A review by abbier_14
The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Quick and easy read, not special but not bad either.

I didn’t really connect to any of the characters. This could probably be due to the fact there was so many of them so the book prioritised having loads of characters but not going into depth with anyone. 
It was also really confusing to know who people are and how they were related to the MC, so I just gave up.

It’s weird because I’m also just apathetic about the romance. I didn’t think it was spectacular but I also didn’t hate it.

I think the vibes of this book were good. And I also found the mentions of her sisters death emotional, especially in the epilogue with that new trophy.

The forced conflict in this book between the two MCs was bad, like I don’t even know really what went on. It’s also a conflict that I don’t see people irl having, like you could tell it only happened because the author scripted it to happen if that makes sense (Ik this is a book so the author scripted everything but the conflict didn’t feel organic or natural, apart from the one with luli.)

Yeahh idk how to rate this one but I’m giving it a 3 stars because all my 2 star books are tragic.