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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
I don't know why I wasn't expecting much from this since I enjoyed her previous trilogy, but I didn't go into this with very high hopes. But I was proved wrong and I absolutely loved it! It was quick and enjoyable, as to be expected with Han's writing. I'm very frustrated because I was hoping this would be a cute standalone, but it's not and now I'm going to go crazy waiting a year for the sequel!! D:
I JUST WANT THE SEQUEL T___T
I JUST WANT THE SEQUEL T___T
Had a lot of expectations after LOVING the netflix adaptation, but this one didn't work for me. Can't quite put my finger on it, but I found the characters a lot less likeable in the book. Especially Peter. Loved the focus on the siblings' relationship and their cultural heritage though. It's always refreshing and lovely to see diversity in YA romance :)
guess im just cold and heartless but i didn't.... like it that much?? i found lara jean to be kinda irritating and puerile and i didn't think the romance was super well developed
edit: feels like blasphemy every time i say this but uh,, the movie was better than the book
edit: feels like blasphemy every time i say this but uh,, the movie was better than the book
I'm really not sure how I feel about this book. I love that there is so much about family, especially sisters. But it meanders kind of slowly along kind of like how life does. It gave me time to reevaluate and shift where I wanted the book to go. In the end, I am content BUT still throw a "Really?!?" out there. Now, I need the sequel!
The narrator is SO Laura Jean. She has captured her sugary sweet, thoughtfully naive & whimsical sides. She also doesn't take anything away from the development of the other characters. But she is SO Laura Jean.
The narrator is SO Laura Jean. She has captured her sugary sweet, thoughtfully naive & whimsical sides. She also doesn't take anything away from the development of the other characters. But she is SO Laura Jean.
My full-length review can also be found on my blog schakarin.
This turned out to be way better than I thought at the beginning. I still don't like the writing style too much but I got really used to it and it didn't bother me at all in the end.
This was a really nice and refreshing read. Just a silly and beautiful romantic book that you read through so quickly you hardly notice as you're turning the pages. Even though the ending had been kind of obvious from the beginning, I still enjoyed reading the boom. I would've just preferred the ending to be more elaborated and with an actual talking and making up scene. But I guess it's kind of okay this way, too.
I will say, though, that I had expected something entirely different before I started the book. I had imagined it to be more about those letters because the title is about those and the thing at the back only talks about that too. But they didn't play that big of a part. I mean, yes, they're what started the whole thing but then hardly anything happens with them afterwards.
But all in all I really liked the book and I definitely liked it a lot better than The Summer I Turned Pretty.
This turned out to be way better than I thought at the beginning. I still don't like the writing style too much but I got really used to it and it didn't bother me at all in the end.
This was a really nice and refreshing read. Just a silly and beautiful romantic book that you read through so quickly you hardly notice as you're turning the pages. Even though the ending had been kind of obvious from the beginning, I still enjoyed reading the boom. I would've just preferred the ending to be more elaborated and with an actual talking and making up scene. But I guess it's kind of okay this way, too.
I will say, though, that I had expected something entirely different before I started the book. I had imagined it to be more about those letters because the title is about those and the thing at the back only talks about that too. But they didn't play that big of a part. I mean, yes, they're what started the whole thing but then hardly anything happens with them afterwards.
But all in all I really liked the book and I definitely liked it a lot better than The Summer I Turned Pretty.
This was a 4.5 for me (I hate rounding ratings down), a surprisingly absorbing YA romance that sucked me in despite initial concern there were too many characters and subplots. Everything kind of balanced out and I became hugely invested in high school junior Lara Jean's single-parent family, and the realistic emotional journey she takes in figuring out which of two boys really has her heart, and how she is going to tackle seismic shifts in her family relationships. Everything rang really true, often frustratingly so, and reminded me that I probably wasn't the smarty-pants I like to think I was at that age. Recommended as a leisurely, bittersweet read.
4.5/5 I loved this book! Time to watch the movie now
she could have given us a more elaborate ending
but i guess that's what the second book is for
but i guess that's what the second book is for
I wasn't a total fan of the first half but boy did the second half turn good.
(Also, because I have to day, I fell like I'm the minority who doesn't like Margot. Like. Non at all.)
(Also, because I have to day, I fell like I'm the minority who doesn't like Margot. Like. Non at all.)