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keeperofthetrees's Reviews (158)
hmmmm something just didn't click with this one. writing was solid though at times felt too much like he did that and she did than and then did this and then did that which im not a big fan off.
i just didn't click with the characters much tbh? it was too insta loveish and something else i just can't put my finger to.
its not a bad book by any means but i just wasn't entertained as much as i thought i would be.
i just didn't click with the characters much tbh? it was too insta loveish and something else i just can't put my finger to.
its not a bad book by any means but i just wasn't entertained as much as i thought i would be.
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
much like 'funny story' i read this book on the beach while on a vacation and i have to say i loved it.
all the past lives stories of margaret's family were really really interesting to me to read and i loved the drama (and sadness) of it. it was really a page turning book because today i wasn't able to put it down and finished the 250 pages on one sitting.
i do wish that hayden and alice's story was more worked on. that we saw more of it. that we saw more of it (and usually im not a big fan of the insta ish love that sorta happened here but given how that was the case for every single ives family member, hayden also being like that is kinda what was supposed to happen to me so i don't mind it here) but i also feel like their story fit nicely in between the chapters about ives family.
overall i love emily's writing a lot and i love how real her characters always are which wad the cae here too. it was a very enjoyable and interesting read to me.
also last 20 pages got me so much in my emotions that i literally cried at the public beach where i was reading it and had people come over to ask if i was okay 😭 that was embarrassing can't lie.
all the past lives stories of margaret's family were really really interesting to me to read and i loved the drama (and sadness) of it. it was really a page turning book because today i wasn't able to put it down and finished the 250 pages on one sitting.
i do wish that hayden and alice's story was more worked on. that we saw more of it. that we saw more of it (and usually im not a big fan of the insta ish love that sorta happened here but given how that was the case for every single ives family member, hayden also being like that is kinda what was supposed to happen to me so i don't mind it here) but i also feel like their story fit nicely in between the chapters about ives family.
overall i love emily's writing a lot and i love how real her characters always are which wad the cae here too. it was a very enjoyable and interesting read to me.
also last 20 pages got me so much in my emotions that i literally cried at the public beach where i was reading it and had people come over to ask if i was okay 😭 that was embarrassing can't lie.
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
"sometimes it’s inevitable for the past to be forgotten, especially if the present is no less horrific;"
funny
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
'Sometimes, as I get older,' she said, "I wonder whether all that's left are the unfixable things.'
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
lovely writing and had an enjoyable time reading it !!
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was such a chaotic read in the most positive way. a book that stays with you for a long time.
"I have heard people say smell is the sense most attached to memory, but for me it is always language, if language can be thought of as a sense, which of course it can be. Compared to even the dullest dog humans can smell nothing. But compare us with—what?—a monkey who can say “apple” with her hands?—and we are the gods of language, everything else just chirping and burping. And how fitting, too, that our superpower as a species, the source of our divinity, stems from such a broken invention."
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
oh the way this wasn't nearly enough and i've spent the whole day reading it....
i laughed and cried and was pissed off and laughed more, but my heart hurt throughout this whole book.... my family.... MY HEART HURTSSSSS
the writing was captivating and flew so nicely like always. no need to comment on that i think.
jean...i don't know man i didn't think it was possible to hurt for this boy more or to love him more than i already did and yet here we are.... every new piece of information we get from his time at the nest and every person in it made my blood boil so much and while the bombing of the nest didn't happen like i was trying to manifest it them dropping dead like flies made me smile every single time. couldn't find one ounce of empathy for those sick bastards. hope the rest of them die in third book too :)))))))
jean saying "i didn't deserve what they did to me" both healed me and absolutely broke me with what came before that and after that.
i don't even have the words for the hurt and love i have for this broken boy and i can only hope that he will heal as much as he can and get the happiness he deserves.
jeremy......boy........i know i was eager to know his past and everything but that hurt like a motherfucker i have to say and i despise his family even more now if that was possible. these repercussions they have for him, the blame they single handedly put on him like they weren't the source of it....i have no words....what hurts more is all the guilt and blame he has for himself... unable to forgive something that was completely out of his hands and from which he was a victim himself...just no words..... wishing all the worst on his disgusting ass family and i hope he gets rid of the clutches they have on him and the expectations of them "forgiving" him so he can finally heal how he deserves too....
jerejean in general was absolutely fucking insane. that one scene before the banquet had me running laps around my house. every chin grap, every soft jean had me clenching my chest. these bastards deserve only the best and i hope they find that in the 3rd book or so help me good.
