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chapterfern's Reviews (34)
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Was love a combination of circumstances, or sheer native capacity of soul?
on loving someone—first them, then the memory of them.
a longing for a forbidden summer love affair that has long ended; for the life you once lived and for the life could’ve, if only. above all, an attempt at escaping an inevitably vanishing youth—doomed from the start.
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honestly only picked this up because younger me loved the simonverse. to be fair, becky albertalli was the first author i read in my transition from middle grade to YA, so it’s a bit obvious i won’t like her writing as much now that i’ve transitioned away from the demographic. still, was nice to pay homage to my younger self, in a way.
came into it begrudgingly because it was required reading for a class, came out of it wanting to change my life for the better ???
a pretty rudimentary concept written into words on paper—emphasizing studies and testimonies—of what i needed to hear at the moment.
from the words of henry ford:
whether you think you can or think you can’t—you’re right.
on loneliness and unrequited love, wow. meant to meet but not meant to be.
the way he started realizing his surroundings were dingy after reading her letter… oh, the color that she brought into his life. oh, to love someone so selflessly.
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson
DID NOT FINISH: 9%
didn’t exactly end at 50 pages because i jumped around the book skimming its contents. read it as required reading for a school test that ended up getting cancelled. hbd, sir carl! 😭🙏
hopeful
fast-paced
quick notes before i go back to revising: read this during the breaks in between getting through required reading for class. thought it was a bit juvenile at first but i don't rly read a lot of YA so! we love representation :D
oh to be so important to people and place people at high importance yourself !! oh to be seventeen and realize what you really care about. oh to do what you want to do instead of what others expect of you to do... </3 cheers to relationships, both platonic and romantic!
oh to be so important to people and place people at high importance yourself !! oh to be seventeen and realize what you really care about. oh to do what you want to do instead of what others expect of you to do... </3 cheers to relationships, both platonic and romantic!
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Told from Frances’ perspective, Conversations with Friends is a story about relationship dynamics and love (or the lack thereof) in many forms—Bobbi and Frances’, Melissa and Nick’s, them with themselves, their parents, and with one another. About what they mean to each other and what that means for their individual yet equally interwoven lives.
I would have enjoyed this book more had I read Part One and Part Two closer together. Still worth the read though. I love how Sally Rooney writes a character’s intrinsic thoughts; I would probably read anything she puts out into the world.
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
I could barely even register the Acknowledgements header as I turned the final page through my tears. Is there any more that needs to be said?