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A review by kiiwiisii
Stay by Deb Caletti
4.0
Honestly, I have a thing for books about relationship abuse or obsession, and this is a good one. Clara is a young girl who gets over her head in a relationship and escapes to a beach house with her father to get away from her obsessive exboyfriend and finally start to move on with her life.
I love the way Deb Caletti writes, even if I don’t like the little footnotes she adds. I love the characters of this book because they’re all eccentric and interesting in their own way. I love the subtle way she uses foreshadowing and how everything links together in the end. I love the story. This is a good, solid book.
On the other hand though, I couldn’t give it a five because of a few annoying factors. Christian, the ex-boyfriend, may be jealous, possessive, and obsessive, but he’s never physically abusive and I was kind of waiting for it to happen throughout the novel, but it never does, giving it an anticlimactic feel. In the beginning, the book switches back and forth between the present and the past, making me read quickly through the present descriptions so I could get back to the meat of the story and read about her relationship with Christian, an obvious thing the reader would want to know more about. It definitely adds more suspense to the story and I’m sure it came off a lot better this way than if it had gone in chronological order, but it still drove me a little crazy.
There was also the unbelievable factor. The way everything ties together throughout the entire novel. The idea that a girl fresh out of a constricting relationship could get involved with another boy while on a recovery vacation.
But really, the book was amazing. I love the recurring themes of ghosts and the way she thinks about them. I love the narration and the way the main character thought and explained things. I loved the relationship between her and her father and the way that the story of her mother’s death played out.
I would recommend this book to anyone. Deb Caletti really has something special. I love her books and I loved this one.
I love the way Deb Caletti writes, even if I don’t like the little footnotes she adds. I love the characters of this book because they’re all eccentric and interesting in their own way. I love the subtle way she uses foreshadowing and how everything links together in the end. I love the story. This is a good, solid book.
On the other hand though, I couldn’t give it a five because of a few annoying factors. Christian, the ex-boyfriend, may be jealous, possessive, and obsessive, but he’s never physically abusive and I was kind of waiting for it to happen throughout the novel, but it never does, giving it an anticlimactic feel. In the beginning, the book switches back and forth between the present and the past, making me read quickly through the present descriptions so I could get back to the meat of the story and read about her relationship with Christian, an obvious thing the reader would want to know more about. It definitely adds more suspense to the story and I’m sure it came off a lot better this way than if it had gone in chronological order, but it still drove me a little crazy.
There was also the unbelievable factor. The way everything ties together throughout the entire novel. The idea that a girl fresh out of a constricting relationship could get involved with another boy while on a recovery vacation.
But really, the book was amazing. I love the recurring themes of ghosts and the way she thinks about them. I love the narration and the way the main character thought and explained things. I loved the relationship between her and her father and the way that the story of her mother’s death played out.
I would recommend this book to anyone. Deb Caletti really has something special. I love her books and I loved this one.