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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
reflective
challenging
dark
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
Absolutely a book everyone should read. Still trying to understand how I feel and what I think... I read this for Life’s Library book club.
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I’m a mess right now. Heaving sobs.
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I’m a mess right now. Heaving sobs.
This knocked me sideways - not the plot, which has been done before, but the gorgeous, spare, amazing writing.
Just as beautifully written as any of Woodson’s work, and covers the same kind of complex themes with a deft hand, but this almost felt TOO spare for my liking. The building up of Miah and Ellie’s relationship felt scattered, and we get so little of Ellie and Miah’s family in the aftermath that I didn’t quite know how to feel about how it all wrapped up. Miah and Ellie were both built up well as individuals with their own struggles and hopes, but I wanted to feel more taken with their star crossed lovers bit. I can understand love at first sight especially in the context of high school students, but I wanted more from both of them about what it was, how they knew, what made each other different than anyone else.
This is a quick read and existing Woodson fans will no doubt enjoy it, though I do think I would have felt differently about it were it my first experience with her work.
This is a quick read and existing Woodson fans will no doubt enjoy it, though I do think I would have felt differently about it were it my first experience with her work.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
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:
No
Cried so much. True love, societal destructiveness, and the shift one’s world can bring.
This story is brief but does a great job of showing us the readers, the youth of the world different worlds that black people and white people walk and what that looks like when they come together in a romantic relationship. Jeremiah and Ellie’s romance was the typical first love: they see nothing but each other and can’t see past that. I wasn’t convinced about the love they claimed to have but can understand it from the youthful place it comes from. I knew the ending was coming but it still hurt when it did.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
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:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated