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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
challenging
lighthearted
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
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
DNF - 40%
Não consegui passar de 40% desse livro. As descrições são bregas, não tem química entre os personagens e você não consegue entender porque a personagem principal está gostando do carinha, uma vez que ele não está fazendo absolutamente nada.
Eu fiquei tão tão tão tão irritada com a personagem descendo que ela estava se apaixonando com a descrição “ele tem um jeitinho bla bla bla, e seu corpo bla bla bla, mas aí meu Deus não posso me apaixonar” é tão Nicholas Sparks em 2010.
Eu acho que é um romance para iniciantes. Mais do mesmo
Não consegui passar de 40% desse livro. As descrições são bregas, não tem química entre os personagens e você não consegue entender porque a personagem principal está gostando do carinha, uma vez que ele não está fazendo absolutamente nada.
Eu fiquei tão tão tão tão irritada com a personagem descendo que ela estava se apaixonando com a descrição “ele tem um jeitinho bla bla bla, e seu corpo bla bla bla, mas aí meu Deus não posso me apaixonar” é tão Nicholas Sparks em 2010.
Eu acho que é um romance para iniciantes. Mais do mesmo
Uma das melhores leituras do meu ano! Adorei cada página ❤️
I think the beginning of the book was ok. It had an addictive quality that made me want to keep reading all the high schoolesque drama. But after about chapter 10, I had my fill of relationship drama. But I read the whole book because it's my first modern romance book and so I was committed to giving it a full chance.
Now, I don't think drama is my preferred genre. I've read Pride and Prejudice and thought it was an excellent book, just not my thing generally. I enjoyed it but didn't pick up more Austen books.
But this book was quite disappointing. The beginning sets up this exciting birthday party for the main character's grandmother and an incentive for the main character to approach the love interest. But when we get to the party near the end of the book, it felt like an afterthought. One short chapter dedicated to the festivities which was a letdown for me. I wanted to see how this large family interacted with the main character and her love interest. But the party ended up being a nonevent and just a transition to the last "happily ever after" chapter.
There are also multiple explicit premarital sex scenes that I've learned are commonplace in this type of book, but they felt very jarring to me. There didn't seem to be any chemistry between the main characters, and they hardly knew each other, but they have these hollow feeling sexual encounters.
The characters were mid/late thirties but acted and thought like they were still in high school. The lead character had the "I hate my parents; they don't understand me" thing and takes herself very seriously. The love interest was mostly just bland, I think.
The area that I think could have made the reading more interesting was the author's focus on Hispanic representation in media. There was a moment where an interviewer asks the main character why representation is important or something to that effect and the author just writes "and she gave a great answer" or something like that. Why not tell us this great answer so we as the reader can hear and learn about the main character's perspective? I don't really know why representation is so important to the author and this was a perfect moment for her to tell me why it matters to her. That was a letdown.
There was minor tokenism with a transexual character who received no character development which is not a big deal to me, but the author was so passionate about representation and the tokenism seemed counterproductive to that theme. Actually, no characters really got fleshed out as characters except the 2 main characters. But even then, the main character claims she has grown at the end of the book but, in my opinion, she displays no character growth and thinks the same way she does at the beginning of the book.
The ending was also abrupt. I'd say the book lacked a lot in the "show, don't tell" department, except when it came to the sex scenes.
I love seeing Hispanic characters in stores, particularly half-Latinos like me since I can personally relate to growing up that way, but these characters didn't display anything relatable to me except for the fact that they spoke Spanglish and constant mention that they were "Latinx". But to me, they were just rich complaining actors who were dramatic.
The front cover has a nice design though.
Now, I don't think drama is my preferred genre. I've read Pride and Prejudice and thought it was an excellent book, just not my thing generally. I enjoyed it but didn't pick up more Austen books.
But this book was quite disappointing. The beginning sets up this exciting birthday party for the main character's grandmother and an incentive for the main character to approach the love interest. But when we get to the party near the end of the book, it felt like an afterthought. One short chapter dedicated to the festivities which was a letdown for me. I wanted to see how this large family interacted with the main character and her love interest. But the party ended up being a nonevent and just a transition to the last "happily ever after" chapter.
There are also multiple explicit premarital sex scenes that I've learned are commonplace in this type of book, but they felt very jarring to me. There didn't seem to be any chemistry between the main characters, and they hardly knew each other, but they have these hollow feeling sexual encounters.
The characters were mid/late thirties but acted and thought like they were still in high school. The lead character had the "I hate my parents; they don't understand me" thing and takes herself very seriously. The love interest was mostly just bland, I think.
The area that I think could have made the reading more interesting was the author's focus on Hispanic representation in media. There was a moment where an interviewer asks the main character why representation is important or something to that effect and the author just writes "and she gave a great answer" or something like that. Why not tell us this great answer so we as the reader can hear and learn about the main character's perspective? I don't really know why representation is so important to the author and this was a perfect moment for her to tell me why it matters to her. That was a letdown.
There was minor tokenism with a transexual character who received no character development which is not a big deal to me, but the author was so passionate about representation and the tokenism seemed counterproductive to that theme. Actually, no characters really got fleshed out as characters except the 2 main characters. But even then, the main character claims she has grown at the end of the book but, in my opinion, she displays no character growth and thinks the same way she does at the beginning of the book.
The ending was also abrupt. I'd say the book lacked a lot in the "show, don't tell" department, except when it came to the sex scenes.
I love seeing Hispanic characters in stores, particularly half-Latinos like me since I can personally relate to growing up that way, but these characters didn't display anything relatable to me except for the fact that they spoke Spanglish and constant mention that they were "Latinx". But to me, they were just rich complaining actors who were dramatic.
The front cover has a nice design though.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-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
Fun read, perfect escape
I loved so many things about this book, dropped a star due to predictability but then again, isn’t that what we come here for? Clichés aside, this story is so sweet. I got a kick out if the episode interludes and appreciate the strong message of feminism and inclusivity.
I loved so many things about this book, dropped a star due to predictability but then again, isn’t that what we come here for? Clichés aside, this story is so sweet. I got a kick out if the episode interludes and appreciate the strong message of feminism and inclusivity.
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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