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In 27 Days by Alison Gervais

12 reviews

ihugparrish's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

⊹ first read, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
⊹ second read, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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mary_do_12's review

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challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.5

would it be insane of me to say i wish one of them would’ve died in the end? probably.


though i liked the story in general, especially how the relationship between archer and hadley developed, i found the setting and antagonists to be a litte flat. i wish we would’ve seen more of taylor (also, that‘s like the most basic name you could give the mc‘s best friend. seriously.) and gotten to know her more, as she was mentioned only a few times. considering she was hadley’s best friend, i would’ve expected her to play a bigger role, even though hadley was very caught up in the whole archer business. 
several of the characters felt flat and cliché and…well, exactly what you would expect from a wattpad story, which makes sense because this literally is one. i could see elements of that sometimes in the writing as well. still, i feel like other parts of the story partly made up for that. 
overall i enjoyed it, despite its clichés.
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brooke0704's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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misuki_'s review against another edition

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dark

3.0

I'm not gonna lie, I forgot this was a wattpad book - I would say it's actually well written (for a wattpad book!) but the way they start dating is out of place like it would be in a mid wattpad fanfiction. I feel the tension, just not enough that they start dating and holding hands like he wasn't insulting her two seconds before. The ending is also rushed, "omg she is dead...or not, then nine years go by and they're happily married" in 100 words type of shit.
Oh, and as a design student, this cover will be in my nightmares.
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stephwatsford's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

I originally read this book on Wattpad years ago and wanted to revisit and see how the published version differed. Usually the published version is a lot better but unfortunately I don’t think that’s the case with this one. While there were some changes I really liked, such as the portrayal of Death being a lot more other and a lot less human, and also the change from Archer having 3 triplet sisters to just the one, I found that a lot of the depth was to the story and the characters didn’t make the Final Cut. I feel like I didn’t fall in love with the characters this time around. I found archer’s character to fall short of the original. He was less of an asshole which I appreciate, but that was part of his charm initially and taking that away left little behind. I also found Hadley to be a lot more plain and boring. She seems to have no interests or hobbies which annoys me. I wanted to enjoy this so badly but I just wish I re-read the Wattpad version instead. If you’re going to read this, I really recommend reading the original. Plus Wattpad is free so it’s a win-win.
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forg's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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mokiethe_dog34's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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krystalframe's review against another edition

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4.5

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bananapie123's review

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dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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brewingdaisies's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I liked the wattpad version better tbh..  my favorite part was cut out from the published version :')

also some small comments:
  • the whole church thing was new and idk how to feel abt it
  • the whole penguin monogamy people should learn from them bothered me like polygamy exists and is valid ?
  • and her explaining to rosie the whole when a guy loves a girl thing felt really straight? LMAO like i am gay as hell so i would have preferred if hadley was like when two ppl love each other,, 
  • i really read that and i was like man the straights are at it again
  • am living for the grumpy x sunshine as always
  • ALSO the
    hadley's injuries
    really bothered me for some reason like idk i felt like it was too specific/much? like i was uncomfortable reading it
  • really liked the whole potluck scene was VERY happy happy 10/10 loved the whole them looking at archer laughing 
  • I really liked the extended conversation with death as well i felt like it tied everything up very nicely
  • I liked how this version was more "he was saved by the power of friendship" bc the wattpad version was more love-centered so i think this version was more about friendship and love was secondary and that was really nice

maybe i'm just biased but i read the wattpad version like four times because i loved it so much back then (like 2017 ish?) so i wanted to reread it  now and it was honestly a bit underwhelming ? i'm not sure if it's because my reading preferences and opinions changed or if it's the actual published version. 

will have to reread the wattpad version and come back! :')

overall i really hold this book close to my heart but the published version just didn't give what i thought it would give :')
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