sstansell's review
1.0
Terrible.
Spoiler
The dog dies after the cousins fuck. What a waste.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
tossied's review
emotional
sad
medium-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
vierenveertig's review
1.0
Als het intro van de achterflap pas verder gaat op pagina 267, dan weet je dat er iets mis is met een boek.
book_dancing_ani's review
5.0
http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=This_Is_How_It_Ends_by_Kathleen_MacMahon
bookswithtess's review
3.0
3.5 stars. This book didn't connect with me emosionally as I'd hoped.
It felt like just yet another "love enters life, life ends" kind of story. It didn't feel unique, atleast not at the level the hype claimed.
To be honest, what hurt the most was
But in general it is a good story, with lovely characters and fun. But it won't stick with me, not like Me before you did. (Which this one is slightly being compared to.)
It felt like just yet another "love enters life, life ends" kind of story. It didn't feel unique, atleast not at the level the hype claimed.
To be honest, what hurt the most was
Spoiler
Lola dying at the end! I mean come on...But in general it is a good story, with lovely characters and fun. But it won't stick with me, not like Me before you did. (Which this one is slightly being compared to.)
ida's review
4.0
A slow start, but by the end you realise this is to make sure the characters get unde your skin, and become very familiar to you: you end up caring. Lovely little books excellent for taking on holiday :)
dannireadsallthetime's review
1.0
Honestly this is one of the worst books I have ever read
None stop description all the way through, there is just no need for it, the most mundane things were explained in detail..... honestly I don't care get on with the story.
The story itself is ridiculous. Bruno comes to Ireland to look for his distant relatives, yes ok that's fine. High the father and Addie the daughter are adamant they don't want to meet him and won't let him in the house. Addie changes her tune pretty quickly and sleeps with him. Ridiculous, I know they're distant cousins but no they would not sleep together just like that.
I wasn't really sure who was who, if people were related or not. Descriptions of the characters are mentioned too late in the book, as you have already calculated an imagine of them and then have to completely change it. Their ages when they are finally mentioned are repeated too many times.
There is a twist at the end m, which for me I just sat there and thought really?? This story has no substance, it's poorly written and the characters are not believable, it could have had potential but it's flat and dull and the ending almost felt like a desperate plea to keep the story going. I'm not even sorry it was just terrible.
None stop description all the way through, there is just no need for it, the most mundane things were explained in detail..... honestly I don't care get on with the story.
The story itself is ridiculous. Bruno comes to Ireland to look for his distant relatives, yes ok that's fine. High the father and Addie the daughter are adamant they don't want to meet him and won't let him in the house. Addie changes her tune pretty quickly and sleeps with him. Ridiculous, I know they're distant cousins but no they would not sleep together just like that.
I wasn't really sure who was who, if people were related or not. Descriptions of the characters are mentioned too late in the book, as you have already calculated an imagine of them and then have to completely change it. Their ages when they are finally mentioned are repeated too many times.
There is a twist at the end m, which for me I just sat there and thought really?? This story has no substance, it's poorly written and the characters are not believable, it could have had potential but it's flat and dull and the ending almost felt like a desperate plea to keep the story going. I'm not even sorry it was just terrible.
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