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shahittosarmat 's review for:
Always and Forever, Lara Jean
by Jenny Han
So ends the guilty pleasure of reading about Lara Jean and her adventures in high school and more importantly, discovering her firsts (milestones) with her boyfriend, Peter.
Having been removed from high school for a decade now, it was nice to read from Lara Jean her hopes and fears, and how our dreams in high school with both relationships and our futures were simple, even when we suffered from tunnel vision. I also appreciated that while Lara Jean is very open about her feelings, she is still in the paradigm of her high school boyfriend possibly being the one she is meant to be with, as she sees life as one filled with that big romance.
Contrary to popular belief, I think the book did a great job with how it pushed Lara Jean to really consider herself, especially in regards to her college decision, while also keeping Peter at the high school boy stage - the comment of Lara Jean calling him a boy for being set in his ways and being so sure of himself and actions, while he is convinced that he is sure and confident in his opinion not changing, is a recurring theme in this iteration - an improvement indeed from the Peter in the first and second book.
Both Peter and Lara Jean make mistakes, and indeed the decision to remain together as they head to college isn’t in itself an ending - maybe as a reader you have them as endgame, or a momentous relationship that Lara Jean and Peter will both fondly remember.
My only issue with the book was the complete gloss over of the Korea trip - but otherwise a quick and easy read that does a good job wrapping up the story of Lara Jean Covey that I think as readers we were initially interested in.
Having been removed from high school for a decade now, it was nice to read from Lara Jean her hopes and fears, and how our dreams in high school with both relationships and our futures were simple, even when we suffered from tunnel vision. I also appreciated that while Lara Jean is very open about her feelings, she is still in the paradigm of her high school boyfriend possibly being the one she is meant to be with, as she sees life as one filled with that big romance.
Contrary to popular belief, I think the book did a great job with how it pushed Lara Jean to really consider herself, especially in regards to her college decision, while also keeping Peter at the high school boy stage - the comment of Lara Jean calling him a boy for being set in his ways and being so sure of himself and actions, while he is convinced that he is sure and confident in his opinion not changing, is a recurring theme in this iteration - an improvement indeed from the Peter in the first and second book.
Both Peter and Lara Jean make mistakes, and indeed the decision to remain together as they head to college isn’t in itself an ending - maybe as a reader you have them as endgame, or a momentous relationship that Lara Jean and Peter will both fondly remember.
My only issue with the book was the complete gloss over of the Korea trip - but otherwise a quick and easy read that does a good job wrapping up the story of Lara Jean Covey that I think as readers we were initially interested in.