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Dnf @ 76%
though i enjoyed this more than the last one, but it was..just too fucking long. like it wouldn't stop, it wouldn't fucking end. i don't understand why the author has dragged on both books for this long, even though this one was shorter than the last but like, for god's sake, just end already.
I feel like this book had a side that could have been explored more with how the captain of the basketball team was half black. like there was so much potential about his need to prove himself instead of the fact he is a homebody. can anyone with sport knowledge confirm if this really affects the performance? like i don't know, given how the author who wrote this is white, maybe she was afraid of exploring that side but it would have been interesting to see it like that instead of simple doubts about him not being a social butterfly hence not a good enough captain.
anyway i no longer care about the third act conflict and i could care less about how they will resolve it
I will not be rating this because 1. I can not know what to rate this book b. I wanted to read a book for personal enjoyment instead of obsessing over the rating I'd give.
This is technically my second book by the author, as I had dnf'ed a man called ove. This took me a bit by surprise and inserted me into the story. I laughed, well, didn't exactly cry, but my heart broke so many times for some of the characters while I wanted to kill others.
not going to lie, i was aiming for 4/5 stars up until i found out the real reason simon was killed (OR, spoiler alert, killed himself to get back at bunch of other kids who didnt include him in). I was rooting for either of them to be the murdere but i was really disappointed.
3.5/5
There are a few problematic issues such as Rose being 17 and Dimitri being 24, the age gap is awful but understandable in the sense that when this book came out, there were hundreds of other books coming out with similar age gaps. However, Rose's hypocrisy was astonishing that she made fun of Mia dating Aaron while she could possibly be a child of eleven years. The comment she made about Aaron being a pedophile(?).
Other than that, regarding the story itself, i liked it but there wasnt much vampire-y stuff like biting, fangs, blood, etc. there were moments i forgot i was reading a book about vampires.
Overall, not bad.
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