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A Thousand Broken Pieces by Tillie Cole
3.0
Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review of A Thousand Broken Pieces.
First, there was Poppy and Rune. A Thousand Boy Kisses absolutely tore me to shreds!!! Honestly, I didn’t think much about those who Poppy left behind, other than Rune. Tillie Cole decided we needed to be thrown off the deep end into the darkness that Savannah was drowning in after her older sister’s passing. Every scene involving Poppy in this book had me SOBBING! Each journal entry and retelling of her life and legacy, I was a tear filled mess!
Recounting her cancer battle and subsequent death, how it affected her close knit family and set her loved ones on a path of distress and grief the was just so beautifully written. Cole’s words came from such an authentic place of pain and heartbreak.
Where this book didn’t hit the mark for me was that initial feeling of a forced connection between the two MCs. Tied to one another through a trauma bond, it felt as though if they’d met in any other situation, they likely wouldn’t have even glanced each other’s way. The connection just didn’t feel genuine at first. Over time I came to accept their fate, but it was hard to get to that place organically.
The world travel and adventures through differing cultures were my favorite part of this book. I loved getting to see the characters experience love, life and death from different perspectives across the globe. The author did a phenomenal job with representing each site they explored and finding personal, emotional connections for all of the characters at each stop. The timeline was a little unclear and at times I didn’t know how long the trip truly was.
A Thousand Broken Pieces was entirely too long. So much self reflection and repetition of feelings and emotions. SO MUCH KISSING and cheesy mushiness (I get it, it’s YA). For me, the story would have held more depth and meaning if it didn’t contain so much added filler of redundant inner dialogue. At times I wanted to roll my eyes at the superfluous chatter coming from Savannah’s inner thoughts. Her chapters were much less appealing than Cael’s as the book dragged on.
The end of the book broke me in both the best and the worst ways. Reliving the loss of Rune but also seeing how far Sav and Cael had come in their relationship and their lives was bittersweet! I was truly happy for this couple and their HEA! I loved that the author stuck to the course and let them each have their dreams fulfilled, in spite of each other. So many times we see dreams compromised for one or the other person, but not here!
This was a solid 3.5 star read for me.
First, there was Poppy and Rune. A Thousand Boy Kisses absolutely tore me to shreds!!! Honestly, I didn’t think much about those who Poppy left behind, other than Rune. Tillie Cole decided we needed to be thrown off the deep end into the darkness that Savannah was drowning in after her older sister’s passing. Every scene involving Poppy in this book had me SOBBING! Each journal entry and retelling of her life and legacy, I was a tear filled mess!
Recounting her cancer battle and subsequent death, how it affected her close knit family and set her loved ones on a path of distress and grief the was just so beautifully written. Cole’s words came from such an authentic place of pain and heartbreak.
Where this book didn’t hit the mark for me was that initial feeling of a forced connection between the two MCs. Tied to one another through a trauma bond, it felt as though if they’d met in any other situation, they likely wouldn’t have even glanced each other’s way. The connection just didn’t feel genuine at first. Over time I came to accept their fate, but it was hard to get to that place organically.
The world travel and adventures through differing cultures were my favorite part of this book. I loved getting to see the characters experience love, life and death from different perspectives across the globe. The author did a phenomenal job with representing each site they explored and finding personal, emotional connections for all of the characters at each stop. The timeline was a little unclear and at times I didn’t know how long the trip truly was.
A Thousand Broken Pieces was entirely too long. So much self reflection and repetition of feelings and emotions. SO MUCH KISSING and cheesy mushiness (I get it, it’s YA). For me, the story would have held more depth and meaning if it didn’t contain so much added filler of redundant inner dialogue. At times I wanted to roll my eyes at the superfluous chatter coming from Savannah’s inner thoughts. Her chapters were much less appealing than Cael’s as the book dragged on.
The end of the book broke me in both the best and the worst ways. Reliving the loss of Rune but also seeing how far Sav and Cael had come in their relationship and their lives was bittersweet! I was truly happy for this couple and their HEA! I loved that the author stuck to the course and let them each have their dreams fulfilled, in spite of each other. So many times we see dreams compromised for one or the other person, but not here!
This was a solid 3.5 star read for me.