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Hopeless by Elsie Silver

smsitch's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

ashleighh21_'s review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-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? Yes

2.75

i put this off for so long cause i just had a feeling it would be bad and i was right. it was okay at first but then it just kept going downhill. the bath scene was quite weird, way too much way too soon. the conflict was so unbelievably dumb. i skimmed the last like 15%. maybe it just wasn’t for me??? i just didn’t care all that much about the characters. both beau and bailey annoyed me quite often 

elisa13's review against another edition

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4.0

Arrivata all’ultimo capitolo di questa serie, non mi sorprende di rimanere un po’ emozionata. Dopo 5 libri e diversi personaggi, con le loro relative storie, sarebbe difficile l’inverso.
Per quanto sia Beau che Bailey siano due personaggi che è difficile non amare, rimangono però a un posto molto più basso rispetto ad altri.
Beau è l’ex soldato che deve avere tutto sotto controllo, con diversi problemi, tra cui un DPTS. L’autrice ha trattato magistralmente questo disturbo, senza farlo risultare troppo pesante, ne entrando in merito clinico, spiegandolo semplicemente attraverso azioni e reazioni dei personaggi. È il classico golden boy che da tante cose per scontate, a cui tutto è permesso e tutto è perdonato.
Bailey è la ragazza che è cresciuta nelle difficoltà e che ha dovuto tirarsi fuori dai problemi da sola, che ha sempre dovuto contare su se stessa e sulle sue forze. Ha voglia di evadere e di crearsi una vita tutto nuova, un muovo inizio dove nessuno la conosce o la metta in causa per il suo nome.
Sono die personaggi quasi speculari: lui intrappolato nelle aspettative della sua famiglia e di un’immagine che si è costruito nel tempo, lei strangolata da una realtà che la castiga per errori non suoi; lui con molta esperienza, lei ingenua e fresca; lui chiuso ermeticamente, lei una sfilza di domande e frasi inopportune nei momenti più disparati.
La loro storia mi ha portata attraverso situazioni comiche e serie, in un crescendo di emozioni che non mi ha permesso di captare prima il tourning point, il pinto in cui tutto sarebbe inevitabilmente crollato. E quando è arrivato ho compreso profondamente il cambio, il tradimento percepito dalla protagonista. Ho apprezzato la maniera in cui i due hanno sviluppato il loro rapporto, nel reciproco rispetto dei propri tempi; con la leggerezza dell’età di lei e della sua discutibile curiosità, e con l’incrollabile sicurezza di lui.
Lo stille di scrittura della Silver si conferma essere la mia nuova addiction. Scorrevole, frizzante, semplice e coinvolgente. Non vedo l’ora di catapultarmi in una delle sue prossime serie e di innamorarmi nuovamente dei suoi personaggi.

hayleysdean21's review against another edition

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

3.0

I didn’t dislike it but if I was to actually analyse their relationship it’s a tad toxic. It makes you feel like in about five years time she will suddenly feel trapped by how overbearing he is and want out, whereas all the other couples felt like I could imagine them in the long term. 

gms0407's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

siobhangrace14's review against another edition

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

4.0

nicolanayler's review against another edition

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2.0

DNF @ 28% couldn't get my head around the age gap, virgin storyline. Creeped me out before it even began

lkenbooks's review against another edition

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3.75

3.8⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ but I’ll round it up to 4! I really enjoyed this book but it wasn’t my favorite out the 5. Was mostly annoyed that Beau wouldn’t stop talking about their age gap. It was never an issue but when he kept talking about like some taboo predatory thing…it because weird. If that was here I definitely would have give the book a 4.5.

The romance was great! Not as much as the others but this one touched a some more sensitive topics than the other 4. The build up and slow burn was EVERYTHING tho. Made the wait definitely worth it. Which says a lot because I’m not a big fan of slow burn.

madisonleb's review against another edition

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3.0

really cute ending to the Eaton clans stories! I liked how this one was a slower burn, with them building a pretty strong friendship during their fake engagement. 

SYNOPSIS:

Beau Eaton is a different person since coming back from being lost in Afghanistan during a special-ops mission. He’s withdrawn, jumpy, and overall a broody asshole now instead of the happy-go-lucky funny guy he used to be. One night when he’s drinking himself silly to help him sleep, Bailey sets him straight. The bartender at the local place, and the youngest Jansen. Her family is knows for being shit stirrers and criminals, but she’s just trying to make an honest living, which is hard when the whole town discriminates against her because of her last name. But Beau never has. He’s always seen her as the sweet and shy one, nothing like her family. They form a sort of friendship, and eventually they strike a deal. He wants her help in getting his family off his back about what he’s up to & she needs help with her reputation, wanting to get a second job but nobody will hire a Jansen. They become fake engaged to help both problems. Issue is, that they both begin to develop stronger feelings for the other as time goes on. It doesn’t feel as fake anymore to either of them. They finally come clean and agree to try going out for real. They keep up the engaged pretense, and Beau is for real with telling her he eventually will marry her. When the secret comes out that Beau is the owner of the bar she works at, she feels he’s lied and pitied her this whole time. It takes some time but eventually they come back together and Beau moves out of Chestnut Springs with her. They move to the city where they both get fresh starts, together.

emstercastillo's review against another edition

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3.5

Beau really gave me the ick.