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A review by rachel_faerie
The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones
4.0
Actual rating: 3.75⭐️
I LOVED and also didn't love this book. I love the actual story itself. I found it very unique and gripping. I love the plot / the twist/ and the characters, each character is different. They are so different from each other and yet they all get along and go well together just like real friends. And it also has some nice diversity. This book sort of reminds me of Supernatural but if sam and dean forgot to show up and the people had to figure out how to save themselves. A++ for effort....
HOWEVER: I have some gripes. The cliche wording in some of the descriptions. "The sun was chased away by the clouds" like how many times has that line been used in literature? SOME of her descriptions lacked originality. They weren't all like that though there were some descriptive character building pages that were great. And also "Her heart would have been hammering if she had had one" was used like 4 or 5 times and I don't know if it was supposed to be ironic or not but that annoyed me. Also the VERY FIRST SENTENCE OF THIS BOOK IS SO CORNY. Like why, Emily? Why? You could have just taken out the entire first paragraph and it would have set a better mood to the story right from the beginning.
THAT BEING SAID- I could not put this book down. Like I said from the start I actually enjoyed the story itself, it was different from anything I had ever read and I truly admired the uniqueness as well as having characters who are nothing alike be thrown together and form friendships despite their differences I loved that warm fuzzy friendship-ness part as well. And without spoiling anything Dee's story personally hit home for me and Emily gave me some goose bumps and watery eyes a few times.
I adored this book for its creativity and uniqueness. I just think during the editing process they missed a few opportunities to fine tune the way it was written and just make it that much better, you know? It was like RIIIIGHT on the cusp of being so much better that it's almost painful because I truly truly truly enjoyed this book and I just want it to fulfill its potential.
I LOVED and also didn't love this book. I love the actual story itself. I found it very unique and gripping. I love the plot / the twist/ and the characters, each character is different. They are so different from each other and yet they all get along and go well together just like real friends. And it also has some nice diversity. This book sort of reminds me of Supernatural but if sam and dean forgot to show up and the people had to figure out how to save themselves. A++ for effort....
HOWEVER: I have some gripes. The cliche wording in some of the descriptions. "The sun was chased away by the clouds" like how many times has that line been used in literature? SOME of her descriptions lacked originality. They weren't all like that though there were some descriptive character building pages that were great. And also "Her heart would have been hammering if she had had one" was used like 4 or 5 times and I don't know if it was supposed to be ironic or not but that annoyed me. Also the VERY FIRST SENTENCE OF THIS BOOK IS SO CORNY. Like why, Emily? Why? You could have just taken out the entire first paragraph and it would have set a better mood to the story right from the beginning.
THAT BEING SAID- I could not put this book down. Like I said from the start I actually enjoyed the story itself, it was different from anything I had ever read and I truly admired the uniqueness as well as having characters who are nothing alike be thrown together and form friendships despite their differences I loved that warm fuzzy friendship-ness part as well. And without spoiling anything Dee's story personally hit home for me and Emily gave me some goose bumps and watery eyes a few times.
I adored this book for its creativity and uniqueness. I just think during the editing process they missed a few opportunities to fine tune the way it was written and just make it that much better, you know? It was like RIIIIGHT on the cusp of being so much better that it's almost painful because I truly truly truly enjoyed this book and I just want it to fulfill its potential.