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A review by happi_mess
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
5.0
It is disgusting how much I love this book that I am just laughing. I annotated the shit out of this short book. Finished it in almost one sitting.
Lara Jean wrote letters to all the boys she had loved. She never planned for anyone to read them. One day, all of these letters mysteriously got sent out and started a snowball effect.
I'm not going to lie, this book is very wattpad-y. We got the popular guy. The less popular girl. The fake relationship. The contract. A love triangle and all that. It is a cliche. The characters are cliche as well.
But I think it is in that clicheness that it has found its advantage. You know that it is going to end well because we're supposed to get happy ever afters in this kind of stories. There is a comfort in it in knowing that everything will work out in the end.
I have first read this book when I was 14. Then I reread it sometime later. And I believe this is the third time that I am reading it. Maybe I still love the story despite how unperfect it is... Maybe I am just unconditionally in love with Kavinsky after all these years. Or maybe it's the nostalgia. Rereading this book really made me feel like I was 14 again and falling in love with books in an extent that I didn't expect.
This is definitely one of the books that made me want to read for the rest of my life. I read this book again as part of my "Reread Challenge" of the year because I want to know if I still like the same books that I liked before. It turns out, it's a positive reaction to the first one.
It is not everybody's cup of tea. But this is the book that comes in my highly recommended list for people who are trying to get into reading. At least 4 of my friends turned into readers when they read this book (no matter how short-lived their 'reader life' is). We all swooned for Kavinsky. We loved him to some extent.
There is this hardship that I felt in this reread and it is that I can't get the image of the Netflix adaptation actors in my head. I have never placed a face on Kavinsky even in my head when I read this before. He was just Peter and he's good with kids, he runs errands for his mom, he's quite funny, he's actually fun to be with... etc etc... so when they put Noah Centineo in that to be honest I was a little disappointed. I think he lacked this certain aura that I have pictured for Peter.
Anyway, for those who haven't read this yet, it'll be great if you will be able to give it a shot! One thing is for sure, this book is NEVER going to leave my shelf.
If love is like a possession, maybe my letters are like my exorcisms. My letters set me free. Or at least they're supposed to.
Lara Jean wrote letters to all the boys she had loved. She never planned for anyone to read them. One day, all of these letters mysteriously got sent out and started a snowball effect.
I'm not going to lie, this book is very wattpad-y. We got the popular guy. The less popular girl. The fake relationship. The contract. A love triangle and all that. It is a cliche. The characters are cliche as well.
But I think it is in that clicheness that it has found its advantage. You know that it is going to end well because we're supposed to get happy ever afters in this kind of stories. There is a comfort in it in knowing that everything will work out in the end.
I have first read this book when I was 14. Then I reread it sometime later. And I believe this is the third time that I am reading it. Maybe I still love the story despite how unperfect it is... Maybe I am just unconditionally in love with Kavinsky after all these years. Or maybe it's the nostalgia. Rereading this book really made me feel like I was 14 again and falling in love with books in an extent that I didn't expect.
This is definitely one of the books that made me want to read for the rest of my life. I read this book again as part of my "Reread Challenge" of the year because I want to know if I still like the same books that I liked before. It turns out, it's a positive reaction to the first one.
It is not everybody's cup of tea. But this is the book that comes in my highly recommended list for people who are trying to get into reading. At least 4 of my friends turned into readers when they read this book (no matter how short-lived their 'reader life' is). We all swooned for Kavinsky. We loved him to some extent.
There is this hardship that I felt in this reread and it is that I can't get the image of the Netflix adaptation actors in my head. I have never placed a face on Kavinsky even in my head when I read this before. He was just Peter and he's good with kids, he runs errands for his mom, he's quite funny, he's actually fun to be with... etc etc... so when they put Noah Centineo in that to be honest I was a little disappointed. I think he lacked this certain aura that I have pictured for Peter.
Anyway, for those who haven't read this yet, it'll be great if you will be able to give it a shot! One thing is for sure, this book is NEVER going to leave my shelf.