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Save Me
by Mona Kasten
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay, I watched the first season of the tv show based on a German book on Amazon Prime after seeing a bunch of my favorite authors talk about it last year. And I loved it!
But at the time, the book hadn’t been translated into English yet. So as soon as I saw it pop up and then the publisher sent me a widget to read early on Netgalley, I jumped on the chance. I was a bit worried of course, because often the books don’t match what I loved about a show. But honestly, this book, or should I say the show, stayed so on track with the other. Reading this book put me right back into that world that I fell in love with last year.
Another issue I was worried about, but wasn’t an issue at all, was that I’m not always a fan of the whole boarding school storyline. But as with the tv show, I was hooked with the characters and the plot in the story right away when reading this.
I loved the way Ruby honestly did not want to even be seen by these rich people at her school. How she reacted when James tried to buy her off, and all the other things he tried and she was able to blow him off perfectly. Of course there is the slowly building attraction to each other, more than physical, as the story goes along. There are the times that he pulls back and is an arse (have to use that term as it is the one in the book, lol). As well as the in crowd bullies and mean girls, but even they seem to have their own backgrounds and reasons, whether good or not, for behaving the way they do.
I hated putting the book down to do other things, even as I was reading during a time when I had family commitments that forced me to do that. And as I remembered the story as I read along, I couldn’t remember exactly what happened that left us on the cliffhanger at the end of the first season of the show. But oh when that happened, yeah, all my emotions were right back there. I do feel like I remembered something else about the chauffeur that wasn’t mentioned in this book, so I don’t know if it was made up for the show, from another book in the series but added in early to the show, or if I’m remembering completely wrong.
So I decided to go back and rewatch the first season, even if part 2 isn’t until November I think? And as I restarted it, I saw that as usual with shows/movies from books, the show has added things that aren’t in the book. But again I wonder if those are things later in the other books since I haven’t read them. Or it’s possible that they just needed to flesh out a few of the storylines more than in the books. I also noticed that James is a little meaner seeming in the show than in the books. And the show is giving more hints to something that happens at one of the parties in the book that has to do with Ruby’s past.
I also have put in my request for the 2nd and 3rd book on Netgalley, here’s hoping I get those approved!
But at the time, the book hadn’t been translated into English yet. So as soon as I saw it pop up and then the publisher sent me a widget to read early on Netgalley, I jumped on the chance. I was a bit worried of course, because often the books don’t match what I loved about a show. But honestly, this book, or should I say the show, stayed so on track with the other. Reading this book put me right back into that world that I fell in love with last year.
Another issue I was worried about, but wasn’t an issue at all, was that I’m not always a fan of the whole boarding school storyline. But as with the tv show, I was hooked with the characters and the plot in the story right away when reading this.
I loved the way Ruby honestly did not want to even be seen by these rich people at her school. How she reacted when James tried to buy her off, and all the other things he tried and she was able to blow him off perfectly. Of course there is the slowly building attraction to each other, more than physical, as the story goes along. There are the times that he pulls back and is an arse (have to use that term as it is the one in the book, lol). As well as the in crowd bullies and mean girls, but even they seem to have their own backgrounds and reasons, whether good or not, for behaving the way they do.
I hated putting the book down to do other things, even as I was reading during a time when I had family commitments that forced me to do that. And as I remembered the story as I read along, I couldn’t remember exactly what happened that left us on the cliffhanger at the end of the first season of the show. But oh when that happened, yeah, all my emotions were right back there. I do feel like I remembered something else about the chauffeur that wasn’t mentioned in this book, so I don’t know if it was made up for the show, from another book in the series but added in early to the show, or if I’m remembering completely wrong.
So I decided to go back and rewatch the first season, even if part 2 isn’t until November I think? And as I restarted it, I saw that as usual with shows/movies from books, the show has added things that aren’t in the book. But again I wonder if those are things later in the other books since I haven’t read them. Or it’s possible that they just needed to flesh out a few of the storylines more than in the books. I also noticed that James is a little meaner seeming in the show than in the books. And the show is giving more hints to something that happens at one of the parties in the book that has to do with Ruby’s past.
I also have put in my request for the 2nd and 3rd book on Netgalley, here’s hoping I get those approved!