sofia_bookishwanderess's reviews
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At the begining I felt dissapointed because I had heard so many wonderful things about this book and I just wasn't connecting with it at all, I think this was in big part because of the slow pace. But then it got better and I started to get into the story. By the time I got to the last 30 pages I was crying uncontrollably.

It was a beautiful and heartbreaking story. My favorite thing about it were the amazing and lovable characters.

This is a really good book, I think that I relate to the idea of having to learn to do things on your own without being dependant of someone else.

The thing I liked about this book was the mix between the story about the hollywood world and the hospital story. Both parts seem to follow the reality very faithfully, you could feel the lily's sorrow and hopelessness when everything in her life falls apart but also you could laugh when you read the flashbacks of her and her mom in the hollywood world.

Actually I really liked Daisy, by the diaries and the memories of her you could tell she was so funny and she was one of those people that everybody likes. Also, I liked the idea that Lily had the chance to know her mother better through the diaries.

Auntie D was really cool too and I really like the stories when two characters have been friends their whole lives like Daisy and Donna. Also, I liked Robbie and I was sad of how things ended with him, but I also understand that it was a hard situation. Something else that I was sad about was David, it was a shame that he end up mad at her, but I guess that in life not everything works out the way one hopes. Then the characters that I hated Jamie and Nasty Natty, I can´t believe he used her like that but the problem about Jamie is that Lily couldn´t get rid of him.

In general, this book really awakes so many emotions from the reader. I cried reading one of the final parts but i also laugh out loud during some of the flashbacks to the relationship between Lily and Daisy. I think that this is a book with the perfect mix between heartbreak, laughter and hope.

Thank you so much to Alison for giving me her book, it was one of the best presents I ever got.

]it's more like 3.5

I really love this author writing style, so far I have loved all her books and this was no exception. I loved that it had a really cool plot because it's kind of unique, but I think there was something missing in terms of the main characters relationship. Still really really liked it.

It took me some time to read this book. It has a beautiful writing style, but it makes it hard to get into the book. This book is great mainly because it describes the general feeling of a moment in history so accurately through its characters and their stories. Even if those characters were not at all likeable, at least to me.

This book was so good, at the beginning I thought it was ok, and that maybe because I had heard so many good things about it, my expectations were too high. But NO! After I reached certain point in this book, I was either crying or laughing... this book gives you so much feels!!