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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
I enjoyed this easy read about saying goodbye to High School and heading to college.
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Rating 2.5
WARNING FOR SPOILERS & STRONG LANGUAGE USE IN THIS REVIEW. If you’re going to get offended- then don’t read 😊
I’m so fucking mad. I really loved the concept of this book, and how each chapter was a different place that the couple was re-visiting.
But I HATED Clare. She was spoilt and only cared about herself. She threw Aidan aside from the start and then kept expecting her to take him back. Everything he did, he did wrong- according to her. He was such a sweetheart and I am sort of glad in a way that they didn’t end up together, because he deserves so much better than her.
Oh yeah, they break up and Clare says that they should stop contacting each other (hate her) and it’s all her fault (hate her) and if she really loved him she wouldn’t have just taken the easy way out and threw him aside (hate her) and she’s just such a BRAT and when Stella calls her out about it she just complains and makes her apologise even though her friend is COMPLETELY RIGHT.
Aidan is a complete idiot for loving her.
And this isn’t really a love story; it’s a story about a couple that can’t get their shit together and a girl that is horrible to her boyfriend and the author makes you THINK that it’s all going to end up happy and swell and then it’s just like “nope sorry” and it’s just stupid (yeah I know it’s in the title but c’mon the whole story was leading up to them getting back together so completely misleading and a complete waste of time).
I don’t know how I feel about Jennifer E. Smith anymore. I LOVED The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight, but really didn’t like this one or Windfall. I have This is What Happy Looks Like- I guess that will be my deciding factor? We shall see.
I only gave this one a 2.5 instead of lower because I really did like the concept- but just hated Clare so much (I wonder if she was meant to be an unlikable character or she just came across as a complete bitch 🤔)
So IMO - skip this one and just read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
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Read for Contemporaryathon- Round 2
WARNING FOR SPOILERS & STRONG LANGUAGE USE IN THIS REVIEW. If you’re going to get offended- then don’t read 😊
I’m so fucking mad. I really loved the concept of this book, and how each chapter was a different place that the couple was re-visiting.
But I HATED Clare. She was spoilt and only cared about herself. She threw Aidan aside from the start and then kept expecting her to take him back. Everything he did, he did wrong- according to her. He was such a sweetheart and I am sort of glad in a way that they didn’t end up together, because he deserves so much better than her.
Oh yeah, they break up and Clare says that they should stop contacting each other (hate her) and it’s all her fault (hate her) and if she really loved him she wouldn’t have just taken the easy way out and threw him aside (hate her) and she’s just such a BRAT and when Stella calls her out about it she just complains and makes her apologise even though her friend is COMPLETELY RIGHT.
Aidan is a complete idiot for loving her.
And this isn’t really a love story; it’s a story about a couple that can’t get their shit together and a girl that is horrible to her boyfriend and the author makes you THINK that it’s all going to end up happy and swell and then it’s just like “nope sorry” and it’s just stupid (yeah I know it’s in the title but c’mon the whole story was leading up to them getting back together so completely misleading and a complete waste of time).
I don’t know how I feel about Jennifer E. Smith anymore. I LOVED The Statistical Probability of Love At First Sight, but really didn’t like this one or Windfall. I have This is What Happy Looks Like- I guess that will be my deciding factor? We shall see.
I only gave this one a 2.5 instead of lower because I really did like the concept- but just hated Clare so much (I wonder if she was meant to be an unlikable character or she just came across as a complete bitch 🤔)
So IMO - skip this one and just read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
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Read for Contemporaryathon- Round 2
Antes de leer el libro:
Y tiene noticias de película! --> LÉELO
RESEÑA Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento
En toda mi vida, nunca pero nunca, eso que he tenido momentos bastante bajos, pero nunca me había sentido tan miserable como me sentí luego de terminar Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between. A ver, este libro lo conocí a finales de 2014 cuando Tristar decidió que era buena idea comprar los derechos del libro y generar un poco de bulla. Leímos la sinopsis y entendimos porqué es que estaban interesados. Leí el libro y sé que voy a morir si la película llega hacerse y la hacen bien. Y si lo hacen mal, ellos son los muertos.
Los que hemos leído con anterioridad a Jennifer E. Smith ya sabemos que nos encontraremos: una historia sencilla, personajes normales y mucho, mucho romance. A mí me gusta eso, personajes normales, personajes que sientes podrías encontrarte en la calle o quizá ya conoces. O quizá tú eres el personaje del que está hablando la escritora.
