amayafirme's reviews
103 reviews

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

this might be my new favorite book. it felt like a love letter to reading, like a hug in book form. this story, the characters, it all emulated love and warmth. the ending is predictable but the kind of predictable where you don't even care because you've come to love these characters and want them all to be happy. i cried lots of happy tears.

Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

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emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i have mixed feelings about this book.
it was interesting to read a book about a love story told in reverse, starting at the break up and ending when they first met. that being said, it was sometimes hard to remember where you were in the timeline of their relationship. but hazel hayes is a great writer and i found myself flying through the first half of this book. strangely, not knowing the main characters name made me feel a bit disconnected from her, though we know everything else about her. then i found myself not as interested towards the end. i felt like i was waiting. for what? i'm not entirely sure. i feel like i was waiting for some sort of resolution or big emotional moment. i didn't want the book to simply end after the day they met, i wanted to be brought back to the present and to know what lessons the main character learned from the last 5 years of her life that we just finished reading about but that didn't happen so i felt disappointed with the ending. but i really enjoyed the writing style and the main character was funny and i loved her friend maya. it certainly had potential, it just didn't fully execute well for me.

The Half of It by Madison Beer

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hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.5

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

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emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.0

The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo

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fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

there were good moments in this book but most of the time i found each character incredibly insufferable. they all made stupid decisions that infuriated me. yet, i knew i had to finish it, to know how it ended. and i didn't like the ending. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Solito by Javier Zamora

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