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That's Not What Happened
by Kody Keplinger
A middling to low 2/5 stars. I appreciated some aspects of it, not so much others.
It feels like this book only tackled one idea. The story it waited so long to tell the readers was, to be honest, very obvious, and that reveal was the entire point of the book.
On top of this, none of the characters were particularly deep. Much of their thoughts and decision-making was for plot purposes, and I didn't get emotionally attached to any of them.
I see what this book was trying to do, but it didn't really work for me. I do, however, appreciate the nature of the struggles the characters faced. You could understand people on either side of it; sometimes people need a story. This book ended realistically, without anything or anyone getting magically repaired.
It feels like this book only tackled one idea. The story it waited so long to tell the readers was, to be honest, very obvious, and that reveal was the entire point of the book.
On top of this, none of the characters were particularly deep. Much of their thoughts and decision-making was for plot purposes, and I didn't get emotionally attached to any of them.
I see what this book was trying to do, but it didn't really work for me. I do, however, appreciate the nature of the struggles the characters faced. You could understand people on either side of it; sometimes people need a story. This book ended realistically, without anything or anyone getting magically repaired.