Reviews

Cobble Hill by Cecily Von Ziegesar

kharcourt's review

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

nicki_j's review

4.0

Entertaining weirdos.

I wouldn’t recommend if you are looking for a Gossip Girl redux but this book is great if you like slightly weird people interacting and overlapping.

shayahc's review

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

2.5

agirlnameddante's review

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.25

malsnyc's review

3.0

Truthfully give it a 3.5. During the first 100 pages, it was moving really quickly and I was intrigued, but by the end it felt kind of slow and like the story didn’t come together.

ochoheido's review

Didn’t know where it was going and didn’t care.

jessmanners's review against another edition

2.0

I generally like books with this structure--where the disparate pieces slowly converge, but...ugh, I dunno. There were moments that were kind of funny, and there were moments when I liked some of the characters, but for the most part, they're all sort of terrible, and not in a fun I-hate-these-people-so-much way, just in an, ugh-why-are-they-so-selfish-and-boring way...which also meant that any of their interpersonal drama felt very...benign and banal. Which, coward that I am, was sort of fine--even with the dramatic

Spoiler

fire

at the end, it just felt...fine. Like, this will all work out, and even if it doesn't, I don't care about them, and they don't seem to care about each other, and even when things catch up to characters, everyone seems to do some immediate combination of forgiving and forgetting, so the consequences feel...inconsequential.

slotz's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ebrand's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

alli_always_reads's review

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0