Where There's a Will

honestly, i just love all forms of epistolary writing so much. there's just something so intimate about a letter ...

this book was really fun and enjoyable to read, i'm really glad i picked it up. going through the tasks with hannah and learning more about her uncle donald through each letter at the end of each task was my absolute favorite part, i never wanted it to end.

i did have a couple hangups, and while i really loved the ending, there were a few parts before that that i really wish had been done differently, so the rating ended up being a little lower. also i had a few other nitpicks with the writing that weren't huge issues but did grate on me after some time (one being the use of exclamation points in internal monologue lol).

the sister character really bothered me. i understood why she was written, but her over-the-top nastiness and the fact that she consistently got away with it really annoyed me. there was absolutely nothing redeemable about her, and on top of that, hannah's interpretation of some of the shit she would say started to get SUPER obnoxious. she didn't call her out once??? why did she even speak to her sister ever? there was nothing decent in their relationship to make me believe that hannah would stay on speaking terms with her. i would have cut her out of my life lmfao

my other gripe is with the love interest. i feel bad saying this because i've definitely read worse and he wasn't so bad all the time, but. idk. i felt like every time i got a handle on alec's personality, it slipped away again. i couldn't get a beat on his character at all. he wasn't honest about his feelings once, we saw the TINIEST GLIMPSES w him playing the guitar or some expressions hannah saw him make, but like. up until the last task, i mean, it could've just been indigestion????? by the end i was like ... who even are you lol.

that all being said, the message of not allowing people's unkindness to be swept under the rug but to call it out and expose them and stand up for yourself is. very lovely!!!! be brave!!!! don't let people tell you shit!!!!! GO OFF LADIES