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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
emotional
funny
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
loved this book. I did not want to put it down. This was so heartwarming and full of really great life lessons.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Books about books are lovely. Being preached to from those books is less lovely. Having a selfish, self-absorbed, whiny, immature, and oblivious protagonist who needs all that preaching is just annoying. That’s this book.
Additionally, the timeframes in the book were so jumbled! Ella, Charlie, and Sally have a makeshift book club. The day Ella decides they’ll read “The Great Gatsby,” Charlie is nearly done with it. Verity finds out about art classes one day and seemingly has one full class under her belt the next. Maybe just the transitions were bad, but I was pretty confused.
Additionally, the timeframes in the book were so jumbled! Ella, Charlie, and Sally have a makeshift book club. The day Ella decides they’ll read “The Great Gatsby,” Charlie is nearly done with it. Verity finds out about art classes one day and seemingly has one full class under her belt the next. Maybe just the transitions were bad, but I was pretty confused.
This is probably one of the books I would add to a must read list, why?
It might remind you that things might not be the way you think, because we don’t have the entire truth about something. That we put people (including ourselves) in boxes and judge things only by the cover and what we see. And it might remind us of the love and magic books can bring to us.
It made me cry, rethink and remember several things in my own life. As well as inspiring me to give my own daughter a book every year on her birthday with a note from me and maybe a hope that she as well might love books as much as my mom and grandfather did, and I do now.
It might remind you that things might not be the way you think, because we don’t have the entire truth about something. That we put people (including ourselves) in boxes and judge things only by the cover and what we see. And it might remind us of the love and magic books can bring to us.
It made me cry, rethink and remember several things in my own life. As well as inspiring me to give my own daughter a book every year on her birthday with a note from me and maybe a hope that she as well might love books as much as my mom and grandfather did, and I do now.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh how I loved this. So heartwarming. Loved all the book references. I love the whole relationship between mother and daughter and them working on it and sorting it out together. I did have to put it down sometimes as my father has Alzheimer’s and so was a little difficult for me. Highly recommended!