The timing, combination, and dynamics of (view spoiler) felt a bit forced. Still, I don’t necessarily come to romance for strict realism, and in this case the heightened drama worked to make the story feel even more “soapy” and bingeable.
Overall, it’s an entertaining, dramatic ride—part angsty romance, part emotional rollercoaster—that fans of messy love triangles and high-stakes drama will likely devour.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Tropes:
👥 Brother's best friend
⚠️ Love triangle
❤️🔥 Slow burn romance
Say You Swear was a fast, addicting read that hooked me right away. It had just the right amount of drama to keep me turning the pages, and the love triangle element really added to the tension. I enjoyed the way Ari and Noah's relationship developed against the backdrop of messy friendships and complicated loyalties.
That said, some of the plot turns stretched believability for me. The timing, combination, and dynamics of (view spoiler) felt a bit forced. Still, I don’t necessarily come to romance for strict realism, and in this case the heightened drama worked to make the story feel even more “soapy” and bingeable.
Overall, it’s an entertaining, dramatic ride—part angsty romance, part emotional rollercoaster—that fans of messy love triangles and high-stakes drama will likely devour.
Hated the writing style. It just couldn't get into it. So many characters are thrown in at the start and it's just a very bad style. It's like you're reading while riding a horse. You just keep re-reading the same sentences because it just doesn't really flow. Yoz can't just skim pages smoothly, you have to really focus on individual sentences. As someone who usually ready extremely fast, this book just didn't allow me to get into the flow. Story-wise, i can't really say if it's good or not, because i didn't get too far. In the 100 pages that i have read, none of the characters were really that likeable.
Imma be honest I did not care at all for even one second about any of this
I liked this book. I love Noah. However, it was just far too long, I wish Ari got her memory back a lot sooner. Feel like it could have been done in 350 pages, max 400! Not bloody 500!
emotional
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
Me encantó las cartas que la madre de Noah dejó.
Me encantó como Noah nunca dejó de luchar por Arianna, y siempre estuvo allí por ella.
También me gusto mucho la relación que tenían Mason(el hermano de Arianna), Camerón(su mejor amiga), Chase( el mejor amigo de Manson y el que tuvo algo con Arianna al principio del libro) y Brady( otro amigo de Mason) se consideraron todos familia y es por eso que se fueron todos ha estudiar en la misma universidad.
También me gusto mucho la relación que tenían Mason(el hermano de Arianna), Camerón(su mejor amiga), Chase( el mejor amigo de Manson y el que tuvo algo con Arianna al principio del libro) y Brady( otro amigo de Mason) se consideraron todos familia y es por eso que se fueron todos ha estudiar en la misma universidad.
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. There were parts of this book that I absolutely adored. Like the friends to lovers aspect from Ari and Noah. And how lovingly protective he was of her. Oh and the man had patience which is something I love to see too. Their whole love story was *chefs kiss* - even the hard to read parts towards the end. I just felt like it was a lot of extra fluff and extra words just to make the book longer. I feel like a lot could have been taken out and still had the point gotten across. I also was told this was emotionally damaging - and although there were lots of gut wrenching moments - I think I was hoping for a good cry out of this and I kind of just got some small tears. That and it’s predictable - never fun to read a story that you know what’s gonna happen next. Like I said I didn’t hate it but it wasn’t my favorite book this year! 3⭐️
emotional
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
The story started off very excitingly. However, I must also say that the book is more suited to young adults or teenagers (aged between 16 and 20), because many parts are still quite naive.
SPOILER
The protagonist is annoying in some places because she behaves so immaturely. But you just have to keep reminding yourself that she is still very young and extremely inexperienced. Nevertheless, she sometimes makes decisions that I cannot understand at all...
The whole accident story with amnesia was too predictable for me, and yet it didn't fit with the rest of the story at all. It detracted from the love story. Then there's the whole baby thing... and getting married. Come on, she's 18... It's just too cheesy.
The ending came very quickly, somehow everything happened at once, and that was annoying.
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Die Geschichte hat sehr spannend angefangen. Ich muss aber auch sagen, dass das Buch eher für junge Erwachsene bzw. Teenager ist (so zwischen 16-20), weil viele Stellen sind noch recht naiv.
SPOILER
Die Protagonistin nervt an einigen Stellen, weil sie sich so unreif verhält. Aber man muss sich einfach immer wieder daran erinnern, dass sie eben noch sehr jung und extrem unerfahren ist. Trotzdem trifft sie manchmal Entscheidungen, die ich null nachvollziehen kann…
Die ganze Unfallgeschichte mit Amnesie war mir zu vorhersehbar und trotzdem hat sie gar nicht zum Rest gepasst. Die Liebesgeschichte wurde dadurch verschlechtert. Dann noch das Thema Baby ..und heiraten. Komm schon, sie ist 18.. Das ist einfach zu kitschig.
Der Schluss kam sehr schnell, irgendwie kam alles auf einmal und das hat schon gestört..
SPOILER
The protagonist is annoying in some places because she behaves so immaturely. But you just have to keep reminding yourself that she is still very young and extremely inexperienced. Nevertheless, she sometimes makes decisions that I cannot understand at all...
The whole accident story with amnesia was too predictable for me, and yet it didn't fit with the rest of the story at all. It detracted from the love story. Then there's the whole baby thing... and getting married. Come on, she's 18... It's just too cheesy.
The ending came very quickly, somehow everything happened at once, and that was annoying.
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Die Geschichte hat sehr spannend angefangen. Ich muss aber auch sagen, dass das Buch eher für junge Erwachsene bzw. Teenager ist (so zwischen 16-20), weil viele Stellen sind noch recht naiv.
SPOILER
Die Protagonistin nervt an einigen Stellen, weil sie sich so unreif verhält. Aber man muss sich einfach immer wieder daran erinnern, dass sie eben noch sehr jung und extrem unerfahren ist. Trotzdem trifft sie manchmal Entscheidungen, die ich null nachvollziehen kann…
Die ganze Unfallgeschichte mit Amnesie war mir zu vorhersehbar und trotzdem hat sie gar nicht zum Rest gepasst. Die Liebesgeschichte wurde dadurch verschlechtert. Dann noch das Thema Baby ..und heiraten. Komm schon, sie ist 18.. Das ist einfach zu kitschig.
Der Schluss kam sehr schnell, irgendwie kam alles auf einmal und das hat schon gestört..