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3.18 AVERAGE
3.18 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
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funny
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
I couldn’t finish it. The narrator whines almost the entire time.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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
I hadn't read a romantic book for a long while as usually it is crime but decided to have a break and I am glad I did as this book the flip side was enjoyable, easy read, not too gooey with love but just enough. I would recommend this book for a book club or general read.
This book, although the start was honestly not that great, turned out really well in the end. A good short Christmas rom-com about searching the world, (literally), for someone you believe is your true love!
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The premise of this book was promising however it didn’t deliver as much as I would have liked it to. It was a nice easy read though and I did enjoy some parts of the story.
I found the pacing to be all over the place, with the start grabbing your attention with the main character Josh’s slightly disastrous life at the forefront of the story but then I found the middle to be a little random and gap filling almost until the end which ended up being quite rushed. Some of the content almost didn’t need to happen and perhaps could have been replaced with what would end up being the build up to the conclusion of the story rather than that happening less than 10 chapters from the end of the book.
At times the characters could be a little hard to find likeable or root for especially when they’d sometimes make questionable life choices or say the wrong things haha. I did however enjoy the dynamic between the friendship group in the story as well as the relationship between the main character Josh and his grandfather.
Overall it was a nice book to read, just wish it could have given more than it did at times and then I would’ve rated it higher.
I found the pacing to be all over the place, with the start grabbing your attention with the main character Josh’s slightly disastrous life at the forefront of the story but then I found the middle to be a little random and gap filling almost until the end which ended up being quite rushed. Some of the content almost didn’t need to happen and perhaps could have been replaced with what would end up being the build up to the conclusion of the story rather than that happening less than 10 chapters from the end of the book.
At times the characters could be a little hard to find likeable or root for especially when they’d sometimes make questionable life choices or say the wrong things haha. I did however enjoy the dynamic between the friendship group in the story as well as the relationship between the main character Josh and his grandfather.
Overall it was a nice book to read, just wish it could have given more than it did at times and then I would’ve rated it higher.