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A review by lillanaa
Sal and Gabi Fix the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
4.0
This book was received as and ARC in exchange for an honest review.
How can a book get even better than the first? Usually sequels can drag, but this was a ride from start to finish. I love the idea of Rompenoche so much, and the Wonderland-esque setting was a perfect companion to the actual events in the story. I'm also glad that actual communication happened. Most of these kinds of books don't emphasize that communication is healthy and necessary and it's an important lesson that was extremely necessary here.
The characters are relatively the same as they were in the previous book, unsurprising considering it's only been a few weeks tops since the end of the last one to the beginning of this one. They're still endearing, and honestly I had a lot of fun. The Sisterhood was something I absolutely wasn't expecting and it's so good. I hope there's a third book figuring out what was going on with.
The one thing that felt extremely off from me vs the first one, though, was the humour. Toilet jokes and puke humour is so boring nowadays, especially for the audience they're trying to hit. There's a reason none of that flew in pretty much any other novel from the line, and it feels clunky and outdated here. It's 2020, we can get better jokes.
Merged review:
This book was received as and ARC in exchange for an honest review.
How can a book get even better than the first? Usually sequels can drag, but this was a ride from start to finish. I love the idea of Rompenoche so much, and the Wonderland-esque setting was a perfect companion to the actual events in the story. I'm also glad that actual communication happened. Most of these kinds of books don't emphasize that communication is healthy and necessary and it's an important lesson that was extremely necessary here.
The characters are relatively the same as they were in the previous book, unsurprising considering it's only been a few weeks tops since the end of the last one to the beginning of this one. They're still endearing, and honestly I had a lot of fun. The Sisterhood was something I absolutely wasn't expecting and it's so good. I hope there's a third book figuring out what was going on with.
The one thing that felt extremely off from me vs the first one, though, was the humour. Toilet jokes and puke humour is so boring nowadays, especially for the audience they're trying to hit. There's a reason none of that flew in pretty much any other novel from the line, and it feels clunky and outdated here. It's 2020, we can get better jokes.
How can a book get even better than the first? Usually sequels can drag, but this was a ride from start to finish. I love the idea of Rompenoche so much, and the Wonderland-esque setting was a perfect companion to the actual events in the story. I'm also glad that actual communication happened
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at least closer to the endThe characters are relatively the same as they were in the previous book, unsurprising considering it's only been a few weeks tops since the end of the last one to the beginning of this one. They're still endearing, and honestly I had a lot of fun. The Sisterhood was something I absolutely wasn't expecting and it's so good. I hope there's a third book figuring out what was going on with
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FixGabi because she deserves itThe one thing that felt extremely off from me vs the first one, though, was the humour. Toilet jokes and puke humour is so boring nowadays, especially for the audience they're trying to hit. There's a reason none of that flew in pretty much any other novel from the line, and it feels clunky and outdated here. It's 2020, we can get better jokes.
Merged review:
This book was received as and ARC in exchange for an honest review.
How can a book get even better than the first? Usually sequels can drag, but this was a ride from start to finish. I love the idea of Rompenoche so much, and the Wonderland-esque setting was a perfect companion to the actual events in the story. I'm also glad that actual communication happened
Spoiler
at least closer to the endThe characters are relatively the same as they were in the previous book, unsurprising considering it's only been a few weeks tops since the end of the last one to the beginning of this one. They're still endearing, and honestly I had a lot of fun. The Sisterhood was something I absolutely wasn't expecting and it's so good. I hope there's a third book figuring out what was going on with
Spoiler
FixGabi because she deserves itThe one thing that felt extremely off from me vs the first one, though, was the humour. Toilet jokes and puke humour is so boring nowadays, especially for the audience they're trying to hit. There's a reason none of that flew in pretty much any other novel from the line, and it feels clunky and outdated here. It's 2020, we can get better jokes.