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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
Loveable characters:
Yes
Ehhhh 4/5. Still a nice book, but there was something about it that made me feel…. Not connected to their love story.
I just felt some of the things I read were a bit cringe. Like a pick me girl and pick me guy put together in cliche moments and stuff said on a summer fling.
She fell in love with him and waited four years for him based on a summer they spent together where he wouldn’t tell her anything; lied about who he was(although understandable why) and they had basically some cute moments where you could count them with your hand. The only thing that justified it was because they had a similar past.
I think their connection needed to be stronger, more developed and if that had happened the story would be perfect.
- Beyah and Samson
- Her mom was an addict and bad mother. She died because she overdosed.
- She used worked at McDonald’s.
- She was poor.
- In her childhood she was not taken care of, she was left hungry etc
- She lived in a trailer park
- She received a volleyball scholarship for PenState. She wanted to succeed on her own and not depend on anyone (her estranged father or her addict now dead mother).
- Her dad is a half-ass dad: he pays alimony and calls a couple of times of year and that’s it.
- She was evicted so she called her father to stay with him, in Texas.
- She’s staying with her dad, his wife(and her daughter). Her dad was poor too but married a rich woman. So now he’s rich. So Beyah is staying at a big luxurious house.
- In the ferry to the house, Samson was taking photos of her. He approached her and gave her money (because he saw her eating the bread on the floor and wanted to help her). She took off his memory card and accidentally broke the camera.
- At first she disliked him (just on principle of him being rich)
- She could tell he was damaged (even if he had money)
- “Damaged people recognize damaged people”
- Samsons friend Marcos is dating her stepsister Sara.
- She met her step mom Alana and step sister.
- Beyah is grumpy (because she was a resilient child). She’s super skinny because she didn’t have access to food.
- Sara is all pink unicorn happy and nice
- Samson is supppper rich and her now neighbor. The typical spoiled rich kid.
- They were seeing Samson making out with another girl through the window
- He caught her crying in the balcony
- Marcos and Samson came for dinner.
- Sarah is trying to set her up with Samson
- They are both disinterested in each other
- The four (Marcos Sara Samson and Beyah) went shopping for clothes for her
- Sara envies how skinny Beyah is
- Samson is grumpy too
- She finally bought a phone (for the first time). He help her set it up.
- Owww when Sara found out she was coming she moved rooms so Beyah could have the better room
- Her dad didn’t go to her graduation because he thought she didn’t want him there and apologized for not going.
- She went to the beach with the other three (Samson Marcos and Sara). The girl that Samson was making out at his house is at the beach too and sits on his lap. And another guy is there too and flirts with Beyah but Sara interrupts because she doesn’t like Beau.
- He really tries to ignore her but can’t.
- He is in a gap year and afterwards he’s going to the military
- Sara is so nice to Beyah
- She’s happy Samson is going home alone (without that girl)
- Owww he set an alarm on her phone to watch the sun rise. She went to see it and then he went to his balcony to stare at her.
- She tried to stay at her bedroom alone all day, but Sara tried to spend time with her nevertheless. But she couldn’t keep doing that forever.
- Every morning they saw the sun rise “together” in silence
- He lived alone
- He called her to the roof of one of the houses to admire the view. To the house of a woman he helps (since her husband died)
- They are very similar: they have secrets and don’t want to tell them (usually people like to share but not them)
- She sort of adopted a stray dog pepper Jack cheese aka PJ
- She went to a campfire at the beach but Samson was not there. She went for a walk and built a sandcastle with Samson and went for a swim. They start asking questions to each other and answering (mostly her answering)
- He doesn’t date, only seeing girls who are there for the summer. Because he doesn’t trust easily and got his heart broken.
- They are both alike: they feel alone in this world
- They were almost going to kiss and then she got stung by a jellyfish. Samson tried to help her and her dad thought he was forcing her so her dad punched him.
- She saw the pictures he took of her (he focuses on the sad things of the view, and the ones of her he focused on her)
- They both carried their lives on their backpack despite their money differences
- He has five houses but none is his home. He rents it out and stays at the one who is not.
- They continue to open themselves to each other, their secrets (again, mostly her)
- She didn’t love volleyball because no one watched her. Not her parents. Not anyone. She felt lonely.
- She told him stuff that she hasn’t told anyone: her going to Pen State; that her mother died
- He kissed her the same way he had kissed the other girl (putting her on the island).
I just felt some of the things I read were a bit cringe. Like a pick me girl and pick me guy put together in cliche moments and stuff said on a summer fling.
She fell in love with him and waited four years for him based on a summer they spent together where he wouldn’t tell her anything; lied about who he was(although understandable why) and they had basically some cute moments where you could count them with your hand. The only thing that justified it was because they had a similar past.
I think their connection needed to be stronger, more developed and if that had happened the story would be perfect.
