actually started off really promising but then just got messy tbh
yes im gonna write again how im annoyed when people drop brands in their books i 7/10
actually started off really promising but then just got messy tbh
yes im gonna write again how im annoyed when people drop brands in their books i just hate it (cant it just be sports top does it have to be an adidas one or cant it be a tshirt not a nike pro tshirt specifically etc) - it always pulls me out of the story
it was cute i guess but kind of not really 3d enough
like the love was so quick and then everything was just weird idk idk (about the mom, parents, brother, friends...)
vague i guess is the word im searching for here? not complete for sure...more
definitely liked it more than the first book i read from mckay - the headmistress.
idk it's weird tbh. i like the characters, i like the story and 8/10
definitely liked it more than the first book i read from mckay - the headmistress.
idk it's weird tbh. i like the characters, i like the story and i generally like the way the author is penning but i just didn't see the chemistry between the mcs sadly.
abby craden was the narrator and as always it was a good audiobook.
tbh i was kinda confused in the beginning and i feel like it's the "fantasy" that's out of the place here.
were7/10
i think this had a lot of potential
tbh i was kinda confused in the beginning and i feel like it's the "fantasy" that's out of the place here.
were it an ordinary school name and no unneeded "lore" about it this book would've been a hundred times better.
because i mostly liked the way mckay wrote the characters and the story, therefore a 4 star rating, but still - the book feels like an experiment. i feel like it should be either all fantasy for real or not at all.
i read it like a month ago now so even though i had wanted to note some things i completely forgot which ones.
the cat is a cutie.
will be listening to more mckay books like tdtwm and awos probably!
8/10 audio
don't remember tbh but if it were bad i'd definitely recall that....more
i don't know maybe this is too high maybe it's not high enough?
basically i mostly enjoyed listening to the book but at the same time i wasn't real7/10
i don't know maybe this is too high maybe it's not high enough?
basically i mostly enjoyed listening to the book but at the same time i wasn't really a fan of either main characters whilst i loved almost everyone else.
so i rated it 4 stars primarily because of everyone but the mcs.
i really liked the book up to like a half? and then i just realized that i don't really like them together since they don't have the chemistry and do everything overly dramatic plus after reuniting after 5 years they didn't mature at all.
i think that the book is still written nicely, introducing people into two socially different families and their problems. i'm not personally familiar with immigrant situation in the usa but from what i know from family members that had experienced it i'd say this is probably a really good portrayal of the situation (regardless of where you come from really - every group encounters similar issues).
in the end, i think that the family dynamic was much more important even though it ended up being overly dramatic and romantic story imo.
9/10 audio - the narrator did a very good job....more
tbh wasn't expecting it to be this enjoyable so i'm really happy i got the book
i think that i would've found the behaviour mcs have around one ano8/10
tbh wasn't expecting it to be this enjoyable so i'm really happy i got the book
i think that i would've found the behaviour mcs have around one another very frustrating and childish if i were reading the book by myself but since it was an audiobook it was amusing and cute. the chemistry was there from the beginning.
loved the dynamic of the cuban families. i can only guess that the author herself is a cuban-american (or her parents are) and therefore there's a bunch of really good little (cultural) facts throughout the whole story (food, music, tradition) that so easily pull you into the world this book is building.
definitely want to visit cuba since i hear all good things from people i know that've gone there*
never been to usa but i actually learned here about some miami neighbourhoods (like little havana, hialeah and miami lakes) which has been an interesting thing to me (since it's very much related to my profession) and got me looking more into the whole urban plan and the process of urbanisation of miami. never knew there were so many man-made lakes there.
first time reading a work from jj arias and hopefully will find some more similar ones to add to my tbr
the bonus epilogue was actually quite a nice, funny touch. especially since it reminds me of my gf and myself.
9/10 audio
first time listening to the carrie coello and i loved it. she did a very good job but i guess it wasn't a 10/10 since the american pronunciation of spanish words just gets under my skin a bit. yes, i'm aware i'm nitpicking.
