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A review by mellamaron
Repeat After Me by Jessica Warman
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Thank you so much to Entangled for giving me a copy of this book as part of a focus group! The below review is my honest opinion of the book after reading an early reader copy.
I have SO many feelings about this book. It’s hard to describe exactly and it’s very hard to quantify it with a single number. Overall, I had fun reading this book - it felt like an addictive drug that I couldn’t get enough of. The drama! Grab some popcorn and sit back and enjoy. If you don’t think too hard, it works better.
Then… when I do think too hard (and I always do), I start to find things that I don’t enjoy. Without spoilers, there was a weird aspect with the time loop that just didn’t hit right for me. And overall, I wish the time loop start had happened sooner. The beginning would have benefitted from it.
This book is told kind of like a reality tv show. We get chapters from multiple characters and it almost feels like tv diaries? It’s odd and I’m not quite sure I liked it. I much preferred when the story tilted more toward our main protagonist, Emma.
Speaking of Emma, my favorite portions were the ones with Emma and Louis. I felt like their growth was lovely and it truly made the book for me. I almost wish we had spent more time with them and less on the others.
There were a few loose ends I felt at the end - like the book kind of just ended without tying it all up, but in an already decently long book, I found it acceptable.
Overall, some things I liked and some I didn’t which is why I landed in the middle here with my rating. Again, hard to quantify.
I’d recommend this to reader who just want a good time and aren’t going to try to make scientific sense of things. Don’t think too hard and just enjoy. 😊
I have SO many feelings about this book. It’s hard to describe exactly and it’s very hard to quantify it with a single number. Overall, I had fun reading this book - it felt like an addictive drug that I couldn’t get enough of. The drama! Grab some popcorn and sit back and enjoy. If you don’t think too hard, it works better.
Then… when I do think too hard (and I always do), I start to find things that I don’t enjoy. Without spoilers, there was a weird aspect with the time loop that just didn’t hit right for me. And overall, I wish the time loop start had happened sooner. The beginning would have benefitted from it.
This book is told kind of like a reality tv show. We get chapters from multiple characters and it almost feels like tv diaries? It’s odd and I’m not quite sure I liked it. I much preferred when the story tilted more toward our main protagonist, Emma.
Speaking of Emma, my favorite portions were the ones with Emma and Louis. I felt like their growth was lovely and it truly made the book for me. I almost wish we had spent more time with them and less on the others.
There were a few loose ends I felt at the end - like the book kind of just ended without tying it all up, but in an already decently long book, I found it acceptable.
Overall, some things I liked and some I didn’t which is why I landed in the middle here with my rating. Again, hard to quantify.
I’d recommend this to reader who just want a good time and aren’t going to try to make scientific sense of things. Don’t think too hard and just enjoy. 😊