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j_chen 's review for:
Isla and the Happily Ever After
by Stephanie Perkins
1.5 stars.
Seriously, what was the point of this book? Other than the four seconds where Anna shows up? I HATED Isla. I couldn't get over the fact that she felt like an IDIOT. There was NO conflict, other than the fact that ISLA WAS AN IDIOT. I feel like Josh was BARELY in the book. I was intrigued by him but then, he became this bland guy who was "in love" with Isla because...instalove? Why DID he love her again? How did that happen again? They meet while she's high from the dentist... and then boom 3 months later he loves her?
Also, WHERE was Paris in this book? or New York? This book could have been set ANYWHERE. Other than Barcelona, there was no sense of setting. I feel like in both Anna and Lola, Paris and SF were so special in contrast to Lola.
Finally, I could not give a RAT'S ASS about any of the characters. Sure, for three seconds Kurt was interesting...and then he disappeared... and we got more incessant Lola. UGH.
There was no plot. No conflict. No interesting characters. Nothing happened...except an instalove. Useless.
I rate it 1.5 stars... 1 star for Lola reading the revised comic book scene (ok, that was pretty damn cute) and .5 star for Anna and Lola scene.
Seriously, what was the point of this book? Other than the four seconds where Anna shows up? I HATED Isla. I couldn't get over the fact that she felt like an IDIOT. There was NO conflict, other than the fact that ISLA WAS AN IDIOT. I feel like Josh was BARELY in the book. I was intrigued by him but then, he became this bland guy who was "in love" with Isla because...instalove? Why DID he love her again? How did that happen again? They meet while she's high from the dentist... and then boom 3 months later he loves her?
Also, WHERE was Paris in this book? or New York? This book could have been set ANYWHERE. Other than Barcelona, there was no sense of setting. I feel like in both Anna and Lola, Paris and SF were so special in contrast to Lola.
Finally, I could not give a RAT'S ASS about any of the characters. Sure, for three seconds Kurt was interesting...and then he disappeared... and we got more incessant Lola. UGH.
There was no plot. No conflict. No interesting characters. Nothing happened...except an instalove. Useless.
I rate it 1.5 stars... 1 star for Lola reading the revised comic book scene (ok, that was pretty damn cute) and .5 star for Anna and Lola scene.