A review by merlesstorys
Gegen den bittersten Sturm by Brittainy C. Cherry

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked the book and the (German) narrators, but sometimes the story was a bit cringe.

The hospital scenes and out of it resulting situations were pretty nice though, because they were all pretty emotional and during the first one, I even had tears in my eyes (same as during the epilogue with the family). 

In general were the characters great and I loved them. They were so cute together, but I wasn’t a fan of how her illness became their main conflict in the end (even if I can kinda understand it). It was a bit weird though that nearly every character became a villain throughout the book, except for her boss (why?) and their family and friends. Kind of felt unnecessary and also predictable. I mean, those books tend to be pretty predictable, but I do have to say that her family wasn’t that much expected (at least at first).

Regarding the audiobook: I’ve listened via Spotify and of course the chapters weren’t listened as such in the track titles, but a couple of times the narrator changes correlated with the track changes, which was nice because it was easier to get back in after stopping and to bookmark where I’ve left of (with marking the tracks as favorites).
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