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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
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
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Trafficking, Alcohol
Moderate: Medical trauma, Car accident
Minor: Animal death
This is hard to rate.
Storetelling: 4/5
Characters: 2/5
Plot: couldve been a 4/5, became a 1/5
I think i just love how Kristen Hannah writes. Because this plot really pissed me off. Like really? The first half was amazing. It felt like a rugged alaska and the family dynamic was tense and believable. Dad was abusive and paranoid, but not so out there that you dismiss him immediately. Mom was enabling and selfish, but also maternal and sturdy. They felt like a real couple. Lenny was okay, normal daughter, no strong feelings. Matthew... i *hated* matthews character. Mr. Perfect and his dad Mr. Perfect Sr. They felt unreal and captain save a hoe trope. Lenny fell in love with matthew and I'm like... for what? There was no chemistry or bonding. Just a huge time jump and the expectation for the reader to fill in how they fell in love.
Okay so I gotta believe this pregnant 18 yo is ready to stand by a vegetative human and raise their son alone in alaska? And then i thought Matthew was killed off and I was glad cause I had enough of him and was ready to hear more of the family history and story unfold. Nope. Kills off the dad. Bring Matthew BACK and hes basically ready to be a dad the instant he sees his son (who is like 10 the first time they meet) and he drives boats and is a gifted painter and basically just speaks slowly??? He was a whole ass vegetable i thought? He was going to have severe brain damage?? He wasnt going to remember Lenny??? Nope. Lenny and him marry and raise their kids in alaska and blah blah blah. Im pissed.
I wanted a story about Cora and Ernt and Lenny. I did not want a teenage love story. In fact my most hated trope is the "teenager who is dying falls in love and defies all odds" and thats basically what this book gave me. That ending cause suck a nut cause wtf was that.
Storetelling: 4/5
Characters: 2/5
Plot: couldve been a 4/5, became a 1/5
I think i just love how Kristen Hannah writes. Because this plot really pissed me off. Like really? The first half was amazing. It felt like a rugged alaska and the family dynamic was tense and believable. Dad was abusive and paranoid, but not so out there that you dismiss him immediately. Mom was enabling and selfish, but also maternal and sturdy. They felt like a real couple. Lenny was okay, normal daughter, no strong feelings. Matthew... i *hated* matthews character. Mr. Perfect and his dad Mr. Perfect Sr. They felt unreal and captain save a hoe trope. Lenny fell in love with matthew and I'm like... for what? There was no chemistry or bonding. Just a huge time jump and the expectation for the reader to fill in how they fell in love.
Okay so I gotta believe this pregnant 18 yo is ready to stand by a vegetative human and raise their son alone in alaska? And then i thought Matthew was killed off and I was glad cause I had enough of him and was ready to hear more of the family history and story unfold. Nope. Kills off the dad. Bring Matthew BACK and hes basically ready to be a dad the instant he sees his son (who is like 10 the first time they meet) and he drives boats and is a gifted painter and basically just speaks slowly??? He was a whole ass vegetable i thought? He was going to have severe brain damage?? He wasnt going to remember Lenny??? Nope. Lenny and him marry and raise their kids in alaska and blah blah blah. Im pissed.
I wanted a story about Cora and Ernt and Lenny. I did not want a teenage love story. In fact my most hated trope is the "teenager who is dying falls in love and defies all odds" and thats basically what this book gave me. That ending cause suck a nut cause wtf was that.
challenging
emotional
tense
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