jeanhsu2000's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
slothieereads's review against another edition
1.5
Honestly this book is really easy to sum up. Shannon like the river is very small, frail, weak, skinny, every adjective that goes with the previously mentioned, and has fried egg breasts. That's basically her entire personality. She has so. many. conversations in her head. Guess what they're about? Mostly about how small she is. Everyone around her is constantly telling her the same thing. She needs help to do basically everything because she's tiny. And if you think I'm exaggerating I'm not. It's at least once a page if not more.
Johnny, or rugby god as I will now be referring to him, talks about his dick for about 80% of the book. Older women throw themselves at him 🙄 but yet he obsesses over 15 year old Shannon like the river. There's truly nothing spectacular about rugby god. He's basically just there in the book to serve the role as knight in shining armor and he even fails at that.
Honestly nothing really happens. It's like 600 pages of Shannon like the river talking about being small and rugby god pining for her. She's constantly being both sexualized and infantilized which is really gross. It really only got a second star for Joey and Gibsie. They carried it.
I feel lied to by every single person who gave this a good review.
Johnny, or rugby god as I will now be referring to him, talks about his dick for about 80% of the book. Older women throw themselves at him 🙄 but yet he obsesses over 15 year old Shannon like the river. There's truly nothing spectacular about rugby god. He's basically just there in the book to serve the role as knight in shining armor and he even fails at that.
Honestly nothing really happens. It's like 600 pages of Shannon like the river talking about being small and rugby god pining for her. She's constantly being both sexualized and infantilized which is really gross. It really only got a second star for Joey and Gibsie. They carried it.
I feel lied to by every single person who gave this a good review.
rachreads4's review against another edition
5.0
YUP I get the hype okay? AND I AM OBSESSED! Can already tell how much I am going to love all these characters so much!!! Ready to get my heart broken though I can feel it
taaymck's review against another edition
4.0
3.5-4 ⭐️ okayyyyyy i can see the hype!! this started slow but the more i read the more i got addicted to it!! i didn’t feel like i was reading about 16-18 year olds and it was refreshing! also what a SLOWBURNNN !! cannot wait to start keeping 13
senise_13's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I thought A Million Kisses In Your Lifetime would be the biggest disappointing read I’ve had to endure this year. But no, I think this one takes the cake.
Listen. This entire book was quite literally Johnnys arrogant self attracted to Shannon and yet not being with her because of a 1-2 year age gap and Shannon being a freaking IDIOT and not carrying some COMMON SENSE. Like the bus scene with the freaking seat. That made me so angry, I don’t even want to talk abt it.
For 700 pages I continued this book. I was hoping it would get good. It did not. I was hoping the characters would experience some development. They did not.
Now it isn’t a 1 star because I did laugh in certain parts and I didn’t absolutely hate EVERY aspect of this book—just most of it.
There are some books I can understand why people adore them, but this book is not one of those.
The last chapter tho? I will admit I wanted to cry and I will indeed be reading the rest of the series simply to 1. Figure out what will happen, 2. For Gibsie and Claire and 3. Because I already bought the entire series and cannot return the books 😁
Listen. This entire book was quite literally Johnnys arrogant self attracted to Shannon and yet not being with her because of a 1-2 year age gap and Shannon being a freaking IDIOT and not carrying some COMMON SENSE. Like the bus scene with the freaking seat. That made me so angry, I don’t even want to talk abt it.
For 700 pages I continued this book. I was hoping it would get good. It did not. I was hoping the characters would experience some development. They did not.
Now it isn’t a 1 star because I did laugh in certain parts and I didn’t absolutely hate EVERY aspect of this book—just most of it.
There are some books I can understand why people adore them, but this book is not one of those.
The last chapter tho? I will admit I wanted to cry and I will indeed be reading the rest of the series simply to 1. Figure out what will happen, 2. For Gibsie and Claire and 3. Because I already bought the entire series and cannot return the books 😁
tristavictoria's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-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
5.0
bekahlynngreen's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
jjwilliams_22's review against another edition
5.0
The emotions I felt reading this book…. Phwoa… I have no words. 5/5/5/5/5.
avacumber24's review against another edition
5.0
This book, dear god. Johnny Kavanagh is an absolute dream of a man , and Shannon’s story is gut wrenching.
I will never get enough of them ,Gibsie & Claire , Aoife & Joey completed it <3
I will never get enough of them ,Gibsie & Claire , Aoife & Joey completed it <3