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★ 4.5 ★
♡ Just when you think you can't go on, somewhere a little light comes on. ♡
Such a good surprise!! After almost 2 months of a major reading slump, this book was such a nice read and totally got me out of it. Sophie's Flack writing and description is simple and beautiful. I felt connected to the characters and to the plot. I could totally picture myself following Hannah, the main character, walking through MBA and get attached to her. I think Sophie does a gob job filling the reader on what's like being in a ballet academy and all the effort to become a soloist.
I think the ending was expected but nonetheless it was perfect!
♡ Just when you think you can't go on, somewhere a little light comes on. ♡
Such a good surprise!! After almost 2 months of a major reading slump, this book was such a nice read and totally got me out of it. Sophie's Flack writing and description is simple and beautiful. I felt connected to the characters and to the plot. I could totally picture myself following Hannah, the main character, walking through MBA and get attached to her. I think Sophie does a gob job filling the reader on what's like being in a ballet academy and all the effort to become a soloist.
I think the ending was expected but nonetheless it was perfect!
Good way to start the new year!
Read it in portuguese and loved it; but hated it at the same time, because I think the translation wasn't that good. However, I still loved this book. The last chapters were like just WOW WOW WOW.
The main character is really funny and I liked her pov.
Looking forward to read the next one!
Read it in portuguese and loved it; but hated it at the same time, because I think the translation wasn't that good. However, I still loved this book. The last chapters were like just WOW WOW WOW.
The main character is really funny and I liked her pov.
Looking forward to read the next one!
|Rating| 5 heartbreaking stars.
"We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes." - River Phoenix
Last Sunday I watched Stand By Me for the first time ever.
I really enjoyed the movie, so the first thing I did after watching was to google it. I saw next to the info, pictures of the boys, now all turned into men. All but one. The picture of River Phoenix showed a teenage boy. Immediately I assumed he had died. I wasn't familiar with any of the boys before seeing the movie, just with Cory Feldman because of Goonies. I remember seeing a movie named The Thing Called Love and was sad to discover that the pretty boy of the movie had died. The thing is they are the same person, River Phoenix. When River died in October 1993, I was just 7 months old. Nevertheless after watching these movies, and now reading this book, somehow it feels I lost someone I once knew.
I really loved this book, it was well written and put. I think it is a great book for fans of River Phoenix. Not only did the author told his life story till his tragic and unfortunate death, but also talked about other well known actors and musicians that somehow had a connection with River. I couldn't help but to feel sad about his death since he had a promising career as an actor. Although he turned to alcohol and drugs to ease of the pressure he had upon his shoulders, he was a good guy. As former girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, said: "He was just a boy, a very good-hearted boy, who was very fucked up and had no idea how to implement his good intentions."
The last few chapters were hard of me to read, especially the description of his death. I couldn't help but cry.
This is now one of my favorite books and nonetheless, I have respect for River Phoenix and all he was.
|PLUS| All the quotes and statements.
|MINUS| The Epilogue.
"We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes." - River Phoenix
Last Sunday I watched Stand By Me for the first time ever.
I really enjoyed the movie, so the first thing I did after watching was to google it. I saw next to the info, pictures of the boys, now all turned into men. All but one. The picture of River Phoenix showed a teenage boy. Immediately I assumed he had died. I wasn't familiar with any of the boys before seeing the movie, just with Cory Feldman because of Goonies. I remember seeing a movie named The Thing Called Love and was sad to discover that the pretty boy of the movie had died. The thing is they are the same person, River Phoenix. When River died in October 1993, I was just 7 months old. Nevertheless after watching these movies, and now reading this book, somehow it feels I lost someone I once knew.
I really loved this book, it was well written and put. I think it is a great book for fans of River Phoenix. Not only did the author told his life story till his tragic and unfortunate death, but also talked about other well known actors and musicians that somehow had a connection with River. I couldn't help but to feel sad about his death since he had a promising career as an actor. Although he turned to alcohol and drugs to ease of the pressure he had upon his shoulders, he was a good guy. As former girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, said: "He was just a boy, a very good-hearted boy, who was very fucked up and had no idea how to implement his good intentions."
The last few chapters were hard of me to read, especially the description of his death. I couldn't help but cry.
