beabarcelos's review against another edition
5.0
When I was a kid, I was terrified of black holes. I'd watched a documentary about the end of the world and Earth getting sucked into one was one of the possibilities. This hunted my imagination as a child and stayed with me all this time. I remember even drawing a black hole once, trying to elaborate the fear and transform it into something less tragic. After reading this book, I'm little less scared and it also made realize that there was something more to this fear of mine, that it wasn't simply about black holes. Once again, I feel like Emily Henry wrote a book to me. Once again, her writing breaks my heart takes my breath away, making me need to stop and take a moment before continuing reading, while also making me have so much fun. Once again, I leave her story feeling a little less lonely and little more understood and I will be forever grateful for that.
luckybydesign's review against another edition
5.0
Emily Henry consistently writes some of my favourite YA books, full of magic and the supernatural but also friendship and family and love. I can’t wait to recommend this one to my students. They’re going to love it.
ratcousin's review against another edition
Had a bit of a false start, I'll probably try it again soon.
goldenholdencervone's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
cass_lit's review
4.5
I can honestly say that I didn’t expect to love this as much as I did. I’ve read Henry’s adult romance but this was my first of her earlier works — and I got the same feelings from this as I did from those! YA hasn’t been as easy for me lately, but these characters felt so real and genuine. I wanted to protect them, but I was also happy to sit back and watch them figure the hard stuff out on their own (but with each other!). There was so much good content on family and friendship and grief and growing pains. Plus, being from Ohio, I loved the setting!
I had a little trouble telling 3 of the 6 apart from each other in the beginning, but by the end they all felt much more fleshed out. Officially prepared to read all of Henry’s backlog now.
I had a little trouble telling 3 of the 6 apart from each other in the beginning, but by the end they all felt much more fleshed out. Officially prepared to read all of Henry’s backlog now.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Grief
katesbooknook's review against another edition
2.0
Sci-fi isn’t my normal genre, but I’d thought I’d give it a go. I was set to give this 3 stars until the ending because it was all decently entertaining and I was intrigued to figure out what was going on. BUT I’m not convinced the ending made any sense
msellisatgodinez's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
crystal98632's review against another edition
5.0
Emily Henry is that Bish. This is not her usual fare, but excellent nonetheless. It has lush levels. This will definitely land in my top five of twenty twenty-two...
toystory242's review against another edition
4.0
When I started this book I thought that it had the potential to be a new favorite--I really, really loved the first 60 or so pages. But while I still really enjoyed this book (I'm giving it 4 stars, after all), the rest of it just didn't live up to the first bit. I think I just wanted MORE to be done. I especially wanted more character moments, because these characters were SO spectacular. This group of characters is 100% why my rating is so high. Honestly, I think I would have preferred if the supernatural element had taken a bit of a back seat to just these characters just having conversations, because they were so likable and funny. The beginning of the book was like that, but then it shifted to be more sci-fi.
I just wanted more of them interacting to really FEEL their connection. Because I already DID feel that connection, I just think I would have enjoyed it going that extra little bit to help me to really remember this friend group for a long time after I finished the book. Am I making sense? Like, Franny and Remy have kinda a thing going on, but I didn't feel it to the extent that I could have. Same, I felt like, with Arthur and Nick.
Anyway, I still really enjoyed this, and I'm definitely interested in checking out Emily Henry's other books!
Here's a kinda random quote from the book I also really liked!
"...there was a pining feeling low in my stomach, like I got when Remy said I love you, like I was already missing this moment even as it was happening."
I just wanted more of them interacting to really FEEL their connection. Because I already DID feel that connection, I just think I would have enjoyed it going that extra little bit to help me to really remember this friend group for a long time after I finished the book. Am I making sense? Like, Franny and Remy have kinda a thing going on, but I didn't feel it to the extent that I could have. Same, I felt like, with Arthur and Nick.
Anyway, I still really enjoyed this, and I'm definitely interested in checking out Emily Henry's other books!
Here's a kinda random quote from the book I also really liked!
"...there was a pining feeling low in my stomach, like I got when Remy said I love you, like I was already missing this moment even as it was happening."