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Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

8 reviews

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Vacation book #2
I'm trying to finish off books I've owned for more than a decade but never actually read.
Honestly i just didn't vibe with it. I found the main character creepy and I'm really over these love at first sight stories. Especially when it's not followed by "and now we have to actually work on our relationshil" but is rather the "love at first sight will make me ignore all the 🚩🚩🚩"
I get that this is rainbow's first book but jeez I'd rather not

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emscatchard's review

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funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

When I started this book, I was thinking "Oh god he reads her email without her knowing, that is so weird and creepy" and wondered how a romance could possibly turn out decently after that, but when Lincoln went "Oh god I read her email without her knowing, I am so weird and creepy" it made me think maybe it'd be okay after all. I liked Lincoln (you're very obviously supposed to, to the point where it's like jesus I get it already) but I also found myself able to relate to his feelings of awkwardness so it was comforting to read.

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I was really glad that they had a conversation at the end about what they'd both done, but it felt a little empty somehow so I took away points for that.

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It was a very nice book that I found myself reading quite quickly and enjoying the whole way through, but I don't think it's a book I'll remember much about in 6 months.

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ishouldbereading's review

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lighthearted fast-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

3.0

I really liked this book but the end didn't click for me. Also the way Lincoln's pov is written seems like he's a sociopath which was kind of creepy.

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mykes's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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higgidigs's review against another edition

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emotional 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

3.75

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deliriah's review

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emotional funny fast-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

3.75

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skeesling's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love all of Rainbow Rowell’s books, her writing is soft and easy and feels childlike, even when it’s not. But I hated the infidelity, the lying, and cheating. The end felt rushed and strange but the characters were complex and they felt real. I think this concept would’ve been better set in the 1800s or something.

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the_escapist's review

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hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-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

3.75

I appreciated the characters, along with their backstories. It sucked me in very quickly and was difficult to put down, while being easy to read and not dumbed down either. I appreciated the nuance that was there with pretty much all the characters (even those who could have easily been shallow antagonists but weren’t). There was a self-awareness to the story and the characters, which I wasn’t sure it would pull off with the premise but it did. I liked that it wasn’t actually filled with much romance (mostly pining). There were only two things I disliked/took issue with:

1. The last 10% of the story.

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The two love interests don’t even talk face to face until almost the very end. It felt unsatisfying that while he knew her very well due to reading her emails, you never get the journey of her getting to know him well in return, so I felt fairly indifferent about them operating as a couple, even though I still liked both their character arcs.

2. A subplot with a side character.

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She had no interest in being pregnant and having children (she explicitly found the idea repulsive) but her husband wanted them and she was scared he’d leave her because of it. I was expected something better than the old story of ‘and then she allowed herself to become impregnated because everyone told her she’d be glad she did it and it suddenly turned out she wanted a baby after all’. Also it really felt like that character would realise her husband only seemed to start appreciating her again because she gave in and agreed to have a child, but that... never happened. She loses the baby in a miscarriage after never having much of a connection with it, then decides she wants a baby after all. I’d love for characters not wanting children to not be told by other characters and/or the narrative that they’re wrong, actually, and they should jump in and become parents even if they don’t want to be parents. Sadly, this never seems to happen and I thought this book would do better since it seemed to have the perfect setup for it, but it ultimately didn’t. I know, I know, some people in real life do change their minds on children. I’m just sick of never getting to hear stories from people who don’t change their minds.

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