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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
So different from so many of the romances I read. It was unpredictable and I loved a lot of the prose. It is intriguing how much of it is real/fiction since it is written by a married couple
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i got about 40% through this book and DNF. i couldn’t connect with the characters- there was very little interaction in the first 12 chapters and by the time they started being friendly i already didn’t care because i didn’t like and couldn’t relate to them.
i wanted to love this book because beach read and people we meet on vacation are my favorites. but these characters lacked personality and i continually had plot whiplash. certain things happened for seemingly no reason at all (why did their friend show up in key largo for a dinner and then bounce?). i hate not finishing a good read but this was just not it.
i wanted to love this book because beach read and people we meet on vacation are my favorites. but these characters lacked personality and i continually had plot whiplash. certain things happened for seemingly no reason at all (why did their friend show up in key largo for a dinner and then bounce?). i hate not finishing a good read but this was just not it.
I really enjoyed the writing in this but the storyline/characters made me sad and frustrated all at once which I guess that could be seen as good since it elicited an emotional response.
I think I just wanted something more from this??? I’m saying that based on pure vibes. I have no specific critiques.
I still enjoyed this tho!
I think I just wanted something more from this??? I’m saying that based on pure vibes. I have no specific critiques.
I still enjoyed this tho!
hopeful
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
This was great. I absolutely loved the back and forth of the timeline. I don't usually like that format, but this was done very well. I was amazed at the intimacy that was all through the book. Something so hot in all the glances and tells and all of the spaces. The spicy scene at the end-ish was really well done as well.
The characters are so well rounded and full and I fucking loved it. I want to meet and know these people.
Okay the ending chapter was absolute beauty. Her line about how life and relationships are just revisions as we go, and how we can appreciate our roughest drafts because they led to this is so sweet.
The characters are so well rounded and full and I fucking loved it. I want to meet and know these people.
Okay the ending chapter was absolute beauty. Her line about how life and relationships are just revisions as we go, and how we can appreciate our roughest drafts because they led to this is so sweet.
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
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
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
Read based on a recommendation from GabbyReads on YouTube
Tandem read the physical and with the audio from Everand (both the FMC and MMC narrators were really good!!)
I LOVED IT! It was written beautifully and you could sense the angst and tension between the two characters. Loved the dual POV’s as well as the dual timelines (past and present).
So many beautiful quotes:
To say you changed my life is the kind of understatement I could never permit myself to put in writing-you changed my entire world. You reached inside me with your words and your stories and wrote yourself onto my own soul. Before you, I was whole. I was one being, one heart. Now, I'm half of everything and greater for it.
Because I've realized a life lived with you is the best story I could ever tell.
I don't want some perfectly crafted love story. I can't live up to it! There's no final page in life, no point where we kiss and everything is happily-ever-after. We can't be contained in neat phrases or nicely designed covers. Were not characters. We're people. I couldn't be with someone who only wanted the story version. I wanted-I want-something real, and I'm not convinced you can handle real.
What we have is a fairy tale. It is a dream come true. And it's imperfect. I wish you could understand it can be both. Fiction is fiction and it's real. They're not opposites. They live within each other.
I don't know that happiness is the goal, really. If we're not doing this to be happier, then why?… To find out who we are again.
I'll read my writing for the whole room, because she's in it. Because really, I'm only reading for one person.
Tandem read the physical and with the audio from Everand (both the FMC and MMC narrators were really good!!)
I LOVED IT! It was written beautifully and you could sense the angst and tension between the two characters. Loved the dual POV’s as well as the dual timelines (past and present).
So many beautiful quotes:
To say you changed my life is the kind of understatement I could never permit myself to put in writing-you changed my entire world. You reached inside me with your words and your stories and wrote yourself onto my own soul. Before you, I was whole. I was one being, one heart. Now, I'm half of everything and greater for it.
Because I've realized a life lived with you is the best story I could ever tell.
I don't want some perfectly crafted love story. I can't live up to it! There's no final page in life, no point where we kiss and everything is happily-ever-after. We can't be contained in neat phrases or nicely designed covers. Were not characters. We're people. I couldn't be with someone who only wanted the story version. I wanted-I want-something real, and I'm not convinced you can handle real.
What we have is a fairy tale. It is a dream come true. And it's imperfect. I wish you could understand it can be both. Fiction is fiction and it's real. They're not opposites. They live within each other.
I don't know that happiness is the goal, really. If we're not doing this to be happier, then why?… To find out who we are again.
I'll read my writing for the whole room, because she's in it. Because really, I'm only reading for one person.