No soy cursi por naturaleza, soy romántica a lo Fitzgerald, creo que todo terminará mal y lo espero con ansías. Pero a la vez quiero que alguien me demuestre lo contrario. Y también sé que nadie podrá. Así que leer Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between fue para mí un tremendo huracán emocional, puedes ver como esta pareja se enamoró, es fácil entender porqué la idea de separarse y al ser personajes que tienen personalidades comunes me fue un poco chocante el entender las dos partes del posible rompimiento.
Si ya de por sí el libro es cruel emocionalmente, el epílogo es simplemente la cosa más dura de leer. Siempre se dice que los sentimientos no puedes sentirlos físicamente, pero hay veces que prueban lo contrario.
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between te habla sobre la realidad, las cosas que cambian para bien para mal y sobre todo, que cada nueva persona que conocemos, puede ser el prólogo para una gran historia que podría cambiar tu vida.
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Y tiene noticias de película! --> LÉELO
RESEÑA Original de: El Extraño Gato del Cuento
En toda mi vida, nunca pero nunca, eso que he tenido momentos bastante bajos, pero nunca me había sentido tan miserable como me sentí luego de terminar Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between. A ver, este libro lo conocí a finales de 2014 cuando Tristar decidió que era buena idea comprar los derechos del libro y generar un poco de bulla. Leímos la sinopsis y entendimos porqué es que estaban interesados. Leí el libro y sé que voy a morir si la película llega hacerse y la hacen bien. Y si lo hacen mal, ellos son los muertos.
Los que hemos leído con anterioridad a Jennifer E. Smith ya sabemos que nos encontraremos: una historia sencilla, personajes normales y mucho, mucho romance. A mí me gusta eso, personajes normales, personajes que sientes podrías encontrarte en la calle o quizá ya conoces. O quizá tú eres el personaje del que está hablando la escritora.
When their eyes meet, he smiles almost without meaning to, which is the kind of smile she loves best: It’s like a sneeze, a reflex, a twitch, helpless and automatic, and it only happens when he looks at her.
No soy cursi por naturaleza, soy romántica a lo Fitzgerald, creo que todo terminará mal y lo espero con ansías. Pero a la vez quiero que alguien me demuestre lo contrario. Y también sé que nadie podrá. Así que leer Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between fue para mí un tremendo huracán emocional, puedes ver como esta pareja se enamoró, es fácil entender porqué la idea de separarse y al ser personajes que tienen personalidades comunes me fue un poco chocante el entender las dos partes del posible rompimiento.
Si ya de por sí el libro es cruel emocionalmente, el epílogo es simplemente la cosa más dura de leer. Siempre se dice que los sentimientos no puedes sentirlos físicamente, pero hay veces que prueban lo contrario.
Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between te habla sobre la realidad, las cosas que cambian para bien para mal y sobre todo, que cada nueva persona que conocemos, puede ser el prólogo para una gran historia que podría cambiar tu vida.
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emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It was a quick read and frankly, at the beginning it seemed a little boring, but damn, the ending...I literally cried my heart out. For two teenagers they acted very mature and took a very hard decision. But still, they parted ways with a promise, that they would find each other later, when the time would be right. Will the time ever be right for them?
Not my most favorite book by Jennifer E. Smith, but I still loved it. A story of finding your own path, the question of to stay together or break up, and the little things in a relationship and in a person that make up something bigger. A wonderful read. I recommend it to anyone who likes realistic fiction and wants a pick me up or semi-lighthearted novel.
I do this weird thing where the more I dislike a book the faster I can read it to get it over with.
The moment the two main characters broke up about halfway through the book it was too much a sign the ending would in some way have them not break up.
I just didn't like anything about this book, but I'm also someone who reads fiction mostly for mindless reading between heavier non-fiction books, so I guess in a sense I liked the escapism of it.
While I'm someone who could be considered a hopeless romantic I was rooting against Aidan and Clare the whole time, especially Clare. There was just nothing to make me like any character in the book, except the dog Bingo. He was cool I guess.
The moment the two main characters broke up about halfway through the book it was too much a sign the ending would in some way have them not break up.
I just didn't like anything about this book, but I'm also someone who reads fiction mostly for mindless reading between heavier non-fiction books, so I guess in a sense I liked the escapism of it.
While I'm someone who could be considered a hopeless romantic I was rooting against Aidan and Clare the whole time, especially Clare. There was just nothing to make me like any character in the book, except the dog Bingo. He was cool I guess.
I usually love Jennifer E. Smith but I just found this book very juvenile and uninteresting.
slow-paced