Scan barcode
A review by eliza_k
Can't Say It Went to Plan by Gabrielle Tozer
3.0
Thank you to Edelweiss and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Zoe, Samira and Dahlia are all ready to forget school and go on a nice vacation with their respective friends. However, things don't exactly go as they expected them to and throughout the week they have to navigate many issues including romance, being dumped by their friends and college rejections. However, they're able to make new friends and new experiences throughout the week that, while not what they were looking forward to, still made their time on vacation memorable and fun.
I apologize for my sub-par summary writing
Can't Say It Went to Plan started off really slowly and rather confusingly as well. I didn't exactly know what was going on in it because it just dropped me into the story in each of the character's first chapters with no explanation about what's going on whatsoever. It also started right off the bat but was somehow really slow at the same time. The first few chapters after the first chapter were just the characters arriving at their different places to stay which wasn't that interesting and I found it rather repetitive given that there was a chapter from each of them for just settling in.
I was really nervous that the entire book would more or less just be the characters doing the same thing with different friend groups, but after the first few chapters, things really got going and I enjoyed seeing where each of their stories went. I liked how their paths crossed a few different times but I think I would have enjoyed it more if they actually all got to know each other and became friends. I feel like there was a lot of potential for this at times but it kept not happening.
I think one of my favorite parts about the entire story was
Overall, this was actually a very enjoyable book and I would recommend it to people.
Zoe, Samira and Dahlia are all ready to forget school and go on a nice vacation with their respective friends. However, things don't exactly go as they expected them to and throughout the week they have to navigate many issues including romance, being dumped by their friends and college rejections. However, they're able to make new friends and new experiences throughout the week that, while not what they were looking forward to, still made their time on vacation memorable and fun.
I apologize for my sub-par summary writing
Can't Say It Went to Plan started off really slowly and rather confusingly as well. I didn't exactly know what was going on in it because it just dropped me into the story in each of the character's first chapters with no explanation about what's going on whatsoever. It also started right off the bat but was somehow really slow at the same time. The first few chapters after the first chapter were just the characters arriving at their different places to stay which wasn't that interesting and I found it rather repetitive given that there was a chapter from each of them for just settling in.
I was really nervous that the entire book would more or less just be the characters doing the same thing with different friend groups, but after the first few chapters, things really got going and I enjoyed seeing where each of their stories went. I liked how their paths crossed a few different times but I think I would have enjoyed it more if they actually all got to know each other and became friends. I feel like there was a lot of potential for this at times but it kept not happening.
I think one of my favorite parts about the entire story was
Spoiler
when Zoe's sister showed up and they actually got to know each other better. Zoe had a lot of opinions about her sister, not all of which were good, and it was cool to see them actually begin to bond and get some time away from their parents together.Overall, this was actually a very enjoyable book and I would recommend it to people.