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marytola's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
becks_andthebooks's review against another edition
5.0
My heart hurts 💔ðŸ˜
'What else can make him real, except for my words on paper? When no one else can know, how can I convince myself of his actual presence, of my actual feelings?'
'What else can make him real, except for my words on paper? When no one else can know, how can I convince myself of his actual presence, of my actual feelings?'
_lexie_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
sian_m's review against another edition
4.0
After reading this book, I found that I wanted to keep it with me for a little while. I kept opening it up on random pages and just reliving moments and reflecting on them. Having learnt that it’s based loosely on true events was both good and saddening to know. I think it’s so important to be able to honour your truth and live that truth with love for yourself and others, done so with respect and not having to deny yourself the happiness and companionship that we all deserve.
I experienced a mix of emotions whilst reading this book relating to all the characters and how they treated themselves and each other. It saddens me how society was and still is in so many ways repressive and unaccepting of peoples preferences and choices. Why can’t we all be happy. As long as we are doing no harm to others, we can live our truth. I’m sure the world would be a far happier place.
I found Marion to be a little dull, somewhat monotone in her behaviour and personality, however, I’m sure if she allowed herself the space to find someone, who genuinely loved her and wanted to spend the rest of their life with her, she could have been so much happier and content. I really wanted that for her! I’d say she did not feel worthy. All round, this book had difficult situations and emotions to be dealt with, for all the characters, in such a time where society was not accepting of any relationships, other than heterosexual. It stirred multiple emotions in me, relating to a variety of situations and conversations had. I had empathy for all the characters on one level or another and also felt frustrated by certain choices made. Expressions of the human experience.
I experienced a mix of emotions whilst reading this book relating to all the characters and how they treated themselves and each other. It saddens me how society was and still is in so many ways repressive and unaccepting of peoples preferences and choices. Why can’t we all be happy. As long as we are doing no harm to others, we can live our truth. I’m sure the world would be a far happier place.
I found Marion to be a little dull, somewhat monotone in her behaviour and personality, however, I’m sure if she allowed herself the space to find someone, who genuinely loved her and wanted to spend the rest of their life with her, she could have been so much happier and content. I really wanted that for her! I’d say she did not feel worthy. All round, this book had difficult situations and emotions to be dealt with, for all the characters, in such a time where society was not accepting of any relationships, other than heterosexual. It stirred multiple emotions in me, relating to a variety of situations and conversations had. I had empathy for all the characters on one level or another and also felt frustrated by certain choices made. Expressions of the human experience.
ghgemawesome's review against another edition
I was really hoping to like this book. In reality I did not. It was slow and there wasnt a lot of actual romance happening. It more yearning for someone they both didn't really know. This book was outside of my genre comfort zone and didn't live up to the hype. I'm hugely disappointed.
victoriadiesattheend's review against another edition
3.0
So many thoughts. Concept was great. You hear the story from Tom’s two lover’s perspectives (never his) which as the book neared the end got more and more frustrating. You also mainly hear from Marion’s perspective and she is a horrible, horrible woman. I wanted to slap her with my kindle.
I wanted to rate this 4 stars for the majority of the book because the ability of the author to honor setting (1950’s Brighton) and emotion (sadness, regret, longing) was great. However, there is so much left unsaid and so much you don’t know that it bothered me once I reached the end. Lots of questions but not in a good way. I have so many thoughts but don’t want to spoil it. The story felt unfinished, rushed, and sort of unnecessarily dramatic at the end. I am excited to see this as a movie because I think it can be really great.
I wanted to rate this 4 stars for the majority of the book because the ability of the author to honor setting (1950’s Brighton) and emotion (sadness, regret, longing) was great. However, there is so much left unsaid and so much you don’t know that it bothered me once I reached the end. Lots of questions but not in a good way. I have so many thoughts but don’t want to spoil it. The story felt unfinished, rushed, and sort of unnecessarily dramatic at the end. I am excited to see this as a movie because I think it can be really great.
calamitousreads's review against another edition
‘what i want, right now, is to know about you. that’s what i want.’
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this book was beautiful. it was heart-wrenching and lyrical.
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a primary stand out of this novel was its characters. they stand out with utmost complexity. i simultaneously love them, hate them (but never patrick
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this book was beautiful. it was heart-wrenching and lyrical.
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a primary stand out of this novel was its characters. they stand out with utmost complexity. i simultaneously love them, hate them (but never patrick
tash035's review against another edition
2.0
I was really excited for this based off everyone's raging reviews but I was BORED.
I disliked Marion, I felt no connection to her at all. I found all of the characters were selfish causing me to not care for them and I ended up skimming a lot of parts.
I thought the book had a lot of "fluff" that was written into it that was unnecessary which caused the book to drag on, nothing interesting happened until more than halfway through the book.
I personally was not a fan of this book and do think it is overhyped. Saying that, I will still be watching the movie, hopefully it is not as boring.
I disliked Marion, I felt no connection to her at all. I found all of the characters were selfish causing me to not care for them and I ended up skimming a lot of parts.
I thought the book had a lot of "fluff" that was written into it that was unnecessary which caused the book to drag on, nothing interesting happened until more than halfway through the book.
I personally was not a fan of this book and do think it is overhyped. Saying that, I will still be watching the movie, hopefully it is not as boring.
alexandrakanapki's review against another edition
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? Yes
3.0