* well, tbh the whole caribbean region but i guess cuba, hispaniola and puerto rico the most....more
i guess i liked the heavy fanfic feel it had so even though i had some problems* with it i just thought of it as fanfiction (i never wa8/10
nice vibes?
i guess i liked the heavy fanfic feel it had so even though i had some problems* with it i just thought of it as fanfiction (i never watched the devil wears prada but i got that this book is basically a revisited and revised ff work for that movie)
i'm a very simple person that just lives for travelling and spending time with people i love so basically i couldn't care less about fashion and i dislike the need society pushes on everyone to follow the latest trends which tend to change constantly.**
so, yeah, the fashion part and the way they interacted with each other* wasn't my favourite but it's an interesting story overall
*very unbalanced relationship
**idk i'd always rather spend 100 euros on a plane ticked to rome or milano and on a hotel there for a couple of days than buy a single sweatshirt...more
i was really enjoying the story and the characters up until the middle when i just got tire7/10
i loved it until i didn't
thought it'd be an easy 10 tho
i was really enjoying the story and the characters up until the middle when i just got tired of it a bit i guess because of some repetitiveness about character background (that was the whole second part of the book about) that didn't really seem convincing to me tbh. the first half was great i'd say 10/10 but then the second was more of a 5/10 - hence the overall rating. the more i read the more i realized that the book didn't have the same spark anymore and i just wanted to be over with it already. which made me sad ofc. all the characters were interesting? some questionable, some nice, some lovable but all of them lacked depth.
obviously i still liked the book and i think it's worth giving it a chance because it's cheesy, it's super dorky and it's got a good friends to lovers trope.
maybe i wish it was more of a slowburn i guess or something. maybe their obliviousness was short lived. or maybe this is just how it should be cause these situations in real life are probably more similar to the one that was in the book rather than all the other extra long slowburn ones in most of the books (which i live for ngl). idk i just feel like things were a bit off....more
this isn't what i expected of the book but that doesn't mean it's in any way bad.
i liked it.
it's a ya story but it has some really heavy themes th7/10
this isn't what i expected of the book but that doesn't mean it's in any way bad.
i liked it.
it's a ya story but it has some really heavy themes throughout the whole book. so many shitty things happened, and in some way everything that happened to them made them a bit closer but at the same time i felt like the romance part was less important because of all the heaviness (and, well, i really thought it'd be just a fun light enemies to lovers romance).
warning: a lot of s*it in here is maybe not even that related to the book
yes, i've mastered the art of reading sapphic rom coms in half a day. a b7/10
warning: a lot of s*it in here is maybe not even that related to the book
yes, i've mastered the art of reading sapphic rom coms in half a day. a book a day keeps the real life away.
or something,
my comment after reading the first couple of pages:
"I dont think its necessary to specify which exact model of the phone character has. Saying the brand is even too much in my opinion. Always seemed to annoy me and degrade the work because it feels like 13 y/o wattpad writer did it."
yep, i was annoyed at this, maybe it's a bit overdramitic of me but i do have my pet peeves eyy. because of it, even though i liked the blurb, i felt like i'm actually not going to like this book at all. thought it'd have bad writing, badly mixed events making up the story etc. all in all - a total disappointment. or a failure (if we're going with the books theme here).
obviously, that didn't happen. the book was a success (though everything is very much relative). the story, the whole plot wasn't really something avant garde but it never realy is in this genre now is it. with "new" art the formula is always something "stolen" + a couple of tweaks. i liked it still, it had a good pace. but if it weren't for the characters, this book would've been rated with like 5/10 or something.
amazing group of interesting personalities here. everyone is different, really. even though there are definitely some serious life topics and things going on here, the characters made it easier.
i want to say that both of the books the author published so far have very cute covers and i would've given a shout out to the illustrators and graphic designers if i knew their names.
the mc were between real and fictional. i think mostly everyone was like that. the whole story even. but it gave it charm. i mean this is still a christmas book, there's gotta be something magical and unreal about it. i really liked everyone here, very lovable, flawed characters.
ah the grandmas. <3
i don't know what's going on but this is the third time this week that i've seen cornell uni mentioned in fictional work. is that university all of a sudden widly advertised in the us? so it's in everyones subconscious and they put it in their work? strange.
i get that the whole book was about failing at something but at some points it felt like a bit too much. almost repetitive, if i may. it was walking on that line for sure. on the other side, i'm glad that i got to remind myself that not everyone is the same and people really do have problems like that in real life. maybe even more than ever because of the expectations society, including ourselves, sets up for us. it's definitely a big problem and something that can be discussed about for days. there are a ton of sociology books on it too.
