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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
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
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Characters were insufferable.
The male MC was literally just rude to the female MC and wasn't capable of understanding the word 'no'. The female MC was a people pleaser to the point of saying sorry when the male MC decided he wanted to be upset at something Posy did (but she didn't really do anything wrong accept kinda lie to him, he just wasn't accepting it because, again, he's a selfish brat who's nannies never told him no as a child).
The complete wrong way to do a 'rude' male MC, and I usually enjoy the rude/morally grey male MC.
The male MC was literally just rude to the female MC and wasn't capable of understanding the word 'no'. The female MC was a people pleaser to the point of saying sorry when the male MC decided he wanted to be upset at something Posy did (but she didn't really do anything wrong accept kinda lie to him, he just wasn't accepting it because, again, he's a selfish brat who's nannies never told him no as a child).
The complete wrong way to do a 'rude' male MC, and I usually enjoy the rude/morally grey male MC.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
“— E eu achei que pelo menos hoje você iria escovar o cabelo.”
“— O vestido estava apertado demais. Não é nenhuma surpresa se seus botões resolveram dar um grito de liberdade, depois da provação que você fez os coitados passarem.”
o sebastian faz esse tipo de comentário durante o livro inteiro, isso me deixou com ódio. os personagens são ruinzinhos e o plot é horrível. o que era pra ser um enemies to lovers fofinho acabou sendo um dos piores livros que li esse ano.
“— O vestido estava apertado demais. Não é nenhuma surpresa se seus botões resolveram dar um grito de liberdade, depois da provação que você fez os coitados passarem.”
o sebastian faz esse tipo de comentário durante o livro inteiro, isso me deixou com ódio. os personagens são ruinzinhos e o plot é horrível. o que era pra ser um enemies to lovers fofinho acabou sendo um dos piores livros que li esse ano.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
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
Oh my word... This book was so amazing. The characters, especially Sebastian, practically jumped off the page. The story was so endearing and romantic. All the mentions of authors, the quotes and the general book talk was much appreciated. I could not have loved this more. Just wow.
No sé por dónde empezar. O sí, sí sé: Sebastian, el protagonista masculino de romance más aberrante que he leído jamás. ¿En qué momento pretende Annie Darling que una lectora con dos dedos de frente pueda siquiera TOLERAR el comportamiento y personalidad de Sebastian? Es un misógino redomado, no hay por dónde pillarlo: condescendiente e incluso diría que violento, ya que todas sus interacciones verbales con Posy parten del insulto e, incluso, tiende a zarandearla o agarrarla por el brazo para que "espabile". Basta, basta ya de vendernos que tíos creeppy misóginos en el fondo tienen buen corazón y que, ay, qué divertido es discutir porque ahí hay pasión y así nunca te aburres. Basta ya de esta puta toxicidad en pleno siglo XXI. Que es un tío que llega a decir en la novela, TEXTUALMENTE, que fue mala idea darle el voto a las mujeres porque luego mira con qué cosas te salen, contradiciendo lo que uno dice. Y no lo dice de broma (o sea, sí, pero es evidente, por su personalidad, que en el fondo lo dice en serio). Es que no me entra en la cabeza que la autora pensara que ese personaje, con esas características, podía pasarse por alto porque, ya sabes, es brusco pero en el fondo es bueno, y venderse como un interés romántico. No me lo puedo creer.
Es que ya ni me sale hablar del resto de la novela porque da igual: Sebastian es tan ASQUEROSO que toda ella no importa. Y es una pena, porque la base era buena: protagonista entrando en la vida adulta, enganchada a la novela romántica como forma de lidiar con el duelo por la muerte de sus padres, se lanza a la aventura empresarial de reabrir una librería. Y no está mal escrito. Pero no. Sebastian es terrible.
Reader, please do not marry these guys.
Es que ya ni me sale hablar del resto de la novela porque da igual: Sebastian es tan ASQUEROSO que toda ella no importa. Y es una pena, porque la base era buena: protagonista entrando en la vida adulta, enganchada a la novela romántica como forma de lidiar con el duelo por la muerte de sus padres, se lanza a la aventura empresarial de reabrir una librería. Y no está mal escrito. Pero no. Sebastian es terrible.
Reader, please do not marry these guys.
When I had first read about the premises of this book, it sounded quite interesting, especially the part about the bookshop, and how it would be revived in order for the public to regain interest in it once again. However, as I started to read it, I actually felt a tad bored of the storyline, which focused mostly on Posy and Sebastian's feud of words, which mostly involved childish behaviour, making me want to turn the pages faster to skip through those parts. I also felt that the plotline itself was lacking in-depth, especially when it came to Posy and Sebastian's relationship, which seemed to go from taunting words, to loving actions in a split second. It was difficult to really form a positive feeling towards Posy and Sebastian as they bickered and brawled, giving me the notion that this book was focused more on their disagreements than on the revision of the bookshop itself. I was surprised to read that this was actually the first book of a series, a series that unfortunately, I will not be continuing on with in the future.