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A review by galaxiesofbooks
Coral by Sara Ella
3.5
that was a beautiful book, to say the least. it has so many quotes that just feel so close to heart & inspiring & thought provoking. one of them i literally cherish with all my heart: “𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.” 💜
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what i loved about this book was the writing style. i loved how it was presented in a simple, yet so understandable way. i can't really describe it, but it's something about it that it's just so lovely.
i also grew to love all the characters in this book, i felt for them, i rooted for them, i was sad and broken for them, i was happy for them. all emotions poured throughout the book, although i did manage not to cry my arse off lol.
the story itself is told in a strange way & i didn't realise that in the 1st part of the book. we get a story within a story, i love those cuz you get to see the whole "before" thing, you'll know what i mean if you decide to pick this up !! and also The Little Mermaid resemblance ?? it's my favorite, so it only makes sense i'd pick this up immediately 😩
and, i also loved short chapters in this book. EXTRA thank yous for the author, i felt like i was flying through the book !!
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now, the reasons why i decided to knock a few diamonds off were cuz later on, in the middle and the last part of the book we get all double names for each 3 characters still, it's not confusing in any way, i just wanted them to kinda let go of the story in the first part and embrace their real names, not the "nicknames". it's really hard to understand for everyone who haven't read the book, but yeah 😂😂
the romance there was quite cheesy at times, although it might just be me, friends to lovers trope isn't really my favorite.
and overall, the story just ... lacked something for me, it wasn't as strong as i think it should be, given the topic.
and this mysterious Prince turns out to be like that ?? c'mon, that's just so brushed off considering he plays quite a part in this book, he could've been so much better developed 😂
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in any case, this is a heartbreaking story that some of you might find difficult to read about so make sure to read all the trigger warnings first.
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𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦 𝐢.
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what i loved about this book was the writing style. i loved how it was presented in a simple, yet so understandable way. i can't really describe it, but it's something about it that it's just so lovely.
i also grew to love all the characters in this book, i felt for them, i rooted for them, i was sad and broken for them, i was happy for them. all emotions poured throughout the book, although i did manage not to cry my arse off lol.
the story itself is told in a strange way & i didn't realise that in the 1st part of the book. we get a story within a story, i love those cuz you get to see the whole "before" thing, you'll know what i mean if you decide to pick this up !! and also The Little Mermaid resemblance ?? it's my favorite, so it only makes sense i'd pick this up immediately 😩
and, i also loved short chapters in this book. EXTRA thank yous for the author, i felt like i was flying through the book !!
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now, the reasons why i decided to knock a few diamonds off were cuz later on, in the middle and the last part of the book we get all double names for each 3 characters still, it's not confusing in any way, i just wanted them to kinda let go of the story in the first part and embrace their real names, not the "nicknames". it's really hard to understand for everyone who haven't read the book, but yeah 😂😂
the romance there was quite cheesy at times, although it might just be me, friends to lovers trope isn't really my favorite.
and overall, the story just ... lacked something for me, it wasn't as strong as i think it should be, given the topic.
and this mysterious Prince turns out to be like that ?? c'mon, that's just so brushed off considering he plays quite a part in this book, he could've been so much better developed 😂
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in any case, this is a heartbreaking story that some of you might find difficult to read about so make sure to read all the trigger warnings first.
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𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦 𝐢.