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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
My rating scale is adopted from Elyse Myers. Each criterion is rated out of 1 point. Purely subjective and never that serious. If you disagree with my scoring, it ain't that deep. ✌🏻
1/1 Plot
1/1 Characters
0.5/1 Setting
1/1 Writing Style
1/1 Pacing
1/1 Themes
1/1 Originality
1/1 Emotional Impact
1/1 Ending
1/1 Overall Enjoyment
1/1 Plot
1/1 Characters
0.5/1 Setting
1/1 Writing Style
1/1 Pacing
1/1 Themes
1/1 Originality
1/1 Emotional Impact
1/1 Ending
1/1 Overall Enjoyment
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Meh. Super incredible to see how far her writing and story telling capabilities have come though…
This was really just an interesting book for me. You can tell the theme of it is grief and the way we all process and review it. But I don't think I expected the book to be about that the entire time. I'm glad there was happiness at the end though.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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:
No
“No matter how strong you are, no matter how smart you are or tough you can be, the world will find a way to break you. And when it does, the only thing you can do is hold on.”
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
3.25/5⭐️
although i did enjoy this book, this is not my favorite TJR book to date. as a debut book, it is very clear that TJR’s storytelling has grown by leaps and bounds in her new books!
regardless, this was still a decent story. i liked the the story was split into then and now perspectives and i felt like the premise of the story was really important. loss, love, and death were woven into a beautiful story about where we go when we lose the one we love. my biggest complaint about this book was that i just did not like elise or ben as characters. i found elise very bratty and annoying and i just did not feel like i could empathize with her as much as i felt like i should have been able to in this book. i felt like if i had read this book prior to reading any other books by TJR, i definitely would have enjoyed it more. but knowing how much TJR has improved and how good and moving her new books are sort of skewed my perception of this book. i did feel like there were some really special quotes about love in this one; TJR never misses with her quotes! definitely still a very beautiful story about love and loss and moving on after loss.
“i just realized that life is about love. or at least, it’s about loving someone.”
although i did enjoy this book, this is not my favorite TJR book to date. as a debut book, it is very clear that TJR’s storytelling has grown by leaps and bounds in her new books!
regardless, this was still a decent story. i liked the the story was split into then and now perspectives and i felt like the premise of the story was really important. loss, love, and death were woven into a beautiful story about where we go when we lose the one we love. my biggest complaint about this book was that i just did not like elise or ben as characters. i found elise very bratty and annoying and i just did not feel like i could empathize with her as much as i felt like i should have been able to in this book. i felt like if i had read this book prior to reading any other books by TJR, i definitely would have enjoyed it more. but knowing how much TJR has improved and how good and moving her new books are sort of skewed my perception of this book. i did feel like there were some really special quotes about love in this one; TJR never misses with her quotes! definitely still a very beautiful story about love and loss and moving on after loss.
“i just realized that life is about love. or at least, it’s about loving someone.”