not too related but is to the topic of failing: also i'm glad that i go to the faculty that has a bit of a different approach to learning that doesn't just end with a professor presenting (ex cathedra style), students studying from books and notes and at the end taking a test, passing, and forgeting almost everything about the subject. each student practically "fails" at least 4 times a week. i "fail" at every single project i have. all the time. and my gf always says how she could never be able to live like i do with people criticizing her work that she puts a lot of herself into. sometimes, things i spend hours on making professor throws in the trash in front of all the people and it was definitely weird to get used to something like that but even though i fail throughout the semester over and over again the final product always gets the best and positive comments on it. so far i didn't fail a lot when it comes to that final product but it doesn't mean i never did. sure, i'll be disappointed for a day or two but still you know the mistakes for the next semester or the next thing you do. that's the same way it goes in life too.
obviously, i'm rambling a bit here now but what i want to say is that failing is actually the biggest part of learning.
i get the need for perfectionism and i struggled with it for a long time as well but this helped me slowly learn that everything is subjective and sometimes you may fail (in the eyes of others) but if you're sure that your work is the s*it you gotta stand behind it no matter what people say.
so, alison cochrun, if i rate the book with 4 stars it means it's a great a book. if someone rates it with 1 and says it's shitty and not even worth opening it - it's still a great book. if the book had 1.5 average rating with over a million people rating it - it's still a great book. because you made something from nothing. because it's just another step towards being better. because it's yours.*
first time reading a book from the author and i see that this was only the second one ever published. i'll be checking out the first book as well because the blurb seems fun. also putting here we go again in the tbr, though i'll be waiting for it for some time.
*i had a bit of culture shock - what i realized this summer while working on a very touristy croatian island (that mostly people from the us, uk, australia and nz come to) is that the whole, might i say "western culture" depends very much on ratings. which is honestly mad to me and everyone i know from around the europe. (yes, that's also very tied to the capitalism because you as a worker depend on each and every rating that someone gives you. and a single bad rating can fuck everything up. so the richer get more rich and you just get more stress.) but i found it shocking seeing people in front of restaurants on their phones googling the restaurant and then if the rating isn't to their liking (below 4.5 or something), or there isn't enough ratings in total (10 eg) they would turn away and never go in. what happened to just living life? living in the moment? i actually felt sorry for them, it's like they're prisoners. i think it's very scary that people (pretty soon it'll be a globalized thing of course) will without a doubt rely on some rating alone.
i had a lot of culture shocks this summer, honestly. starting from this and going to the most common trivial thing - when people come in and say hello and ask me how i'm doing and then not even wait for my reply? very awkward situations i've had from this because somehow i was naive enough to start answering and they'd be looking at me like i'm crazy for that. the worst thing is i've heard this phenomenon from friends that've been to the us and so i thought i was kinda prepared. still, i couldn't help but be caught off guard. got used to it eventually, but do people not find it weird that they're being so cold that they acting like robots? wouldn't like living somewhere like that tbh.
i'm from southern europe and in all the countries i've been to here if you do ask someone about anything you don't do it because it's polite but because you want to talk to that person and you're generally curious. even in the big cities (like mine that has over 2 milion people) but maybe that's not the case anywhere else and we're the weird ones. who knows honestly anymore....more
going into this i thought i was gonna love it and hate it at the same time?
something like that did happen tbh
i rated it 6/10 in the begining but r7/10
going into this i thought i was gonna love it and hate it at the same time?
something like that did happen tbh
i rated it 6/10 in the begining but realized later that its definitely not on the same level as other 3 star books i recently read so i upped it to 4 stars.
i think that this one has a lot potential but it just didnt deliver.
i disliked every character kinda? theres a whole scale i guess of how much i disliked each character literally. from the one i disliked most - bridget (one mc) - to the one i disliked the least - kennedy (no, i didnt like her i just disliked her the least, yep). still i felt bad giving it 3 stars. maybe ill change it in the future.
bridget was too childish and annoying and then kennedy was trying too much from the beginning and i couldnt even realize why. it just didnt make sense to me at all.
it had its funny and nice parts but it was a small percentage of the book.
