sandyrabanana's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Dementia, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Cancer
fwrights's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
quiettalker's review against another edition
4.0
Like The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants without the pants, magic, or travelling.
I hope she writes more about these characters!
I hope she writes more about these characters!
humansreading's review against another edition
2.0
From the very beginning we get a myriad of characters’ POV. It is a bit off putting, making it harder to connect with/ invest in any of the characters. If we had one character per chapter for example that would be much better however having several character POV for EACH chapter was a bit much. Also the story is very very slow to start. We start off with an incident at the beach and that conversation takes up the majority of the first section of the book. Finally, I think if you skipped some chapters (I ended up doing this), you’d still get a gist of what’s happening in the story while not missing anything important. Therefore, 400 plus pages wasn’t at all necessary IMO. I really wanted to love this book and I’m sure some other readers will get something meaningful from it, but I just couldn’t get into it. Amazing cover though
calamitywindpetal's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia, Cancer, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Blood
audreyapproved's review against another edition
2.0
Read around the world project - The Bahamas
2.5 stars. I totally get the comparison to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. This centers around four teenage girls living next to a local beach slated for commercialization in present-day Bahamas, covering a range of coming-of-age conflicts. I have to echo other reviewers and agree that all te voices tended to blend together, to the point that I was still double checking section headings 80% in to figure out who was talking. The pacing also swings between slow and fast, and felt very uneven across the book's 400 pages.
2.5 stars. I totally get the comparison to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. This centers around four teenage girls living next to a local beach slated for commercialization in present-day Bahamas, covering a range of coming-of-age conflicts. I have to echo other reviewers and agree that all te voices tended to blend together, to the point that I was still double checking section headings 80% in to figure out who was talking. The pacing also swings between slow and fast, and felt very uneven across the book's 400 pages.
half_bloodreader's review against another edition
DNF - 34%
Multiple pov (4 childhood girl friends)
Set in the Bahamas, deals with the negative impact of tourism development on local communities. Supposedly.
Multiple pov (4 childhood girl friends)
Set in the Bahamas, deals with the negative impact of tourism development on local communities. Supposedly.
Slow start. I struggled keeping track of who was who, initially. There's too many characters introduced all at once.
At 34%, most of the characters are still unbothered over the hotel development taking over the beach. Eve is concerned about it and the church's future, since it is set on the beach, but she's also worried after her father's cancer. And I'm not going to judge her mind for jumping from worry to worry, while also wishing her family would be less dependant on her alone.
At 34%, most of the characters are still unbothered over the hotel development taking over the beach. Eve is concerned about it and the church's future, since it is set on the beach, but she's also worried after her father's cancer. And I'm not going to judge her mind for jumping from worry to worry, while also wishing her family would be less dependant on her alone.
Nia, Faith and Toons were getting on my nerves! Toons is KeeKee's brother for whom everyone seems to have a crush, or be in love with despite having a girlfriend. Ugh 🙄 They are all acting like fools, and making wrong choices I'm not interested in following.
I was led to believe that the critism on tourism taking precedence over the citizens would be central. And that's not what I'm getting, I'm just getting "I'm thrilled an adult man is noticing me" and other things I didn't sign up for, so I'm out. Minors being happy with inappropriate adult attention trigger me so no
frederikfaultier's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75