A review by sapphron
Just One Year by Gayle Forman

Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

The appeal of the first novel in this duology ("Just One Day") was Allyson's personal journey of breaking out of her shell. Here in the sequel, the past year that Allyson was growing we follow Willem trying to find himself. But he's just no where near as compelling. His life is already so aspirational that his rock bottom is the average person's dream. I have no interest in following along, not fully because he doesn't face much adversary, but because the writing just isn't strong enough when Foreman isn't focusing on being inspiring.