annagracegraph's review against another edition
5.0
reader era is back???
i picked this book up after hearing about it a couple times (hi mona) in the days leading up to finding it at the thrift store. it was fate, i thought. ironic that this is a reoccurring theme in the book itself.
i don’t usually read books this fast, but i just couldn’t let go of it. i needed a story like this so bad: something to make me giggle but also make me want to die (positive and negative connotation).
i sobbed through the last 20 pages and a few other times before that. i highlighted every line that made me feel something in a faint purple. maybe i’ll never reread it but the pages just had to know.
i wanna attach a transcribed journal entry from the day i started reading. i was 50ish pages in and already ranting to myself about fate.
“11ish pm. 6 jan.
I think one day I could believe in fate. but I hope I don’t. I hope I meet people who make me skeptic and fall in love so deeply that I really really almost believe it. I hope I love so much I know it’s not fate, it’s just love. I feel love. I feel so much and I will feel so much more but that’s in my hands and in my heart, not the universe’s.”
i picked this book up after hearing about it a couple times (hi mona) in the days leading up to finding it at the thrift store. it was fate, i thought. ironic that this is a reoccurring theme in the book itself.
i don’t usually read books this fast, but i just couldn’t let go of it. i needed a story like this so bad: something to make me giggle but also make me want to die (positive and negative connotation).
i sobbed through the last 20 pages and a few other times before that. i highlighted every line that made me feel something in a faint purple. maybe i’ll never reread it but the pages just had to know.
i wanna attach a transcribed journal entry from the day i started reading. i was 50ish pages in and already ranting to myself about fate.
“11ish pm. 6 jan.
I think one day I could believe in fate. but I hope I don’t. I hope I meet people who make me skeptic and fall in love so deeply that I really really almost believe it. I hope I love so much I know it’s not fate, it’s just love. I feel love. I feel so much and I will feel so much more but that’s in my hands and in my heart, not the universe’s.”
jaymeee's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
saffie95's review against another edition
4.0
I really liked this book! It was a good and intriguing story and it didn't end like I expected, which was a good thing. The only thing I liked less (and at the same time did like) was the little stories in between. I really liked the idea, and it was fun to have a little information on the background characters, but there were a little too many of the stories and they followed each other too closely which distracted from the actual story. Would definitely recommend this book though!
lexireed's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jkrahtjen's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
mollyiscool's review against another edition
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jesssssbest's review against another edition
5.0
oh my gosh.
oh.
my.
i have so many feelings, but i don't just LOVE this book, i'm not just OBSESSED with this book. i ADORE this book, everything about it. WOW. some of the [many] things i loved:
- the lack of the 'stoic, white, mysterious, muscled white teenage boy'
- NATASHA
- IRENE
- all of the little narratives about the background people that had a huge role in the story
- the coincidences
- the multiverse theory
- the AUTHOR
- the FREAKING ENDING
oh.
my.
i have so many feelings, but i don't just LOVE this book, i'm not just OBSESSED with this book. i ADORE this book, everything about it. WOW. some of the [many] things i loved:
- the lack of the 'stoic, white, mysterious, muscled white teenage boy'
- NATASHA
- IRENE
- all of the little narratives about the background people that had a huge role in the story
- the coincidences
- the multiverse theory
- the AUTHOR
- the FREAKING ENDING
madisonvancamp11's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
3.5