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anniebannani7 's review for:
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
by Tahereh Mafi
i definitely feel like i’m in the minority when i say i didn’t love this, which makes me sad because i for sure thought i would.
the writing was fine and i liked most of the characters a decent amount, i just wasn’t expecting it to be so heavy on the romance for some reason?
the relationship between shirin and ocean was cute and all but i just feel like it kind of overshadowed everything and i wish the focus would’ve been given to other parts of the story a little more.
i would’ve liked more of the breakdancing storyline to have been incorporated, it kind of felt shoved to the side for the majority of the book.
another thing i didn’t love was how back and forth the romance was, after like the fourth time shirin pushed ocean away i was just kind of over it.
the ending was pretty solid and i’m glad representation like this exists, i just wish the story was better.
3 stars
the writing was fine and i liked most of the characters a decent amount, i just wasn’t expecting it to be so heavy on the romance for some reason?
the relationship between shirin and ocean was cute and all but i just feel like it kind of overshadowed everything and i wish the focus would’ve been given to other parts of the story a little more.
i would’ve liked more of the breakdancing storyline to have been incorporated, it kind of felt shoved to the side for the majority of the book.
another thing i didn’t love was how back and forth the romance was, after like the fourth time shirin pushed ocean away i was just kind of over it.
the ending was pretty solid and i’m glad representation like this exists, i just wish the story was better.
3 stars