This is now one of my favorite books and nonetheless, I have respect for River Phoenix and all he was.
|PLUS| All the quotes and statements.
|MINUS| The Epilogue.
This book started off really good!!
I loved the main character and she cracked me up. I really felt embarrassed for her and sometimes I felt I was in her shoes.
Jack, the leading man, was a mystery and I liked it that way. But down the road, the book started to lose that spark I loved in the beginning. Nonetheless I had much fun with this book and the characters. It fits the chick-lit genre perfectly. The end could have been more elaborated.
Still a very good, cute, fresh, laughable read :)
I loved the main character and she cracked me up. I really felt embarrassed for her and sometimes I felt I was in her shoes.
Jack, the leading man, was a mystery and I liked it that way. But down the road, the book started to lose that spark I loved in the beginning. Nonetheless I had much fun with this book and the characters. It fits the chick-lit genre perfectly. The end could have been more elaborated.
Still a very good, cute, fresh, laughable read :)
|Rating| 4 stars.
This is a book about a love that is so strong that is timeless. A book about reincarnation, living different lives in different times.
This is a book that has a good premise although I felt it could have been done in a better way. Through out the book we get two point of views, both from the lovers, and they take us through times like Prehistory, Egypt, Greece, the burning of the witches of Salem, Paris in the 20's and the present time.
The romance wasn't very strong and sometimes I felt lost, although from the 1920's and so on, the book got really good and I was engaged in the plot. It was a nice cute read.
|PLUS| From the 1920's till the end.
|MINUS| The romance could have been better developed.
This is a book about a love that is so strong that is timeless. A book about reincarnation, living different lives in different times.
This is a book that has a good premise although I felt it could have been done in a better way. Through out the book we get two point of views, both from the lovers, and they take us through times like Prehistory, Egypt, Greece, the burning of the witches of Salem, Paris in the 20's and the present time.
The romance wasn't very strong and sometimes I felt lost, although from the 1920's and so on, the book got really good and I was engaged in the plot. It was a nice cute read.
|PLUS| From the 1920's till the end.
|MINUS| The romance could have been better developed.
I reached the last page of this book and I'm left with a bit of sadness. Sadness because for a week I was immerses in this world, in Barcelona, so fascinated by Julián Carax and his mystery as Daniel was.
I'll miss Fermín and his "jokes", I'll miss entering the Aldaya's mansion and feeling part of the adventure. I felt like I was part of the story and that is one of the most wonderful things. It was as if the characters were friends of mine.
I have so much to say about this book but at the same time I don't really know what to say. I think if I say too much it will loose it's magic. As it happened with Daniel and Carax's book, I didn't searched for this one, it found me and I'm so grateful for that. I won't say more because I'm still in Barcelona and I'm having a hard time saying goodbye to this magnificent world.
I'll miss Fermín and his "jokes", I'll miss entering the Aldaya's mansion and feeling part of the adventure. I felt like I was part of the story and that is one of the most wonderful things. It was as if the characters were friends of mine.
I have so much to say about this book but at the same time I don't really know what to say. I think if I say too much it will loose it's magic. As it happened with Daniel and Carax's book, I didn't searched for this one, it found me and I'm so grateful for that. I won't say more because I'm still in Barcelona and I'm having a hard time saying goodbye to this magnificent world.
★ 2.5 ★
I had this book on my self for over a year. It was one of the first books I bought after discovering booktube.
I hadn't much expectations for this book and it felt to me like a "meh" book. I'm not saying that it isn't good or is bad written, I just think it wasn't for me. One thing I enjoyed was the relationship between Mary Quinn and James Easton. I liked the bantering and how the author didn't rush anything between them. Not thinking about continue with this series.
I had this book on my self for over a year. It was one of the first books I bought after discovering booktube.
I hadn't much expectations for this book and it felt to me like a "meh" book. I'm not saying that it isn't good or is bad written, I just think it wasn't for me. One thing I enjoyed was the relationship between Mary Quinn and James Easton. I liked the bantering and how the author didn't rush anything between them. Not thinking about continue with this series.
Not as good as the first two. Still enjoyable and I will always love Alexander and Tatiana. Have to thank Paullina Simons for writing this amazingly beautiful trilogy.
Perfect ending.
Perfect ending.