cat and laila like i said previously....MOTHERS !!!!!! i love them so much. they're healing jean with every kiss on the temple/forehead (its what he deserves!!!!) and hug for jeremy (its what he deserves!!!!) and i couldn't be more happier they all have each other. cat is so hilarious and i love laila for her unwavering love. i hope they can build a new home for themselves since the one they painstakingly build was harshly taken away from them (BURN THE NEST AND EVERY RAVEN FAN TO THE GROUND ISTGGGGGG)
also every other trojan (lucas youre still on watch) !!! that's family !!!! those idiots with their smiles and love !! god i see why kevin is so obsessed with them...
now at kevin... i have to mention him because those few scenes with jean left me kinda all over the place.... the postcards.......i cannot comment more than that or i would go insane.
and andrew??? hello??????? the scenes with jean???? the absolute protectiveness over neil????? i was so not expecting it and it left me so giddy i was giggling and kicking my feet the whole way through !!!!!
also i have HAVE to mention coach rhemann....the man that you are !!!! i'm so glad for what he did for jean.... and his partner adi..... my slavic legend (i screamed so loud when he introduced himself and also burek mention slavic nation we won so hard) i adore you both so much. i hope we get more of those two in the next book because i absolutely need it.
this review got so damn long and there is still so much to talk about here but i will end it here before i turn this into an essay.... i had tremendous fun reading it like i always have with books in this series and i cannot wait to read the next one
i laughed and cried and was pissed off and laughed more, but my heart hurt throughout this whole book.... my family.... MY HEART HURTSSSSS
the writing was captivating and flew so nicely like always. no need to comment on that i think.
jean...i don't know man i didn't think it was possible to hurt for this boy more or to love him more than i already did and yet here we are.... every new piece of information we get from his time at the nest and every person in it made my blood boil so much and while the bombing of the nest didn't happen like i was trying to manifest it them dropping dead like flies made me smile every single time. couldn't find one ounce of empathy for those sick bastards. hope the rest of them die in third book too :)))))))
jean saying "i didn't deserve what they did to me" both healed me and absolutely broke me with what came before that and after that.
i don't even have the words for the hurt and love i have for this broken boy and i can only hope that he will heal as much as he can and get the happiness he deserves.
jeremy......boy........i know i was eager to know his past and everything but that hurt like a motherfucker i have to say and i despise his family even more now if that was possible. these repercussions they have for him, the blame they single handedly put on him like they weren't the source of it....i have no words....what hurts more is all the guilt and blame he has for himself... unable to forgive something that was completely out of his hands and from which he was a victim himself...just no words..... wishing all the worst on his disgusting ass family and i hope he gets rid of the clutches they have on him and the expectations of them "forgiving" him so he can finally heal how he deserves too....
jerejean in general was absolutely fucking insane. that one scene before the banquet had me running laps around my house. every chin grap, every soft jean had me clenching my chest. these bastards deserve only the best and i hope they find that in the 3rd book or so help me good.
cat and laila like i said previously....MOTHERS !!!!!! i love them so much. they're healing jean with every kiss on the temple/forehead (its what he deserves!!!!) and hug for jeremy (its what he deserves!!!!) and i couldn't be more happier they all have each other. cat is so hilarious and i love laila for her unwavering love. i hope they can build a new home for themselves since the one they painstakingly build was harshly taken away from them (BURN THE NEST AND EVERY RAVEN FAN TO THE GROUND ISTGGGGGG)
also every other trojan (lucas youre still on watch) !!! that's family !!!! those idiots with their smiles and love !! god i see why kevin is so obsessed with them...
now at kevin... i have to mention him because those few scenes with jean left me kinda all over the place.... the postcards.......i cannot comment more than that or i would go insane.
and andrew??? hello??????? the scenes with jean???? the absolute protectiveness over neil????? i was so not expecting it and it left me so giddy i was giggling and kicking my feet the whole way through !!!!!
also i have HAVE to mention coach rhemann....the man that you are !!!! i'm so glad for what he did for jean.... and his partner adi..... my slavic legend (i screamed so loud when he introduced himself and also burek mention slavic nation we won so hard) i adore you both so much. i hope we get more of those two in the next book because i absolutely need it.
this review got so damn long and there is still so much to talk about here but i will end it here before i turn this into an essay.... i had tremendous fun reading it like i always have with books in this series and i cannot wait to read the next one