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A review by thebookberrie
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
Words in Deep Blue is about a girl named Rachel who used to have a crush on her friend Henry. Before she moved away she left a letter for him but he never responded. Now she's moving back to her town to work in the bookshop next to him after her family suffered a loss.
This book was alright, but yet again this just wasn't for me. (I'll find the book for me I swear.) The idea of the bookshop was pretty quirky but I was into it- people write or tuck letters into the books to exchange messages. But the rest of the book was just angst on top of more angst with all these characters I could barely keep track of. I got them so confused and when someone else came in I almost bolted. At one point it felt like all the characters had crushes / didn't have crushes on certain people and I'm dumb??
I picked up this book because the audiobook was so short but really that is a reason I didn't vibe with this. It's supposed to have a strong emotional punch and yet is so short? It felt like I was just getting to know the characters and then the book ended.
I liked how this book was really all about coming to turns with grief and trying to pick yourself up after a loss but I feel like that was lost in the background to just some romance curing everything. I don't know how I keep picking up books that have tropes I don't like but this is probably my 4th second chance romance in under two weeks and I just want rest. It literally all happened because of one character being petty and them NEVER trying to talk to each other I can't.
I can't say that I'm mad at this book (because my time listening to it was so short lol) but it feels like I won't remember this one either.
This book was alright, but yet again this just wasn't for me. (I'll find the book for me I swear.) The idea of the bookshop was pretty quirky but I was into it- people write or tuck letters into the books to exchange messages. But the rest of the book was just angst on top of more angst with all these characters I could barely keep track of. I got them so confused and when someone else came in I almost bolted. At one point it felt like all the characters had crushes / didn't have crushes on certain people and I'm dumb??
I picked up this book because the audiobook was so short but really that is a reason I didn't vibe with this. It's supposed to have a strong emotional punch and yet is so short? It felt like I was just getting to know the characters and then the book ended.
I liked how this book was really all about coming to turns with grief and trying to pick yourself up after a loss but I feel like that was lost in the background to just some romance curing everything. I don't know how I keep picking up books that have tropes I don't like but this is probably my 4th second chance romance in under two weeks and I just want rest. It literally all happened because of one character being petty and them NEVER trying to talk to each other I can't.
I can't say that I'm mad at this book (because my time listening to it was so short lol) but it feels like I won't remember this one either.