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thepaperreels's review
DNF at 75%
Breakfast Served Anytime allured me with it's beautiful cover. But man! I was so disappointed.
I'm blaming Gloria. I think the author wants Gloria to come out as poetic because of her way of telling the story but that's not what I got at all. Gloria rambles. She wants to talk about everything and she makes simple things complicated. So I thought, hmmm okay, the protagonist is annoying me but maybe I'll get something from the plot.
I was bored. I was dozing off the whole time. I tried, really tried. Then I just decided that it wasn't worth it anymore. I have a lot of books to read and I don't have time for this.
Breakfast Served Anytime allured me with it's beautiful cover. But man! I was so disappointed.
I'm blaming Gloria. I think the author wants Gloria to come out as poetic because of her way of telling the story but that's not what I got at all. Gloria rambles. She wants to talk about everything and she makes simple things complicated. So I thought, hmmm okay, the protagonist is annoying me but maybe I'll get something from the plot.
I was bored. I was dozing off the whole time. I tried, really tried. Then I just decided that it wasn't worth it anymore. I have a lot of books to read and I don't have time for this.
shibajingnu's review
2.0
I expected myself to love this book, unfortunately it didn't work out for me. I felt something amiss while reading it and it took me some time to finish after 30% of the book.
squeebacon's review
3.0
This book has been on my TBR for ages and I finally got a chance to read it. It was honest and beautiful and packed a punch for taking place in only 4 weeks.
marisamoo's review
5.0
"It's too hard to explain. I can't say why I love the book. I just do. You don't pick the books you fall in love with. It just happens, and when it happens, you know. Who's to say where love comes from?
Oh my gosh. Oh my GOSH. I am c r y I n g
I was not expecting this book to be that beautiful. I thought it'd be so so. Another weird and annoyingly inappropriate contemporary read.
but instead I am in love. I want to read this story over and over. I need to buy it and drown again in it's words.
I mean it's not for everyone but for some reason this book spoke to me and I just related to Gloria and her journey.
Maybe it's just me perhaps everyone else will dislike her and the book but this book hit me hard.
Like I can't even write a review but I will try.
Ok basics. The words. Were beautiful.
GRANTED. Certain bits did seem a tad forced, like the author was trying REALLY hard to be poetic and quotable. She certainly did succeed but some things did not.
The characters. I related to Gloria insanely well. Everything she felt and did was me.
The charactersssss. All of them. I loved every one of them. Some came in seeming like stereotypes and bam. They changed. Every single character was real, and beautiful. A lot of people stopped midway through because they seemed lame and typical but thatttt is one of the problems with stopping a book midway for that reason. This book had a lot of character development that you get to watch, so you really have to stick with it if you don't like the characters at first.
Reading through reviews so many people described Gloria as self absorbed, shallow. And that is opinion of course but to me she isn't. She is actually very relatable. She's anxious, scared to do a lot with her life. She thinks she knows herself, life, she thinks organizing everything will work out and make it all easier. She thinks categorizing people will make it easier. She is caught up with wondering why people like her and that may sound selfish but pls. Who hasn't thought that.
She did not say it outspokenly but really that's why it was pretty. Gloria had anxiety. Self esteem, even. Maybe. But it never really SAID that and that's why I love it because most of the times you don't put titles on problems they just are and you cant explain it.
The story was REALISTIC. So it had swearing but wasn't a gross gritty realistic. It was REAL and beautiful and inspiring.
There was romance but it never really happened which I appreciated. It was far from insta-love, but cute but far from fluffy. It was...real.
I really cant explain it but this book means a lot to me. This book struck me hard and I am in love.
The quote at the top describes it perfectly anddd here's another
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes you can love a book not so much because of what it's about or what happens in it, but because it belongs to a certain time or person in your life -- like you'll always remember where you were when you read it for the first time, or who gave it to you, or what season it was, or who you were before you read it and how you were different when it was over."
content: Ehhhhh PG13 just because of swearing.
Oh my gosh. Oh my GOSH. I am c r y I n g
I was not expecting this book to be that beautiful. I thought it'd be so so. Another weird and annoyingly inappropriate contemporary read.
but instead I am in love. I want to read this story over and over. I need to buy it and drown again in it's words.
I mean it's not for everyone but for some reason this book spoke to me and I just related to Gloria and her journey.
Maybe it's just me perhaps everyone else will dislike her and the book but this book hit me hard.
Like I can't even write a review but I will try.
Ok basics. The words. Were beautiful.
GRANTED. Certain bits did seem a tad forced, like the author was trying REALLY hard to be poetic and quotable. She certainly did succeed but some things did not.
The characters. I related to Gloria insanely well. Everything she felt and did was me.
The charactersssss. All of them. I loved every one of them. Some came in seeming like stereotypes and bam. They changed. Every single character was real, and beautiful. A lot of people stopped midway through because they seemed lame and typical but thatttt is one of the problems with stopping a book midway for that reason. This book had a lot of character development that you get to watch, so you really have to stick with it if you don't like the characters at first.
Reading through reviews so many people described Gloria as self absorbed, shallow. And that is opinion of course but to me she isn't. She is actually very relatable. She's anxious, scared to do a lot with her life. She thinks she knows herself, life, she thinks organizing everything will work out and make it all easier. She thinks categorizing people will make it easier. She is caught up with wondering why people like her and that may sound selfish but pls. Who hasn't thought that.
She did not say it outspokenly but really that's why it was pretty. Gloria had anxiety. Self esteem, even. Maybe. But it never really SAID that and that's why I love it because most of the times you don't put titles on problems they just are and you cant explain it.
The story was REALISTIC. So it had swearing but wasn't a gross gritty realistic. It was REAL and beautiful and inspiring.
There was romance but it never really happened which I appreciated. It was far from insta-love, but cute but far from fluffy. It was...real.
I really cant explain it but this book means a lot to me. This book struck me hard and I am in love.
The quote at the top describes it perfectly anddd here's another
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes you can love a book not so much because of what it's about or what happens in it, but because it belongs to a certain time or person in your life -- like you'll always remember where you were when you read it for the first time, or who gave it to you, or what season it was, or who you were before you read it and how you were different when it was over."
content: Ehhhhh PG13 just because of swearing.
madhatter360's review
3.0
I have attended programs for gifted students, and worked as a counselor at two of them. IN NO UNIVERSE WOULD STUDENTS BE ALLOWED TO JUST WANDER AROUND UNSUPERVISED WITH A SCAVENGER HUNT BUT NO PROFESSOR OR TA/COUNSELOR! We had to do attendance regularly, to let the main office know that we weren't missing any children. Kids were allowed off campus, but there was a sign out system and designated hours. I just-the safety violations. The characters are all underage, so this gets taken very seriously.
I also thought the ending was weird.
I also thought the ending was weird.
gritshelme's review
1.0
I wanted so badly to like this book. I really did. But Gloria is the absolute worst sort of judgmental and melodramatic attempt at writing a "real" teenage girl. Or, perhaps, Gloria is very real but I am completely unable to relate to her because I'm not nearly so shallow and self-absorbed as she.
adrianna0313's review
3.0
I really wanted to like this book but, I just had a really hard time connecting to it in any way. But, I did appreciate the meaning behind it and the way Sarah tried to recreate emotions/life experiences that everyone goes through at some point. I think my main issue was the way she described the characters was very basic. There just wasn't much depth to any of them.