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chapterfern's Reviews (34)
not my typical genre but tangina okay they’re really cute. like insanely cute. it isn’t corny like most fake dating is, i love how dan is an academic and the reason she swore off of relationships reminds me of people in my life who have done similar things. the way that zaf isn’t actively trying to change her mind but instead understand her and is very respectful of her has my heart :( i also like how they have their own lives and their own sets of challenges they have to face, like they’re their own individual people outside of being a couple in a romance novel.
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“Because I love you.”
a love letter to reading, to art, to the world, to people, and to love itself—in all of its many iterations.
to preface, if this were not recommended to me by a friend who wanted me to read her favourite book, i wouldn’t have picked this up at all.
after some pondering, i’ve realized a bit about this book. this felt less like a romantasy and more of a historical fiction with some fantastical elements but pushed slightly aside to give more leeway to the romance. i’m not a fantasy reader so i don’t know how much of that sentiment holds true, but that’s what it felt like whilst reading. i didn’t think the world-building was up to speed for a concept that i found really intriguing going in. i was sad to realize that the war and info about it was largely only seen through the lens of the two characters involved in the romance, and even then i felt was too minimal for my tastes. the romance itself felt juvenile but it is a young adult book, so it charmed me in the ways young adult romances do.
however, it was a very quick and easy read. i don’t think i’ve read a book in one day in forever. i’d recommend this to someone who read as a child but grew out of it or stopped reading in their pre-teen / teen years, so long as the genre of it fits their tastes as well.
will probably read the second book to appease my friend, and/or to get out of a reading slump.
after some pondering, i’ve realized a bit about this book. this felt less like a romantasy and more of a historical fiction with some fantastical elements but pushed slightly aside to give more leeway to the romance. i’m not a fantasy reader so i don’t know how much of that sentiment holds true, but that’s what it felt like whilst reading. i didn’t think the world-building was up to speed for a concept that i found really intriguing going in. i was sad to realize that the war and info about it was largely only seen through the lens of the two characters involved in the romance, and even then i felt was too minimal for my tastes. the romance itself felt juvenile but it is a young adult book, so it charmed me in the ways young adult romances do.
however, it was a very quick and easy read. i don’t think i’ve read a book in one day in forever. i’d recommend this to someone who read as a child but grew out of it or stopped reading in their pre-teen / teen years, so long as the genre of it fits their tastes as well.
will probably read the second book to appease my friend, and/or to get out of a reading slump.
beautifully painful yearning. pure and utter anguish. passionate and tumultuous. on what it means to destroy, to be broken, to be known, and to heal.
it takes a bit to get used to the writing at the start, and it took a bit from me to continue and finish it but my god was it worth it. the writing reads a bit pretentious but i kind of love it that way for this story in particular.
it takes a bit to get used to the writing at the start, and it took a bit from me to continue and finish it but my god was it worth it. the writing reads a bit pretentious but i kind of love it that way for this story in particular.
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
“Isn’t there an easier way?”
“Not if you’re going to stay true to yourself.”
okay! uhm! okay! okay… i am not okay. i was not prepared for anything this book had, courtesy of avoiding any and every possible spoiler. ouch. OUCH, ouch.
as someone the same age as the characters at the moment, specific scenes hit hard for me (see: everything related to neil perry). although some characters really didn’t do it for me (see: knox…).
apparently the movie is better as this book was based off of an older version of its screenplay. i do not think i am strong enough to watch it yet.
overall though, absolutely incredible quotes. i will be re-reading them over and over long after now. carpe diem; seize the day!
fast-paced
absurd and bizarre. i don’t know what i just read but it was fun.
fast-paced
on waiting forever for a single moment; on yearning for what once was and the inability to forget; on the homesickness of an immigrant child, albeit in a different context.
this was personal and did irreparable damage to me i think… i feel sick to my stomach actually
this was personal and did irreparable damage to me i think… i feel sick to my stomach actually
fast-paced
title goes hard. thought it had an interesting idea but execution was fairly rudimentary. +0.25 star for the genuine shock i had near the end.
fast-paced
read this originally because my friend had to in english class. re-read it today.
this was strangely educational? i love polly. the protagonist eating shit at the end was so satisfying.
this was strangely educational? i love polly. the protagonist eating shit at the end was so satisfying.
“Probably right under our very noses. What you think, Jack?”
on loving someone more than they love you, and the lengths that the strength of such love takes you toward.
re-read from a long while ago. there were scenes so visually appealing it inspired me to make illustrations of them.
i love how short stories from years ago portray love. she really vowed til death do they part and meant it.