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Between Us

Mhairi McFarlane

3.63 AVERAGE

emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-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

viviana's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 86%

Did not care about the characters 
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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
funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was a bit all over the place for me.
I found the writing style quite hard to get into but I quickly adapted. However, it felt like this story had an identity crisis.

Initially I thought it was about this friend group and the shenanigans between these friends.but then it turned into a relationship in trouble story and then it did a complete 180 into a friends-to-lovers?

Because of all of this (and then some), decisions were made out of the blue or on a whim which made it so unbelievable.

This story also felt very long. At times, the pacing was slow making the story a little tedious.

If it had just focused solely on Matt and Rosin, I would have definitely scored this much higher and would have had a greater reading experience.

i have a newfound understanding for michelle visage’s “there’s just too much going on” runway critique
emotional funny hopeful fast-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

Loved the book, really easy read, Mhairi McFarlane is wonderful at writing relateable characters that you love, as well as absolute dickheads. Very enjoyable read! 

it actually hurts me that I didn’t like this
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

Could not finish 

I didn’t love this one as much as some of her other ones. Very heavy. It was still good, though. I was hoping for more focus on the healing & romance than the toxicity.