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coleslawcowgirl's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
If someone asks for my star sign in the next 5 to 7 business days, I might swing on principle.
What could have been a quirky romance with a fun plot and loveable side characters was derailed by a main character so intolerable that I found myself actively rooting against her. I think this book genuinely made me a more hateful person.
The premise was fun though.
What could have been a quirky romance with a fun plot and loveable side characters was derailed by a main character so intolerable that I found myself actively rooting against her. I think this book genuinely made me a more hateful person.
The premise was fun though.
Content Warnings
Minor: Pregnancy
con26books's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book is just not it.
This book is set over 3 summer months by the sea so it would be a good summer read if you're looking for something lighthearted. However....
The premise of this book is an interesting one though. The protagonist, Mara, let's astrology rule her life and when she's on holiday she ends up "accidentally" becoming a fortune-teller and tells this random guy that he's going to fall in love with her. But she just creates this creepy obsession with this stranger and its all just weird.
The main character is just not it. She is so tedious, frustrating and cringey. She stalks this stranger on social media and tells everybody that she's in a relationship with him. She's so obnoxious and rude about her only friend who was suffering with mental health issues after having a baby and also to her family and her flat mate Ash. She's so unlikeable, it's so frustrating!!!!
This book had so much potential but the protagonist was so unlikeable it made the book very cringey.
I felt that it ended very bluntly and there were plot lines left unfinished. It would have been great if there were a time jump at the end to show maras life a year on.
⭐⭐ 2/5
This book is set over 3 summer months by the sea so it would be a good summer read if you're looking for something lighthearted. However....
The premise of this book is an interesting one though. The protagonist, Mara, let's astrology rule her life and when she's on holiday she ends up "accidentally" becoming a fortune-teller and tells this random guy that he's going to fall in love with her. But she just creates this creepy obsession with this stranger and its all just weird.
The main character is just not it. She is so tedious, frustrating and cringey. She stalks this stranger on social media and tells everybody that she's in a relationship with him. She's so obnoxious and rude about her only friend who was suffering with mental health issues after having a baby and also to her family and her flat mate Ash. She's so unlikeable, it's so frustrating!!!!
This book had so much potential but the protagonist was so unlikeable it made the book very cringey.
I felt that it ended very bluntly and there were plot lines left unfinished. It would have been great if there were a time jump at the end to show maras life a year on.
⭐⭐ 2/5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Mental illness and Pregnancy
beca_reads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is like a warm hug, and is the biggest pick me up if you are feeling lonely or lost in life. The Setup follows Mara who is feeling lost in life. Mara goes away by herself after her friend Charlie isn't able to go. There she goes to see a clairvoyant who tells her that she is going to meet her partner imminently. It all goes wrong when the clairvoyant goes into labour and leaves Mara to lock up the shop. While Mara is locking up, she tries on the veil, and in walks Joe, who is exactly what the clairvoyant described, she tells Joe to meet Mara at her local pub in the last week of August.
When back home she meets Ash her new housemate, they instantly get along and spend lots of time watching films. As she struggles with her friendship with Charlie she goes on a project to turn her life around. Over time Mara becomes closer with her work colleagues, and those in the town.
As her relationship with Ash blossoms she is still set on meeting Joe as she believes deeply in fate, as she struggles to trust her gut instinct.
Her work place the Lido is also facing being sold to development, so her and her work friend club together to save the Lido.
This book beautifully sums up what it is like to be an adult trying to find their way, and finding friendship in the most unlikely places.
When back home she meets Ash her new housemate, they instantly get along and spend lots of time watching films. As she struggles with her friendship with Charlie she goes on a project to turn her life around. Over time Mara becomes closer with her work colleagues, and those in the town.
As her relationship with Ash blossoms she is still set on meeting Joe as she believes deeply in fate, as she struggles to trust her gut instinct.
Her work place the Lido is also facing being sold to development, so her and her work friend club together to save the Lido.
This book beautifully sums up what it is like to be an adult trying to find their way, and finding friendship in the most unlikely places.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Pregnancy
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