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A review by thebookberrie
This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg
I'm not saying I could have made up a more interesting backstory but I'm not NOT saying that...
This Golden State is about a girl named Poppy who has always been on the run with her family. They have a strict set of rules to stay under the radar that they have managed to follow Poppy's entire life. She has no idea why they are running only that this is her life and her future is uncertain. When a move to California exposes a crack in her parents' planning, Poppy is determined to find out the truth. She mails in a home DNA test and just as she starts to settle in her new life, the results come in and crash her back to reality.
This was okay, I guess. I only vibed for a little bit because it reminded me of Black Widow's family in her solo movie so my brain said yeah lets make this more interesting but the actual answer wasn't that good lol. The reason they are on the run is left open for so long that the entire time I was just thinking of the most wild, crazy reasons so when we get the actual reason I was just like, oh well okay. I'm not gonna spoil but just think of the most interesting reason they could be on the run and throw it away because it isn't the reason.
This is probably blending with the last book I read that had a similar romance as in... (mostly) basic nice boy is helpful and they fall in love. Like that's cool and all but I literally cannot remember his name and I just finished the book oops.
Poppy was pretty dumb for a smart girl and her parents were the same. The entire book is just based around this mystery and it was frustrating in how long it took only to be completely unsatisfying. Audiobook was quick though!!
This Golden State is about a girl named Poppy who has always been on the run with her family. They have a strict set of rules to stay under the radar that they have managed to follow Poppy's entire life. She has no idea why they are running only that this is her life and her future is uncertain. When a move to California exposes a crack in her parents' planning, Poppy is determined to find out the truth. She mails in a home DNA test and just as she starts to settle in her new life, the results come in and crash her back to reality.
This was okay, I guess. I only vibed for a little bit because it reminded me of Black Widow's family in her solo movie so my brain said yeah lets make this more interesting but the actual answer wasn't that good lol. The reason they are on the run is left open for so long that the entire time I was just thinking of the most wild, crazy reasons so when we get the actual reason I was just like, oh well okay. I'm not gonna spoil but just think of the most interesting reason they could be on the run and throw it away because it isn't the reason.
This is probably blending with the last book I read that had a similar romance as in... (mostly) basic nice boy is helpful and they fall in love. Like that's cool and all but I literally cannot remember his name and I just finished the book oops.
Poppy was pretty dumb for a smart girl and her parents were the same. The entire book is just based around this mystery and it was frustrating in how long it took only to be completely unsatisfying. Audiobook was quick though!!