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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
I found a deep connection with these characters that made the story immensely engaging. The author's ability to maintain a brisk narrative pace throughout had me eagerly turning page after page, always yearning for more.
Carrig, however, emerged as a character I couldn't help but strongly dislike. The author's skill in crafting such a polarizing character is commendable and added a layer of complexity to the story.
In contrast, my heart was unequivocally drawn to Jon, whose journey resonated with me on a profound level. His character evoked a genuine sense of love and empathy, making his trials and triumphs all the more compelling. On the other hand, Chloe's storyline had me fervently hoping for her success, further enhancing the emotional depth of this captivating narrative.
Carrig, however, emerged as a character I couldn't help but strongly dislike. The author's skill in crafting such a polarizing character is commendable and added a layer of complexity to the story.
In contrast, my heart was unequivocally drawn to Jon, whose journey resonated with me on a profound level. His character evoked a genuine sense of love and empathy, making his trials and triumphs all the more compelling. On the other hand, Chloe's storyline had me fervently hoping for her success, further enhancing the emotional depth of this captivating narrative.
This was a fun and suspenseful story about a unique pair of star-crossed lovers. I liked the characters and the writing, and the ending was satisfying. I enjoyed the references to so many New England locations, and recommend it if you’re looking for a fun, quick read!
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i was definitely a little disappointed in this book for a few reasons. 1, the kidnapper’s “plot to save humanity” isn’t entirely clear. whatever’s going on with jon isn’t clear. we don’t know the what or the why, only speculation as jon tries to come to terms with himself.
over 15 years of life, chloe and jon do not ever stop obsessing over each other. it became same-y very fast - the chloe chapters were about jon, and the jon chapters were about chloe.
i loved eggs as a character, despite his obsession with the case and his willingness to sacrifice his partnership with his wife for it. still, he was the character with the strongest story and development, and i definitely enjoyed reading his chapters the most.
i finished the book, but overall i can’t say i would recommend it. it became repetitive fast and the plot moved veeeeery slowly.
over 15 years of life, chloe and jon do not ever stop obsessing over each other. it became same-y very fast - the chloe chapters were about jon, and the jon chapters were about chloe.
i loved eggs as a character, despite his obsession with the case and his willingness to sacrifice his partnership with his wife for it. still, he was the character with the strongest story and development, and i definitely enjoyed reading his chapters the most.
i finished the book, but overall i can’t say i would recommend it. it became repetitive fast and the plot moved veeeeery slowly.
Unfortunately, I couldnt get into this one, and I wanted to like it so badly, especially because of how much I loved YOU. I just kept waiting for something...anything...to happen. I couldn't get invested in any of the characters, wasn't interested in the mystery or the superpowers, and was left wanting more and feeling cold by the end. Too bad, but the cover is incredible.
I feel pretty meh about this book. I don’t think I ever felt truly connected to these characters at any point. Maybe Jon more than the others, but that’s it. I also felt like the ending came and went without me really realizing it was the end. I can definitely see Caroline Kepnes’ voice throughout the book, but I just don’t think the story was for me overall.
I knew nothing about this book going in except that it wasn't going to be about my book boyfriend Joe. I was apprehensive because I really miss him. I want more of him. I was not disappointed in this one though. Jon is almost as swoon worthy, just in different ways.
This book was like nothing I have ever read. Caroline is good at that. Giving us stories that we never thought we would read and love. This book was part thrilling, part magical, part heart breaking, part sweet and romantic, and completely epic. It's the ultimate epic romance story without all of the unicorns and rainbows.
Jon. Where will you end up Jon? How will you get your happily ever after? You sure deserve it after everything you have gone through. My heart was pounding through so much of this book. My mind was reeling how everything would turn out in the end.
Poor Chloe. She is such a great character. So real and genuine. I wanted to her to get her happily ever after just as much as I wanted Jon to get his. From childhood to adulthood, Chloe never lost her way. She continued to let Jon's memory live inside her. She never gave up.
I wanted to get to the end of this book so badly. At the same time, I didn't want this story to come to a close. I wanted to bask in Jon and Chloe was a little longer, but I also couldn't take another second of agony.
Fans of Caroline Kepnes will NOT be expecting this story. It is absolutely nothing like her previous two books. I just hope everyone keeps an open mind and embraces the genius that is this book.
This book was like nothing I have ever read. Caroline is good at that. Giving us stories that we never thought we would read and love. This book was part thrilling, part magical, part heart breaking, part sweet and romantic, and completely epic. It's the ultimate epic romance story without all of the unicorns and rainbows.
Jon. Where will you end up Jon? How will you get your happily ever after? You sure deserve it after everything you have gone through. My heart was pounding through so much of this book. My mind was reeling how everything would turn out in the end.
Poor Chloe. She is such a great character. So real and genuine. I wanted to her to get her happily ever after just as much as I wanted Jon to get his. From childhood to adulthood, Chloe never lost her way. She continued to let Jon's memory live inside her. She never gave up.
I wanted to get to the end of this book so badly. At the same time, I didn't want this story to come to a close. I wanted to bask in Jon and Chloe was a little longer, but I also couldn't take another second of agony.
Fans of Caroline Kepnes will NOT be expecting this story. It is absolutely nothing like her previous two books. I just hope everyone keeps an open mind and embraces the genius that is this book.
I had such high hopes for this one and I didn’t even know this one the author who wrote You so I guess that’s a bit more disappointing. I have to admit though, supernatural stuff isn’t my cup of tea so I wouldn’t take my review into account much.
