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A review by thepaperreels
We Are the Goldens by Dana Reinhardt
4.0
THIS REVIEW IS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON CRISTINA'S BOOK REVIEWS.
"There’s something I need to tell you. Don’t be mad. Please don’t be mad. I hate it when you’re mad at me."
Layla and Nell are the Goldens, their parents are divorced, they’re only 9 months apart and Nell knows a secret about her sister. Her sister is involve with their art teacher!! THIS IS NOT A SPOILER. It’s written in the Blurb already, the real question here is what will Nell do about this information? Will she tell it? Keep it to herself? Maybe just share it to her bestfriend, Felix?
We Are The Goldens is shorter than I expected. But even though it left me wanting more, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don’t have a sister, and this book made me long for one. It made me emotional.. I was sad and happy and my chest ached a little after I finished it. I know, my feelings doesn’t really makes sense.. But that’s what I loved about the book. Even though it’s too short for my liking, it made an impact.
The story is written in second person tense. Nell is narrating and me (you) as a reader will feel like you’re Nell. Usually, this bothers me. But I’m totally immersed at Layla’s storytelling that I am willing to overlook it. It’s so easy to be invested which is really surprising for me because it’s usually hard for a First Chapter to caught my attention. But Nell is an awesome character. I can see her as one of my best friends, her words are easy to get into and the way she narrates her story will make you feel for her. Even though we’re not getting into the other character’s head, I feel like I know them all deeply! In other words, the book is well written.
"We are the Goldens, but we aren’t perfect. We’re going to have some hard times, and I wanted to calmly and wisely say some version of this to you: I’m here to help, we’re close, our lives are intertwined, you can trust me."
Does this remind you of Elsa and Anna feels? Because this book really is about sisterhood. Layla, the big sister, has some issues and Nell, the little sis, who loves her unconditionally, struggles to help her. Layla got on my nerves a lot of times, for being the first child and older than Nell, she’s pretty stupid. And she’s kind of cruel. I mean, you can see the love there. You can feel that she loves Nell, but there’s manipulations and she’s making Nell feel guilty a lot of times. There’s no romance here, except maybe the
relationship between Layla and the art professor, but no, let’s not count that. But there IS an awesome friendship here. Awesome and epic that I envy it.
”Is this what it’s like?”
“What?”
“Being a boy. Do you just sit around all the time thinking about naked girls? Isn’t there more to it?”
“Of course there is. We care about things like your intellect and your sense of humor and your capacity for kindness, but we also really like how you look naked.”
Did I mention Felix already? Because you’ll love him. I do believe that we all need a Felix in our life, he’s one of the most awesome character I’ve ever encountered. I love how his relationship with Nell shifted from super-duper-mega-ultra-bestfriend to.. something more.
I feel pretty sad about this review, I feel like I didn’t do the book justice. It’s well written, the characters are real and everything is realistic. From the plot to the relationships to the conclusion. It is short, yes, but it has a story that will really play at your heartstrings and it has a message. I absolutely recommend this. Now go hug your sisters!
"There’s something I need to tell you. Don’t be mad. Please don’t be mad. I hate it when you’re mad at me."
Layla and Nell are the Goldens, their parents are divorced, they’re only 9 months apart and Nell knows a secret about her sister. Her sister is involve with their art teacher!! THIS IS NOT A SPOILER. It’s written in the Blurb already, the real question here is what will Nell do about this information? Will she tell it? Keep it to herself? Maybe just share it to her bestfriend, Felix?
We Are The Goldens is shorter than I expected. But even though it left me wanting more, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don’t have a sister, and this book made me long for one. It made me emotional.. I was sad and happy and my chest ached a little after I finished it. I know, my feelings doesn’t really makes sense.. But that’s what I loved about the book. Even though it’s too short for my liking, it made an impact.
The story is written in second person tense. Nell is narrating and me (you) as a reader will feel like you’re Nell. Usually, this bothers me. But I’m totally immersed at Layla’s storytelling that I am willing to overlook it. It’s so easy to be invested which is really surprising for me because it’s usually hard for a First Chapter to caught my attention. But Nell is an awesome character. I can see her as one of my best friends, her words are easy to get into and the way she narrates her story will make you feel for her. Even though we’re not getting into the other character’s head, I feel like I know them all deeply! In other words, the book is well written.
"We are the Goldens, but we aren’t perfect. We’re going to have some hard times, and I wanted to calmly and wisely say some version of this to you: I’m here to help, we’re close, our lives are intertwined, you can trust me."
Does this remind you of Elsa and Anna feels? Because this book really is about sisterhood. Layla, the big sister, has some issues and Nell, the little sis, who loves her unconditionally, struggles to help her. Layla got on my nerves a lot of times, for being the first child and older than Nell, she’s pretty stupid. And she’s kind of cruel. I mean, you can see the love there. You can feel that she loves Nell, but there’s manipulations and she’s making Nell feel guilty a lot of times. There’s no romance here, except maybe the
relationship between Layla and the art professor, but no, let’s not count that. But there IS an awesome friendship here. Awesome and epic that I envy it.
”Is this what it’s like?”
“What?”
“Being a boy. Do you just sit around all the time thinking about naked girls? Isn’t there more to it?”
“Of course there is. We care about things like your intellect and your sense of humor and your capacity for kindness, but we also really like how you look naked.”
Did I mention Felix already? Because you’ll love him. I do believe that we all need a Felix in our life, he’s one of the most awesome character I’ve ever encountered. I love how his relationship with Nell shifted from super-duper-mega-ultra-bestfriend to.. something more.
I feel pretty sad about this review, I feel like I didn’t do the book justice. It’s well written, the characters are real and everything is realistic. From the plot to the relationships to the conclusion. It is short, yes, but it has a story that will really play at your heartstrings and it has a message. I absolutely recommend this. Now go hug your sisters!