rubybereading 's review for:

Keeping 13: Part One by Chloe Walsh

4.5

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

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Well, I'm a little sad that it's over. I purposely prolonged finishing it because I love their love story so much. 😍😍😍! I gotta say, though, nobody-ESPECIALLY a teenage boy-is that perfect. Idc who raised him. But I'll accept it. Because I LOVE Johnny! & I love him for Shannon. And I was so happy & proud of Shannon's growth throughout. & I love Gibs and Claire. I love their whole support system. My only issue is the repetitiveness. It's like the author or editor or whoever just copied & pasted a whole bunch of conversations about their feelings & scenarios where they almost boinked, but changed a couple of words here & there. If you have a word count quota to fill or whatever, at least switch it up and add to. Don't just copy and paste. 

Damn! 🙄! Other than that, it was almost perfect. I look forward to seeing them as side characters in the rest of the series. Hopefully theirs is as prominent as their friends' were in the 13s or I'll be annoyed. I really do wish theirs would just keep going. 😩! Netflix needs to do a series. Anyway, it's SO good. Tragic, but beautiful. Had me on a whirlwind of emotions, and enjoyed every minute of it! Side note: Johnny's mom deserves her own book! I wanna read her story from the beginning from her pov. We love her! ❤️❤️❤️