optimisticbooknerd's Reviews (1.52k)


"There is no normal. There is just a bunch of people pretending there is. There's just different levels of pain. Different stages of safe. The biggest con of all is that there's a normal."

I actually really enjoyed this

It was so fast paced and I loved Nora, Iris and Wes and the overall ending, 4 stars.

I watched the movie adaption first and I think it's still my favorite but I didn't mind the book. it was funny and lovely but I wish it was told differently than just emails and text messaging.

Sam Claffin and Lily Collins were the superior match

3.5⭐

I was really excited for this one as it sounded like the perfect isolated winter thriller but I hated the writing and all of the characters and found myself skimming 70% of the book.

Very unlikable characters who I really didn't care about and very bland storytelling.

I wish I could have my time back.

I really wanted to love this and I loved so many elements but overall unfortunately this is 3 stars for me.

It had so much good representation, whimsical writing, beautiful characters.

The story just fell short for me and felt something off/missing.

When I saw the cover and read the synopsis and instantly was interested.

Unfortunately though I wasn't a fan of the romance at all. The story follows Maya on her birthday coming to surprise her boyfriend and getting off of the plane Maya gets a text from David's phone but it isn't from David.

It's from 'Max' who was David's lift driver and he's trying to return the phone. Maya discovers her longterm boyfriend has been cheating on her and she quickly finds comfort in the mysterious man via texting.

It was very insta love for me and it was annoying because the main character was so unlikable too. 2 stars because I actually really enjoyed the writing.

I saw this one on booktube and thought it seemed so interesting.

I wasn't disappointed. It follows these two girls who meet when one of them posts an ad and engage into a relationship in the early 2000's and it's told through emails and instant messaging.

I could've read another 100 pages of this, I thought it was too short but super addictive! I seriously didn't wanna put it down it was so messed up but awesome at the same time!

I don't even know how I feel but this was really good lol

Well.. I wanted to read this because everyone either loves it or hates it and I can say unfortunately I hated it.

I didn't like any of the characters nor did I like the writing, the ending definitely wasn't what I expected and I kinda liked it even though I strongly think this book is highly unrealistic and overrated.

It was just ok for me. I found the story really underwhelming and would skim a few parts as I was getting bored but I loved Jake and Sawyer's povs even though I found Sawyers really sad and dark but it was just ok, maybe 2.5⭐

This definitely didn't turn out like I thought..

The story follows Jenny who is supposed to take a 3 hour flight and the plane lands 20 years later. Super intriguing, right?

I was so hyped when I saw it was available to request on Netgalley because it sounded so good but there wasn't much to like unfortunately.

I really disliked our main protagonist with a passion like understandable that her family and friends are 20 years older while shes still 17 but.. I didn't like her character arc whatsoever or her choices.

The writing was ok but it was definitely not very easy to read so I'm so sad I didn't like this.

I finally finished it and hit my book goal for reading 100 books!

I love this so much, it's so cute and wholesome and I cried 6 times while reading out of pure joy.

This is my first from T.J Klune and it definitely won't be the last. This was so hecking cute omg