notthemonalisa's review against another edition
5.0
This book is so good that I couldn't sit down after finishing it. The real struggles that they face are very realistic and viewing it from the outside of the situation is a creative change. This book was so incredibly cute and lovely. I'm having a hard time not spilling every second of the story in this review!
shellfish152's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. It was so different than the books I have read lately. Such a great light read! It’s told in 14 different perspectives. All of which are not the main characters. These perspectives are watching the love unfold with the main characters. These perspectives are hilarious at times. Some of the perspectives include a bench that talks about butts and a squirrel that looses his nuts. I absolutely suggest this for anyone that is looking for a cute light read!
Audiobook review: Amy Rubinate did so good with this book! She made all of the characters so funny. I love her voices for the bench and squirrel. She made a different voice for each of her perspectives. I really appreciate that so I could tell the characters apart. And Will Damron made all the guys characters so funny. He had a different voice for each guy perspective and I really like that.
Audiobook review: Amy Rubinate did so good with this book! She made all of the characters so funny. I love her voices for the bench and squirrel. She made a different voice for each of her perspectives. I really appreciate that so I could tell the characters apart. And Will Damron made all the guys characters so funny. He had a different voice for each guy perspective and I really like that.
ablotial's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a little scattered, but it was cute. I usually like books with different perspectives, but this thing is worse than [b:A Game of Thrones|13496|A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)|George R.R. Martin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1436732693s/13496.jpg|1466917]! It changes point of view every page and a half! There are something like 14 characters, including a bench and a squirrel. These two in particular bothered me -- the squirrel cannot understand English, but the bench can? This does not make sense. And neither really added to the story. She mentioned in the interview questions at the end that her editor had even made her remove a bunch of characters... I think she just left the squirrel and bench to be "cute" and "different". Eh.
But the story itself isn't bad if you can get past the rapid fire characters. It's a cute love story, except I feel like it would be better as a middle school story instead of college age kids. These kids have SERIOUS communication issues, they make a lot of assumptions about each other and only finally are honest with each other when it seems there is no other choice. And do teachers and baristas really get so involved in the lives of their students or customers?
It's funny--seems like all I've done is complain in this review, but I give three stars. I still smile when I think of this book. It was charming, and I liked Gabe.
But the story itself isn't bad if you can get past the rapid fire characters. It's a cute love story, except I feel like it would be better as a middle school story instead of college age kids. These kids have SERIOUS communication issues, they make a lot of assumptions about each other and only finally are honest with each other when it seems there is no other choice. And do teachers and baristas really get so involved in the lives of their students or customers?
It's funny--seems like all I've done is complain in this review, but I give three stars. I still smile when I think of this book. It was charming, and I liked Gabe.
tababook's review against another edition
I didn’t like the tone of the book. A lot of the characters hit the wrong note to me. It just wasn’t for me.
lexisun's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Loved: The novel (heh) narrative structure! I love stories told from outside perspectives.
Didn’t love: YA and some NA skews so young to me and feels less relevant and interesting to me now.
Didn’t love: YA and some NA skews so young to me and feels less relevant and interesting to me now.
brittany_tellefsen's review against another edition
2.0
Rating: 2.5/5
Okay, now, I would first like to state that I did not rate this book low because it was horrible. Not at all, it was just....forgettable, which is a shame because the premise was pretty damn cute, I just thought it was poorly executed.
This is is a love story told from 14 different perspectives, and none of those perspectives happen to be from the two people falling in love. He see the perspectives of Starbucks baristas, a bus driver, their creative writing professor, even a little squirrel that has interaction with them both.
I though that was such a unique concept, and Hall does a great job of differentiating each perspective, but the overall love story was very bland and sometimes could be quite obnoxious. Though relatively short, this book was overly redundant as the same things happen over and over. These characters continue to end up at the same place, same time, they are too shy to talk to each other, so the moment passes. They then end up gushing about each other to their respective friends, and then the cycle continues. Honestly, I think this might have worked better as an even shorter novella.
Okay, now, I would first like to state that I did not rate this book low because it was horrible. Not at all, it was just....forgettable, which is a shame because the premise was pretty damn cute, I just thought it was poorly executed.
This is is a love story told from 14 different perspectives, and none of those perspectives happen to be from the two people falling in love. He see the perspectives of Starbucks baristas, a bus driver, their creative writing professor, even a little squirrel that has interaction with them both.
I though that was such a unique concept, and Hall does a great job of differentiating each perspective, but the overall love story was very bland and sometimes could be quite obnoxious. Though relatively short, this book was overly redundant as the same things happen over and over. These characters continue to end up at the same place, same time, they are too shy to talk to each other, so the moment passes. They then end up gushing about each other to their respective friends, and then the cycle continues. Honestly, I think this might have worked better as an even shorter novella.
juliaisreadingg's review against another edition
I've never put a book down this quick, and maybe it isn't fair, but just a few pages in and I knew I wouldn't be able to get past the author's writing style, or maybe tone is a better way to put it. It just felt so, juvenile. Which is fine for children's literature, not for what I'd class as YA and up
thelittlebirdie's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
josiemontana16's review against another edition
4.0
nothing deep or dramatic just cute and simple YA romantic fiction. it was a nice break and i loved how sweet and cheesy it was :)