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stephanieruth's Reviews (455)

So Thrilled For You

Holly Bourne

4.25

emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani

We All Live Here

Jojo Moyes

5.0

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

Caleb Carr

2.0

slow-paced

My Salinger Year

Joanna Rakoff

5.0

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Quincas Borba

Machado de Assis

3.5

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

TJ Klune

2.5

hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

I’m sad to say this book fell extremely flat for me. It felt preachy and YA, unlike its predecessor. While i agree with the values and messaging, I didn’t need it constantly lectured, like a lesson in every chapter.

There was no real conflict. The magical children are perfect in their imperfections, Arthur and Linus always know what to say, and nothing ever happened that someone didn’t have a quick solution for. The children especially were overly mature and lesson-giving.

Just boring; an unnecessary repeat of the first book, but this time felt like Klune was trying too hard to convince us (and literally spell out for us) of what we’re already know.