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The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, by Mariana Zapata

33 reviews

saj04's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

2.5

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ohlovehandles's review against another edition

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hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.25

I've honestly always liked slow burns once they're done right and this did it for me. It's not the best writing out there and definitely not the intense burn at the end that you yearn for when ending off a slow burn. But the way that I got so attached to where the two main characters would end up and how, had me in a serious chokehold. I could not put down this book for the life of me and honestly I regret nothing.

If you're not into slow burn I definitely would not recommend this because it is a long book that has a lot of repetitive inner dialogue, which can definitel annoy some people. But, if you were into Wattpad romances as a teen, it may seriously give you so much nostalgia of those days but with a lot more consistent writing.

All in all, I loved the ride this book took me on and I'd definitely re-read because I'm a sucker for love i know I'd never have :').

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paneblue's review against another edition

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hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

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mirandax's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

I picked this up because of a tweet I saw a few months ago. I can no longer remember why they loved it, and I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you - nothing about this stood out to me.

The inner monologue is exhausting. It's so repetitive and dull. Someone can sit down and we get two full paragraphs of it, someone yawns and we get full descriptions of each yawn. It's so disruptive to the flow of conversations, and it's hard to ever really enjoy any of the banter because of it.

There was also a lot of telling and never any showing, and it got worse as the story progressed. I struggled to believe the emotions we were told Vanessa was feeling because I never saw any proof of it.
ex. she kept telling us how much she loved her brother, but the only interaction she had with him was an extremely short scene halfway through and then he was never mentioned again except in (very brief) passing. This happened so many times.

By the time our protagonist realised her love I honestly didn't really believe it. Sure, it lined up with some of the things she'd been /telling/ us, but there were rarely any scenes that showed their chemistry.

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And also the way she went from "he could never love me, but I'm resigned to my love being unrequited" to "I know he loves me" when /nothing/ in his behaviour had changed between those two points and she'd needed verbal affirmation throughout the entire story made no sense to me and irked me more than it should.

There was also no real challenge for the couple to overcome together, no real breaking point. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, just another thing that made the book fall flat to me.

Past the 80% mark I was able to enjoy the story a bit more, and it got cute for that last stretch, but I was honestly so exhausted by the constant stream of inconsequential internal monologue I didn't have it in me to care properly.

I almost want to rate it lower than 2 stars, but it makes me feel mean lol.

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