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Layne Fargo

4.22 AVERAGE

dianaalexwrites's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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I binged this one while traveling and it made for a great read. I guess I’m a sucker for star crossed lovers because these kinds of stories just pull me in. I learned a lot about ice dancing while reading this book. The story was styled as a documentary, and I enjoyed that but did feel like some of it was a little unnecessary. Saying things like, “I thought we were going to talk about what happened next..” made it a little cringy. 

But, the story captured my attention and I was thankful I had several uninterrupted hours to read it.

oliviaecrews's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i have never felt so many different emotions while reading a book, this was a trip and i don’t know if i regret reading it or not. 

leah_bo_bia's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful sad 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: Complicated

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Love love love this book! This wasn’t overhyped at all. I really enjoyed this from beginning to end. The storyline and the characters just sucked me right in. 

mburger27's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

helecho_limon's review against another edition

2.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

somethingsuperellen's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

gabriellealexander's review against another edition

4.0

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I’ve been going back and forth on my rating here- but this was such a fun, dramatic read and an excellent audiobook

oliviaslibrary's review against another edition

2.75

emotional tense slow-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

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I feel like there were several times I thought this book could’ve ended. I probably would’ve put it down sooner if I hadn't been listening to the audio, which made it better due to the full cast. Overall, very dramatic but mostly enjoyable

abigail_gandy's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

chfurst's review against another edition

3.5

tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Like a soap opera.