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Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse
3.0
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This is Cecilia Vinesse’s debut novel, so I hadn’t heard of her before. I think overall, it was a pretty good story for a debut, but there were some parts that didn’t sit well with me. I can relate to the story as I was an expat living in an Asian country for a few years, and I think Cecilia captured the essence wonderfully, but I wasn’t such a big fan of all the drinking, since I think there’s so much more than just that. I liked how Cecilia portrayed emotions, and I could really identify with how everyone felt, especially Sophia’s and Mika’s feelings when it got down to the deep stuff.
Once you push away the love-triangle, I generally liked the romance aspect of the story, like even though it was definitely an insta-love romance, it didn’t seem that way because of the age-old friendship I suppose. There was so much potential for strong family relationships!! Unfortunately, it kind of fell short at the beginning, even though it did get better towards the end!! I wish the relationship had been consistent throughout.
I didn’t like most of the characters though. Sophia herself bothered me at times, because she was so selfish and I couldn’t deal. Jamie was a precious cinnamon bun and was way too good for her and put up with too much of her nonsense. Her friends weren’t much better, I found most of them were just terrible friends to Sophia and I wasn’t a fan. I only really liked Caroline, because she was such a sweetheart.
I understand that these characters are mostly expats, but I would’ve liked to see more of the Japanese culture and Japanese characters, it didn’t really feel like the story was set in Japan, and I don’t really know how to explain it, but I wasn’t a big fan of the way the setting was written, if that makes sense. Also, I feel as though Sophia would’ve learnt some Japanese, especially if she’d been living there for more than 3 years :/
The story was cute though, even if I’m kinda iffy about it. I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to everyone I meet, but I can see the writing potential and I would love to see what else Cecilia has to offer.
I received a review copy from the publisher
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This is Cecilia Vinesse’s debut novel, so I hadn’t heard of her before. I think overall, it was a pretty good story for a debut, but there were some parts that didn’t sit well with me. I can relate to the story as I was an expat living in an Asian country for a few years, and I think Cecilia captured the essence wonderfully, but I wasn’t such a big fan of all the drinking, since I think there’s so much more than just that. I liked how Cecilia portrayed emotions, and I could really identify with how everyone felt, especially Sophia’s and Mika’s feelings when it got down to the deep stuff.
Once you push away the love-triangle, I generally liked the romance aspect of the story, like even though it was definitely an insta-love romance, it didn’t seem that way because of the age-old friendship I suppose. There was so much potential for strong family relationships!! Unfortunately, it kind of fell short at the beginning, even though it did get better towards the end!! I wish the relationship had been consistent throughout.
I didn’t like most of the characters though. Sophia herself bothered me at times, because she was so selfish and I couldn’t deal. Jamie was a precious cinnamon bun and was way too good for her and put up with too much of her nonsense. Her friends weren’t much better, I found most of them were just terrible friends to Sophia and I wasn’t a fan. I only really liked Caroline, because she was such a sweetheart.
I understand that these characters are mostly expats, but I would’ve liked to see more of the Japanese culture and Japanese characters, it didn’t really feel like the story was set in Japan, and I don’t really know how to explain it, but I wasn’t a big fan of the way the setting was written, if that makes sense. Also, I feel as though Sophia would’ve learnt some Japanese, especially if she’d been living there for more than 3 years :/
The story was cute though, even if I’m kinda iffy about it. I probably wouldn’t recommend this book to everyone I meet, but I can see the writing potential and I would love to see what else Cecilia has to offer.
I received a review copy from the publisher
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