- Beyah and Samson
- Her mom was an addict and bad mother. She died because she overdosed.
- She used worked at McDonald’s.
- She was poor.
- In her childhood she was not taken care of, she was left hungry etc
- She lived in a trailer park
- She received a volleyball scholarship for PenState. She wanted to succeed on her own and not depend on anyone (her estranged father or her addict now dead mother).
- Her dad is a half-ass dad: he pays alimony and calls a couple of times of year and that’s it.
- She was evicted so she called her father to stay with him, in Texas.
- She’s staying with her dad, his wife(and her daughter). Her dad was poor too but married a rich woman. So now he’s rich. So Beyah is staying at a big luxurious house.
- In the ferry to the house, Samson was taking photos of her. He approached her and gave her money (because he saw her eating the bread on the floor and wanted to help her). She took off his memory card and accidentally broke the camera.
- At first she disliked him (just on principle of him being rich)
- She could tell he was damaged (even if he had money)
- “Damaged people recognize damaged people”
- Samsons friend Marcos is dating her stepsister Sara.
- She met her step mom Alana and step sister.
- Beyah is grumpy (because she was a resilient child). She’s super skinny because she didn’t have access to food.
- Sara is all pink unicorn happy and nice
- Samson is supppper rich and her now neighbor. The typical spoiled rich kid.
- They were seeing Samson making out with another girl through the window
- He caught her crying in the balcony
- Marcos and Samson came for dinner.
- Sarah is trying to set her up with Samson
- They are both disinterested in each other
- The four (Marcos Sara Samson and Beyah) went shopping for clothes for her
- Sara envies how skinny Beyah is
- Samson is grumpy too
- She finally bought a phone (for the first time). He help her set it up.
- Owww when Sara found out she was coming she moved rooms so Beyah could have the better room
- Her dad didn’t go to her graduation because he thought she didn’t want him there and apologized for not going.
- She went to the beach with the other three (Samson Marcos and Sara). The girl that Samson was making out at his house is at the beach too and sits on his lap. And another guy is there too and flirts with Beyah but Sara interrupts because she doesn’t like Beau.
- He really tries to ignore her but can’t.
- He is in a gap year and afterwards he’s going to the military
- Sara is so nice to Beyah
- She’s happy Samson is going home alone (without that girl)
- Owww he set an alarm on her phone to watch the sun rise. She went to see it and then he went to his balcony to stare at her.
- She tried to stay at her bedroom alone all day, but Sara tried to spend time with her nevertheless. But she couldn’t keep doing that forever.
- Every morning they saw the sun rise “together” in silence
- He lived alone
- He called her to the roof of one of the houses to admire the view. To the house of a woman he helps (since her husband died)
- They are very similar: they have secrets and don’t want to tell them (usually people like to share but not them)
- She sort of adopted a stray dog pepper Jack cheese aka PJ
- She went to a campfire at the beach but Samson was not there. She went for a walk and built a sandcastle with Samson and went for a swim. They start asking questions to each other and answering (mostly her answering)
- He doesn’t date, only seeing girls who are there for the summer. Because he doesn’t trust easily and got his heart broken.
- They are both alike: they feel alone in this world
- They were almost going to kiss and then she got stung by a jellyfish. Samson tried to help her and her dad thought he was forcing her so her dad punched him.
- She saw the pictures he took of her (he focuses on the sad things of the view, and the ones of her he focused on her)
- They both carried their lives on their backpack despite their money differences
- He has five houses but none is his home. He rents it out and stays at the one who is not.
- They continue to open themselves to each other, their secrets (again, mostly her)
- She didn’t love volleyball because no one watched her. Not her parents. Not anyone. She felt lonely.
- She told him stuff that she hasn’t told anyone: her going to Pen State; that her mother died
- He kissed her the same way he had kissed the other girl (putting her on the island).
This book reminded me why a love Coho so much. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ amazing and cute and did I say cute?
Quick read I took a while due to other reasons.
Quick read I took a while due to other reasons.
Earth shattering, heart breaking, and heavy. All amazing. So many feelings after reading this book. Resilience is a hell of a thing.
I had to keep reminding myself that this heroine is a teenager and that's the reason she acts so unhinged.
Beyah: Dad, Samson was homeless. He had to break into that beautiful beach house and pretend that it was his.
Atlas, living out of a teardown with no food, electricity, or running water: ...
Beyah: Dad, Samson was homeless. He had to break into that beautiful beach house and pretend that it was his.
Atlas, living out of a teardown with no food, electricity, or running water: ...
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“You can fill your life with nice things but nice things don’t fill a hole in you soul.”
“What fills the hole in a soul?”
“Pieces of someone else’s soul.”
“What fills the hole in a soul?”
“Pieces of someone else’s soul.”
listened to a YouTuber read and review this book and that was the only way this book was remotely entertaining.
