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A review by bookishspy
Older by Jennifer Hartmann
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
4.0
I went in blind and fell in love. Wow.
I can't explain how much I went on this ride with the characters themselves. It just vibed with me, I can't explain exactly how but it did
The trauma and responses felt so real. The reaction when Reed confronted her father was absolutely shocking. I have to say I was blown away at that point. I think I highlighted a good majority of this book too 🥹
But the way their relationship continued to be so forbidden did start to grate on my nerves a bit after a while, though. It felt too long, and I started skimming a little at times towards the end.
For me, the reasons this is not 5 star were the length, the conclusion, and the epilogue. Firstly, the conclusion took entirely too long to get to. Like at that point, I just couldn't justify their separation. I'm sorry but I couldn't. It seemed idiotic for them to still be apart even with the opinions of the daughter supposedly stopping them.
And then the epilogue just came out of nowhere after it finally concluded? And it was everything I hate about epilogues. Like why do they always have to just jump to everything being happy family blah blah like that, ugh?!
Overall, though, this was my first introduction to this authors writing, and I just loved it. I will now be looking into every other book this author has ever written. I would definitely recommend this
➛ 𝟒 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬
I can't explain how much I went on this ride with the characters themselves. It just vibed with me, I can't explain exactly how but it did
The trauma and responses felt so real. The reaction when Reed confronted her father was absolutely shocking. I have to say I was blown away at that point. I think I highlighted a good majority of this book too 🥹
But the way their relationship continued to be so forbidden did start to grate on my nerves a bit after a while, though. It felt too long, and I started skimming a little at times towards the end.
For me, the reasons this is not 5 star were the length, the conclusion, and the epilogue. Firstly, the conclusion took entirely too long to get to. Like at that point, I just couldn't justify their separation. I'm sorry but I couldn't. It seemed idiotic for them to still be apart even with the opinions of the daughter supposedly stopping them.
And then the epilogue just came out of nowhere after it finally concluded? And it was everything I hate about epilogues. Like why do they always have to just jump to everything being happy family blah blah like that, ugh?!
Overall, though, this was my first introduction to this authors writing, and I just loved it. I will now be looking into every other book this author has ever written. I would definitely recommend this
➛ 𝟒 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