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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
Some parts typical YA love story (with illness of course) and a little bit of gritty stubborn girl kept me entertained.
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
I'm sure this book had something more going for it than just "The Fault in Our Stars set in Australia,"... but I read it 6 months ago, and my only remaining memory is "The Fault in Our Stars set in Australia." (But not as good) (But then again, I have trouble with Australian YA, so take that with a grain of salt)
A poor Australian imitation of “The Fault in our Stars”.
Mia is entirely unlikable at the beginning of the book, a selfish, immature teenager. Her personality is an abundance of contradictions, from being able to cross the country in a bus on crutches but unable to climb up to the top bunk in a hostel, wasting her last $25.
That is not the only incongruity in the story - a lawyer would never give narcotics to another person. Infections spread much faster than the one that festered in Mia’s leg until she was conveniently “found” by Nina. Who has the audacity to show up at someone’s house in the middle of the night and demand they empty your bank account? And what kind of a teenager would listen? It is completely implausible that Mia’s mother would not let leak to her community that her ankle issues were due to cancer, not a netball injury. Mia’s 3-month transformation into a completely different person is also hard to believe.
Almost every step of the novel was predictable, from Mia’s amputation to her showing up at Zach’s house, to Zach relapsing.
Stick with the Fault in your Stars unless it’s important to you that your books are set in Western Australia.
Mia is entirely unlikable at the beginning of the book, a selfish, immature teenager. Her personality is an abundance of contradictions, from being able to cross the country in a bus on crutches but unable to climb up to the top bunk in a hostel, wasting her last $25.
That is not the only incongruity in the story - a lawyer would never give narcotics to another person. Infections spread much faster than the one that festered in Mia’s leg until she was conveniently “found” by Nina. Who has the audacity to show up at someone’s house in the middle of the night and demand they empty your bank account? And what kind of a teenager would listen? It is completely implausible that Mia’s mother would not let leak to her community that her ankle issues were due to cancer, not a netball injury. Mia’s 3-month transformation into a completely different person is also hard to believe.
Almost every step of the novel was predictable, from Mia’s amputation to her showing up at Zach’s house, to Zach relapsing.
Stick with the Fault in your Stars unless it’s important to you that your books are set in Western Australia.
Viele Leute haben dieses Buch kritisiert, weil es eine Ähnlichkeit mit "The Fault in our Stars" von John Green habe. Die Autorin sah sich sogar gezwungen sich zu Beginn des Buches zu rechtfertigen, dass sie nicht von Green kopiert habe. Ich fand diesen Shitstorm sehr schade und völlig unbegründet.
Natürlich 2 krebskranke Kinder, die sich kennen lernen und zusammen kämpfen, soweit stimmt es überein. Aber ansonsten hat "Die Unwahrscheinlichkeit von Liebe" eine ganz eigenständige Geschichte.
Zac und Mia lernen sich im Krankenhaus kennen. Zac lebt schon lange mit der Krebserkrankung, Mia muss er damit klar kommen. Langsam kommen sich die beiden näher, doch während Zac Mia unterstützen will - wohl auch um sich selbst abzulenken- zieht diese es vor den Problemen wegzurennen. Die beiden haben einen schweren Weg vor sich um zueinander zu finden.
Die Geschichte ist neben ihrem ernsten Thema mit witzigen Dialogen gespickt, die alles auflockern. Mir gefiel die Geschichte sehr gut und auch die Charaktere waren gut beschrieben.
Natürlich 2 krebskranke Kinder, die sich kennen lernen und zusammen kämpfen, soweit stimmt es überein. Aber ansonsten hat "Die Unwahrscheinlichkeit von Liebe" eine ganz eigenständige Geschichte.
Zac und Mia lernen sich im Krankenhaus kennen. Zac lebt schon lange mit der Krebserkrankung, Mia muss er damit klar kommen. Langsam kommen sich die beiden näher, doch während Zac Mia unterstützen will - wohl auch um sich selbst abzulenken- zieht diese es vor den Problemen wegzurennen. Die beiden haben einen schweren Weg vor sich um zueinander zu finden.
Die Geschichte ist neben ihrem ernsten Thema mit witzigen Dialogen gespickt, die alles auflockern. Mir gefiel die Geschichte sehr gut und auch die Charaktere waren gut beschrieben.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In retrospect, I probably liked this more than The Fault In Our Stars. It keeps its promise of not being a big old cliché, but for me it lost some points due to the inexplicably moody and immature second main character, and due to the fact that I don't ship Zac and Mia . They're amazing as friends and their story is heartwarming - but that's it.
It was pretty good at the beginning but then it got slow and boring. Overall, I enjoyed this book pretty well but I’m not interested in reading again.