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Tú, siempre, todavía by Justin A. Reynolds

24 reviews

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Oh my goodness! I'm so happy I finally got around to reading this book. The friendship, the romance, the banter, the importance of family all in one book. Chef's kiss! It was so sweet! I loved almost every minute of it. The representation in this book was phenomenal. Of course, whil the book wasn't 100% perfect for me I'd stil definitely recommend this book to anyone. Oh my goodness this book will have you feeling all the feels.

But it sucks because this could've definitely become a comfort read for me if it weren't for the "3rd act breakup"

the betrayal that Jack commits again Francisco is callous. He literally goes on to date his best friend's girlfriend. I just found it to be so out of character for him. He knows how much Franny has struggled in life and the one person he though he could count on shatters his heart. I also don't like how easily Franny forgives Jack the first he screws up when he goes behind his back to "negotiate" with his dad. And also I don't like how Jillian liking Jack the whole time while she's dating Franny isn't addressed. Like she didn't even stop Jack when he kissed her. It made me look at their relationship differently and like Jillian a little less. She should be honest with Franny with her feelings because given what Franny has gone through he deserves someone that's willing to give him 100%.

I would lowkey like a sequel where we get Franny's story. I really liked his character.

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ludmireads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Giving this book 4 stars because I think this is what I’d rate it when I was 17 (a. k. a. when I was the target audience).
I didn’t enjoy this book as much now.

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sweetsxrrxw's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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

so uh i really don't know where to start. i can't say i didn't like this book because that wouldn't be true. and, even if i really liked it and i am currently reading its webtoon i'm not sure how to describe the way i feel about it.

like, i don't think i actually have any negative things to say. i can understand how kate and jack's relationship has not appealed some people, as it was a bit rushed and he catched real feelings after a night of talking. but i have to say that i am a sucker for romantic cute shit so yeah i absolutely tabbed many quotes throughout the book which made me feel so <333
i know some people did not like jack's friends and i can understand why they did dislike jillian... but franny? i think he owns a piece of my heart, he is such a softie who deserves a better dad tbh.

it was frustrating how jack couldn't fix everything all at once and everytime he thought something was fixed, something else would happen to mess up everything.

i'm glad that everything ended up being okay and that, at the end, he could make ammends with his friends cause i would have been very mad if he didn't

oh! i also think that something very cute at the ending was

when jack said that, instead of becoming a writer, he wanted to focus on science to cure diseases

so it may not be your favorite book ever but i believe it's pretty entertaining and that you could definitely give it a shot, x

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grizzlysnack's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

The good things about this book:

the concept
Jack's support system

The bad things about this book:

the execution of concept
characters
character interactions & dialogue

This book is very forgettable, to be honest. If I didn't write out the different scenes for this review and journal entries I probably wouldn't be able to tell you anything significant from the plot

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nila's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

Time travel in romance stories is one of my least favorite tropes. I never like how it changes the power dynamics and and how one of the characters get complete control over the other, reliving the tile period with knowledge about the second person, which they don't even remember sharing. But Reynolds managed to avoid that trap, and the book was instead a sweet, funny and sad story about friendship, found family and all kinds of love.

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annie_arya's review against another edition

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funny relaxing fast-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

3.0

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librariancollections's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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mia_brant's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-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

4.25

This book was so sweet and beautiful. Jack is such a lovable character. Seeing his growth and development allows readers to empathize with him throughout the novel. Every character was written with care and fully-fleshed. I felt like the ending was a bit abrupt, but overall I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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michleea's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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cheye13's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

This is very well written, but I didn't like it as much as I'd wanted to. I'm not sure this is marketed quite right, since the emphasis is on the "groundhog day" trope and I don't think that trope is done well here. It's a new take on the trope, but I'm not sure the take adds anything necessarily worthwhile to the use of the trope itself. And there is acknowledgement of this within the text that feels like a cheap copout that I'd rather have been left out.

This also reads very young. The height of emotion and sense of stakes only works because this is a teenager's perspective, and even then it still strains belief. Ultimately I'm glad this book was published, but it's most definitely not for me.

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