Katharine Forsyth
3.5/5
It started out brilliantly, but the last few chapters changed in tone and were something of a downer to end on. For the most part, though, it's insightful and irreverent, and Trevor Noah knows exactly how to make light of a bad situation while still getting you to take it seriously (no easy task!). It was especially fascinating for me, as we're almost the same age, grew up in the same city, but had such different experiences. He even went to the high school where my Aunt taught, and where I knew a few other pupils, but our lives could not have been more different. It's especially fascinating because his experience as a mixed-race child was so different from pretty much anybody else's, black, white or coloured.
I'd have liked to find out a bit about how he got into doing comedy. That's literally not covered at all except in a passing sentence.
I'd have given this 4/5 if it hadn't been for the change in tone at the end, but I'd still absolutely recommend it. Get the audiobook as narrated by him, because he does all the accents and voices, and it's great.
Wow. I went into this a bit worried that it would be a preachy “issues” book, but damn. No preachiness, just raw emotions and an amazing heroine (main character, but also literally a hero). I got involved with these people, I cried with them, and I almost missed my stop on the train because their lives seemed more real to me than my journey home.
I really enjoyed this. The pacing and build-up were really good, until the end when it felt a bit rushed. Reminscient of the film “Passengers”, which I loved.
I loved this so much. Sweet and light and happy, but really well-written and very more-ish.
Kind of reminiscent of “To All the Boys I've Loved before” - a cute read, but nothing madly memorable about it.
I don't know why I keep reading this sort of badly-written rubbish. Forbidden relationships are like crack to me!
The lightest, easiest read you'll probably ever find. Cute story, told in Meg Cabot's typical epistolary form. If you've had a bad day/week/month and you need a sweet read that takes as little concentration as possible, this one's for you.
I wish this had been a full length book instead of a novella. I really liked it, but it felt too rushed.
Fun and readable, but the main character is one of those annoying romance heroines who makes assumptions about the male lead and what he wants, and what he's done or hasn't done, but never bothers to just ASK him. This would have been a 3 star book if not for that. I'm so tired of that trope.
Also I'd have liked a little more romance.
I was expecting more of a timeslip novel, in the vein of Charlotte Sometimes. This is just a sweet, straightforward story about a little girl's summer holiday one year. It's beautifully written, very evocative, but not much happens. The best word I can think of to describe it is “gentle”.
Super cute! Sweet NA story about a gamer girl and her “we're just friends” housemate & colleague who becomes well, more, obviously.
Had to DNF this because I hated the writing style. Really bland and simplistic, with no emotion or characterisation or ... anything. Such a shame, because the plot sounded amazing. In the hands of a skilled writer this could have been brilliant.
Sean McGuire's writing is SO BEAUTIFUL. I just want to cry thinking about how I'll never create anything this beautiful.
READ THIS BOOK. And be prepared for darkness, cos it ain't warm and fuzzy, but don't be afraid, because it's not horror.
Just read it. I can't do it justice.
I really really enjoyed this. Quick, light read, but not without substance. Pretty pleased I pulled it off the library shelf just because it was next to another book I wanted to read!