lucía
if i had to describe this book with just one word, it would be underwhelming. i'm a firm believer that it wasn't for me, and that i had been 14 or 15 years old at the time of reading it, i would have enjoyed it. as an aware adult, there were some aspects that caught my attention while reading it, and not in a positive way.
it was a quick read and it was sometimes cute. the writing style was simple, which made the reading experience even quicker. however, the use of some rather exaggerated words to describe something simple, especially since all her work is based on using vocabulary that's easy to understand, bugged me. like, wdym you use descombobulated out of nowhere??? and although it was simple (partly), it also felt repetitive most of the time.
most chapters were fillers, focusing on bree's routine as she goes to work in the diner and meets new people in pelion. moreover, the moments that were supposed to be important, such as the love confession and the reunion, were ruined by smut. it's important to know when to stop, lmao. those filler chapters could have been used to complete their backstories.
as for the characters, bree was plain and annoyed me at most. yes, she had a deep backstory, and as a SA victim myself, i feel deep sympathy for her, but other than that, i felt annoyed, because she was the cliche character that constantly embarrasses herself (that was how she spent the first quarter of the book).
archer will always be my beloved, though. i'm sad i wasn't able to get to know his character through his own point of view, as it had been through bree's, his childhood and other people's testimonies that filled his story. maybe it was meant to be that way, the fact that archer is known through other people's eyes, but it wasn't my piece of cake.
this is my first "long review" in a long time, but i needed to yap. i'm not rating it lower because the small town aspect was actually endearing.
if i had to describe this book with just one word, it would be underwhelming. i'm a firm believer that it wasn't for me, and that i had been 14 or 15 years old at the time of reading it, i would have enjoyed it. as an aware adult, there were some aspects that caught my attention while reading it, and not in a positive way.
it was a quick read and it was sometimes cute. the writing style was simple, which made the reading experience even quicker. however, the use of some rather exaggerated words to describe something simple, especially since all her work is based on using vocabulary that's easy to understand, bugged me. like, wdym you use descombobulated out of nowhere??? and although it was simple (partly), it also felt repetitive most of the time.
most chapters were fillers, focusing on bree's routine as she goes to work in the diner and meets new people in pelion. moreover, the moments that were supposed to be important, such as the love confession and the reunion, were ruined by smut. it's important to know when to stop, lmao. those filler chapters could have been used to complete their backstories.
as for the characters, bree was plain and annoyed me at most. yes, she had a deep backstory, and as a SA victim myself, i feel deep sympathy for her, but other than that, i felt annoyed, because she was the cliche character that constantly embarrasses herself (that was how she spent the first quarter of the book).
archer will always be my beloved, though. i'm sad i wasn't able to get to know his character through his own point of view, as it had been through bree's, his childhood and other people's testimonies that filled his story. maybe it was meant to be that way, the fact that archer is known through other people's eyes, but it wasn't my piece of cake.
this is my first "long review" in a long time, but i needed to yap. i'm not rating it lower because the small town aspect was actually endearing.