This book just had me in a constant state of sadness. All three of the characters were just really so isolated and it really just didn’t make me feel good at all.
It started off really well and the first chapter really sucked me in, but after that it just fell off. The writing in the first chapter was amazing, I was loving Jon, I loved the cliffhanger it left on.
After that I just felt bad for Chloe, and then I couldn’t understand how after years she couldn’t just let go of the past (get some therapy, you were in love with a 13 year old and you literally haven’t seen him since why are you still in love with him). I respect that at the end she had some sort of relationship with him but honestly it didn’t seem like a relationship worth putting years of your life on hold.
Jon’s life was depressing, and honestly still is. I respect supernatural stuff and I was willing to embrace it but we were left with the same amount of answers as in the beginning. We still have no idea why or how Jon is doing this weird vampire stuff asides from knowing the kidnapper guy was obsessed with a book and a plant. Like cool okay but Jon hasn’t found anything out, the only development was people found out and accepted it and Jon had a realisation that “he wasn’t the monster”.
Eggs I understand, it’s stereotypical for a cop to be obsessed with a case and whatever but also it was fully ruining his life. Like how stubborn can you be that you literally prioritise it over your whole life? And then for him to just accept it and not care about it all once you find out why? Shouldn’t he still be curious? I would argue that he barely got an answer so why just accept that?
It was just chapters and chapters of this supernatural stuff happening and all the characters being depressed with their lives, and in the end for what? No answers. I’d happily accept this book if I got any hecking answers, but no.
This book just had me in a constant state of sadness. All three of the characters were just really so isolated and it really just didn’t make me feel good at all.
It started off really well and the first chapter really sucked me in, but after that it just fell off. The writing in the first chapter was amazing, I was loving Jon, I loved the cliffhanger it left on.
After that I just felt bad for Chloe, and then I couldn’t understand how after years she couldn’t just let go of the past (get some therapy, you were in love with a 13 year old and you literally haven’t seen him since why are you still in love with him). I respect that at the end she had some sort of relationship with him but honestly it didn’t seem like a relationship worth putting years of your life on hold.
Jon’s life was depressing, and honestly still is. I respect supernatural stuff and I was willing to embrace it but we were left with the same amount of answers as in the beginning. We still have no idea why or how Jon is doing this weird vampire stuff asides from knowing the kidnapper guy was obsessed with a book and a plant. Like cool okay but Jon hasn’t found anything out, the only development was people found out and accepted it and Jon had a realisation that “he wasn’t the monster”.
Eggs I understand, it’s stereotypical for a cop to be obsessed with a case and whatever but also it was fully ruining his life. Like how stubborn can you be that you literally prioritise it over your whole life? And then for him to just accept it and not care about it all once you find out why? Shouldn’t he still be curious? I would argue that he barely got an answer so why just accept that?
It was just chapters and chapters of this supernatural stuff happening and all the characters being depressed with their lives, and in the end for what? No answers. I’d happily accept this book if I got any hecking answers, but no.
Disappointing. I LOVED Kepnes’ work in You and Hidden Bodies, but her magic was not here in this book. I got so sick of these lovelorn characters with no plot momentum. Large chunks of the middle of this book could (and I think should), be gutted. I listened to this book on Audible and the narrators were good, but they couldn’t save this one.
This book is just SO long, and I don’t really feel like much of anything happens for a lot of it
The first 30% of the book I was so excited and into the plot, but I feel like the author had only had a half baked idea for the second half of the book
I really loved Eggs and his story. He felt like the only fully fleshed out character in the book. Johns parents had more depth than Chloe and John
Chloe and John had such surface level issues and almost no growth for a book that spanned ~15 years of time. John is a social outcast and kills people he’s close to. Chloe fits in with the popular crowd but feels more at home with the outcasts, struggles with her sense of self, and because of that she’s a back and forth wishy washy ball of a human
It was just ok, should have been a short story
The first 30% of the book I was so excited and into the plot, but I feel like the author had only had a half baked idea for the second half of the book
I really loved Eggs and his story. He felt like the only fully fleshed out character in the book. Johns parents had more depth than Chloe and John
Chloe and John had such surface level issues and almost no growth for a book that spanned ~15 years of time. John is a social outcast and kills people he’s close to. Chloe fits in with the popular crowd but feels more at home with the outcasts, struggles with her sense of self, and because of that she’s a back and forth wishy washy ball of a human
It was just ok, should have been a short story
This book is just SO long, and I don’t really feel like much of anything happens for a lot of it
The first 30% of the book I was so excited and into the plot, but I feel like the author had only had a half baked idea for the second half of the book
I really loved Eggs and his story. He felt like the only fully fleshed out character in the book. Johns parents had more depth than Chloe and John
Chloe and John had such surface level issues and almost no growth for a book that spanned ~15 years of time. John is a social outcast and kills people he’s close to. Chloe fits in with the popular crowd but feels more at home with the outcasts, struggles with her sense of self, and because of that she’s a back and forth wishy washy ball of a human
It was just ok, should have been a short story
The first 30% of the book I was so excited and into the plot, but I feel like the author had only had a half baked idea for the second half of the book
I really loved Eggs and his story. He felt like the only fully fleshed out character in the book. Johns parents had more depth than Chloe and John
Chloe and John had such surface level issues and almost no growth for a book that spanned ~15 years of time. John is a social outcast and kills people he’s close to. Chloe fits in with the popular crowd but feels more at home with the outcasts, struggles with her sense of self, and because of that she’s a back and forth wishy washy ball of a human
It was just ok, should have been a short story