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hk87829's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
audreyjginay's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book. Adelaide is a great character because she seems human, a real person with both good and bad qualities. As a reader I didn't always like her, but that's okay because what teenager is perfectly likable all the time? This book flips the script by painting one-dimensional male characters that Adelaide only sees through her flawed gaze, much like how the majority of women in literature have been treated throughout history. However, Adelaide ends up learning that you shouldn't confine people to your own fallible perception of who they are, providing great topics for discussion.
Would I recommend this book for being taught in a classroom setting? Yes- there could be a lot of valuable discussion on characterization and what it represents in our society.
Content warnings:
Drugs - A character deals with drug addiction
Sex - teenage sexual encounters occur briefly
Language - minimal, if any
Violence - none
Would I recommend this book for being taught in a classroom setting? Yes- there could be a lot of valuable discussion on characterization and what it represents in our society.
Content warnings:
Drugs - A character deals with drug addiction
Sex - teenage sexual encounters occur briefly
Language - minimal, if any
Violence - none
loveliaslibrary's review
4.0
✨ 3 and a half stars! ✨
SO much better than genuine fraud and we were liars omg, i wasn't too sold on this at first but somewhere along the line the characters and the story became really engaging and kept me reading. i really didn't love how we are constantly told that adelaide's persona is "shiny" but we are never actually shown that, she didn't seem very charming to me at all, but i guess that's just a small little problem considering the state she's in for most of the book.
SO much better than genuine fraud and we were liars omg, i wasn't too sold on this at first but somewhere along the line the characters and the story became really engaging and kept me reading. i really didn't love how we are constantly told that adelaide's persona is "shiny" but we are never actually shown that, she didn't seem very charming to me at all, but i guess that's just a small little problem considering the state she's in for most of the book.
emleemay's review against another edition
4.0
4 1/2 stars. Now, this is the sort of YA contemporary I love: wistful, bittersweet, and sad, but hopeful too.
[b:Again Again|52305282|Again Again|E. Lockhart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575386974l/52305282._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73033874] is actually quite different to anything Lockhart has written before. I was a big fan of her earlier fun "chick-lit" stuff and never really got on board with her dabbles in the mystery/thriller genre, but while this one is definitely more suited to my tastes, I would say it is not much like her recent thrillers OR her older fluffy books. It's a book about love and loving, but it is not, in my opinion, a romance.
At the start of the book, we meet Adelaide as she struggles in the aftermath of a devastating break-up, as she tries to juggle her feelings about her brother and his opioid addiction, as she falls in love, maybe, possibly, with someone new. Alongside the main plot, we also see Adelaide's story play out in different universes, in snippets of what might have happened, what could have happened, what never did, if she had made other choices. I was unsure about this at first, but I really grew to love it as the story progressed.
There is something about the multiverse theory, especially when applied to love and relationships that might have happened or never did happen, that makes me quite inexplicably sad. I think Lockhart taps into that here. There's a lot going on here for such a short book (304 pages and that's including many pages of texts); a lot of food for thought.
The author sensitively portrays grief-- though not the kind that follows a death, as we most often see in YA --and the effects of addiction on the families of the addict. Emotions are complex in this book, just as they are in real life, and Adelaide battles with complicated feelings of love, fear and anger following her brother's relapse. Which emotion wins out? Well, that depends on what universe you live in.
In the end, [b:Again Again|52305282|Again Again|E. Lockhart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575386974l/52305282._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73033874] shows there's good and bad, happiness and sorrow, wins and losses in every universe. For every chance you didn't take, there's another one you did. It's about accepting the good with the bad. I thought it was all quite beautiful.
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[b:Again Again|52305282|Again Again|E. Lockhart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575386974l/52305282._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73033874] is actually quite different to anything Lockhart has written before. I was a big fan of her earlier fun "chick-lit" stuff and never really got on board with her dabbles in the mystery/thriller genre, but while this one is definitely more suited to my tastes, I would say it is not much like her recent thrillers OR her older fluffy books. It's a book about love and loving, but it is not, in my opinion, a romance.
At the start of the book, we meet Adelaide as she struggles in the aftermath of a devastating break-up, as she tries to juggle her feelings about her brother and his opioid addiction, as she falls in love, maybe, possibly, with someone new. Alongside the main plot, we also see Adelaide's story play out in different universes, in snippets of what might have happened, what could have happened, what never did, if she had made other choices. I was unsure about this at first, but I really grew to love it as the story progressed.
There is something about the multiverse theory, especially when applied to love and relationships that might have happened or never did happen, that makes me quite inexplicably sad. I think Lockhart taps into that here. There's a lot going on here for such a short book (304 pages and that's including many pages of texts); a lot of food for thought.
The author sensitively portrays grief-- though not the kind that follows a death, as we most often see in YA --and the effects of addiction on the families of the addict. Emotions are complex in this book, just as they are in real life, and Adelaide battles with complicated feelings of love, fear and anger following her brother's relapse. Which emotion wins out? Well, that depends on what universe you live in.
In the end, [b:Again Again|52305282|Again Again|E. Lockhart|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1575386974l/52305282._SX50_SY75_.jpg|73033874] shows there's good and bad, happiness and sorrow, wins and losses in every universe. For every chance you didn't take, there's another one you did. It's about accepting the good with the bad. I thought it was all quite beautiful.
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bhands's review against another edition
3.0
I was interested in the concept of this book more than the actual story... I liked the first half and the end fell somewhat flat for me 3.5/5
kmackenzie14's review against another edition
3.0
Really interesting concept. Sweet, simple, and silly but also did not hit the mark for me. I feel like there was so much potential, but it fell short in my opinion.
stacemiddleton's review against another edition
I had such high expectations after enjoying we were liars so much but this was terrible! Overdramatic teenage nonsense. I'm so glad Lockhart's work has improved because I couldn't get through this and have to DNF it