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mariebastien's Reviews (488)
emotional
reflective
fast-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In all honesty, I wasn’t a big fan of the second book in this series. That’s why I was so surprised by this novel.
It’s an injustice to this novel to classify it as a romance novel, only. It’s so much more.
Yes, the story has as a focal point the relationship between Anna and Quan but it only permits the author to explain a much deeper theme of parental and societal expectations, and the massive impact the need of "people pleasing" has on oneself. This book lets the reader experience what it’s like to be stuck in a loop and not knowing how to get out of it, but let us see that there is often a little ray of sunshine that we can find at the end of it, like what Quan is for Anna.
So, The Heart Principle took my heart (pun intended) and destroyed it just a little to give it back with a lot more understanding of the internal struggle that we cannot see in other people.
informative
mysterious
medium-paced