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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I won this book in a giveaway. I was super pumped, I loved Midnight Library and some of his other books. After fighting with the publishers and goodreads for about 3 months, I finally got my free giveaway copy, 2 months after I was supposed to receive it.
Now for the actual book. This is about an old lady who touches some alien grass and it gives her super powers. I’m not kidding, that’s the premise. This book also has fun things like math and deforestation (?). The villain is so wild! Why would they care so much about something so frivolous?!
In short, this is a boring old math teacher placed into a fantastical situation and forced to face her grief all in the most boring ways possible.
I assume Matt Haig’s editors must’ve let him half too much freedom because there was a lot of repetition. It could’ve been maybe half the length.
This was such a let down.
Now for the actual book. This is about an old lady who touches some alien grass and it gives her super powers. I’m not kidding, that’s the premise. This book also has fun things like math and deforestation (?). The villain is so wild! Why would they care so much about something so frivolous?!
In short, this is a boring old math teacher placed into a fantastical situation and forced to face her grief all in the most boring ways possible.
I assume Matt Haig’s editors must’ve let him half too much freedom because there was a lot of repetition. It could’ve been maybe half the length.
This was such a let down.
emotional
hopeful
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
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I really loved the first half of this book, but after that I nearly DNF’d it. It starts out as a story about a senior woman trying to figure out the rest of her life after the loss of her husband and son. She meets some interesting folks and has a life changing, supernatural experience. But then it switches to a story about the woman and her new friends fighting an evil real estate mogul trying to build a new hotel. The ending was rushed and felt like a bad superhero vs. villain story.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
adventurous
inspiring
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
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
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