cant come close to elle spencers casting lacey which i cant wait to buy a paperback of and reread it....more
i mean i have only one left in the series to read (the 5th book) and this book and the first one are definitely t7/10
ohh this one is surprisingly nice
i mean i have only one left in the series to read (the 5th book) and this book and the first one are definitely the best ones
It was fun having the kids part of the story as well
and i liked the mcs
3/10 audio
i had a bit of a problem with audio or well a big problem in the beginning because the narrator is reading so robotically it mightve been siri reading it out to me. not only that but theyre dragging out the end of the words which makes it even more annoying to listen to it. in the end i was stuck with having to listen to the audiobook version anyway since i was busy and i did get used to it i guess....more
honestly was more of a three star rating for most of the book but somehow on the way i realized that i like the character7/10
“but she gets pink slips”
honestly was more of a three star rating for most of the book but somehow on the way i realized that i like the characters too much. and they definitely are deserving of a better rating. so - 4 stars
yeah i have to say i did like one last stop more from the author because i generally dont like religion oriented drama
also i feel like it was hardly believable all the unnecessary drama the main mcs were into
so main characters, shara and especially chloe, were (after the principal) my least favourite characters. i honestly loved everyone else but them. they were ultra annoying, childish and selfish.
it was kinda chaotic??
maybe my own fault i got a ya book YET AGAIN?
yes i havent read a ya book i liked so why do i keep trying
a lot of things just didnt make sense like there was no reason for them. on the other side i get the struggles kids could be going through when living in a small conservative town. i read enough similar books about it to know i mean. too many. definitely not my favourite trope. chritianity or any religion plot really - nope please. still, here i am because its casey mcquinston and i really liked one last stop.
what i could tell off the bat is that casey easily writes amazing very likable characters. maybe ols was better because it actually had an intersting plot. this one felt very overused even with the little mystery and investigation going on. I mean i didnt even like it. i didnt even ship chloe and shara. they were too annoying. i loved smith and rory, grace and summer literally everyone but the two of them.
also in my head shara so didnt fit an alabama teen thats into christianity. plus i just dont really like it??
will be reading red white and royal blue though
9/10 audio
this was my first time listening to natalie naudus and i really feel like she did a good job. later i realized she narrated a lot of other books i want to read like she who became the sun and the bone shard daughter so ill maybe get the audio version as well.
I just wish it was more uh kinda slowburn tbh like it feels to me that the l word has been dropped a bit early but that could 8/10
This was a cute read
I just wish it was more uh kinda slowburn tbh like it feels to me that the l word has been dropped a bit early but that could also be cause i wasnt really feeling the time pass that much in the book at all or maybe i wish there was more tension between them ig...more
[reread] listened to the audiobook now and once again i was a bit sad it didnt turn out to be as good as i expected it to
[right after finishing de7/10
[reread] listened to the audiobook now and once again i was a bit sad it didnt turn out to be as good as i expected it to
[right after finishing delilah green doesnt care and reading the first chapter of this book: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaAaAAAAHHHH
ok.
hit me.]
basically i really liked this book though i feel like its maybe a bit short idk just felt like it was fast paced and that everything happened in a single week
obviously loved iris, delilah and claire here but i didnt care for jordans family and really disliked her ex
the plot was um idk i was more excited for this book thinking itll be better than delilah green one but even though it had its moments it doesnt come close to it
not really a slowburn i was hoping for
but it was cute and i read it in an afternoon - so 4 stars
maybe im just not in the mood for romance anymore??
because most of these i rate high are actually at most 3 stars (except maybe 5 of them and ive read over 200) generally book wise so it seems i always lower the criterion for romance compared to other genre. as much as i can get not all books being on the same level it just doesnt feel right anymore.
i think the seven husbands is going to literally be the last romance gxg book i genuinely enjoyed....more
I read/listened to this a couple of months ago but forgot to log in here. So, naturally, I don't rememeber too many details.
The sapphic books with8/10
I read/listened to this a couple of months ago but forgot to log in here. So, naturally, I don't rememeber too many details.
The sapphic books with kids are always my favourite kind of rom coms plus it's a hollywood one as well so I was happy to find out that I actually liked the book.
Parker is definitely the best and I remember liking her a lot. Especially the loving trio Parker, AJ and Mel made up.
Can't say that this is my favourite one, yes it has odd bits that I wasn't a fan of, but it's definitely worth checking it out for it's qualities.
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