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daltonsnyder 's review for:
Any Way the Wind Blows
by Rainbow Rowell
3.5 stars. I enjoyed this. This is probably the first book in this trilogy where I feel like I cared about everyone’s perspectives pretty equally, and didn’t get annoyed when the focus wasn’t on Simon or Baz. I thought the other characters and their relationships were interesting and well done.
With all that being said, I did have some issues with this. The first is that nothing from the last novel seemed pulled through to this one, besides a single character. Now, I don’t remember a whole lot from that novel, but I remember some pretty serious issues involving vampires and online videos that were seemingly forgotten about. The other thing I struggled with was Baz and Simon. I hated the last book because they weren’t really together and they were struggling. This book fixed that. And it did so immediately. Simon literally moved out to get away from magic, leaving his friends and Baz with little more than a note. And then almost immediately after, Simon changes his mind and tries again with Baz. I feel like if Rowell had taken more time, giving the reader Simon’s thoughts and feelings, showing us that he missed Baz, that he couldn’t live without him, and then decided to have him back in his life, it would have worked so much better. And while I didn’t completely mind, because I find the two so adorable together that I didn’t really want them to spend any further time apart, it was rushed and could have been handled better.
With all that being said, I did have some issues with this. The first is that nothing from the last novel seemed pulled through to this one, besides a single character. Now, I don’t remember a whole lot from that novel, but I remember some pretty serious issues involving vampires and online videos that were seemingly forgotten about. The other thing I struggled with was Baz and Simon. I hated the last book because they weren’t really together and they were struggling. This book fixed that. And it did so immediately. Simon literally moved out to get away from magic, leaving his friends and Baz with little more than a note. And then almost immediately after, Simon changes his mind and tries again with Baz. I feel like if Rowell had taken more time, giving the reader Simon’s thoughts and feelings, showing us that he missed Baz, that he couldn’t live without him, and then decided to have him back in his life, it would have worked so much better. And while I didn’t completely mind, because I find the two so adorable together that I didn’t really want them to spend any further time apart, it was rushed and could have been handled better.