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3.44 AVERAGE
3.44 AVERAGE
Pacing was a little slow for me, but I still liked it overall
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-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
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-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
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was not at all what I thought it was going to be. I was thinking Bachman or Remarkably Bright Creatures but it was not that at all. It had an older main character but that's really where it ended. The POV meandered in a way that some people would really like but I found it very distracting. Magda was also a very hard character to root for by the end (girl, answer your phone! you're a therapist - you know better!). I really loved the descriptions of random street life and thought the book was interesting, but overall underwhelming - and I honestly think it was because what *I* thought it was going to be a different kind of book than it actually was.
A slower paced read about life after loss. About all the questions that will never be answered and all that can never be said. About a friend who has been left behind grappling with feelings that are bigger than what her role should “allow”.
I'm not mad about it I'm just not feeling it! Also a bit put off that the headline relates it to Remarkably Bright Creatures, which I disliked.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unrequited love is one of my most hated tropes. This book is swimming in unspoken feelings, which made me depressed and frustrated. I liked reading Magda’s POV her way of thinking reminded me of how I see myself. She kept constantly having to bottle things up, felt invisible and as though she made no impact on her close friends. The main issues was Magda getting in her own way. And come on that happens to everyone once in a while. But being afraid of others opinions she let it get in the way, never gave things a chance and not speaking her truth.
Don’t think I don’t know how hard it must have been during the time, to come out to your friends and family. But Magda did the most not to acknowledge what was really happening with her even if it meant sacrificing her own happiness. If Sara would have gone on the trip nothing would have changed and they would have the same unhealthy relationship. But finally Magda found clarity she needed. Facing her feelings, friends and family she had avoided for so long.