Ayesha

Was kinda slow/boring in the beginning but then I was INVESTED!!!! Couldn't put it down and spent whole night on it. Rowan and Neil literally have my heart 🥹🩷

It started out pretty slow and couldn't grab my interest but man Frederick Backman's writing style is just something else. Sometimes it felt like there were too many stories going on but towards the end I was all in, he has this ability of making you fall in love with every character and I guess not everyone's completely shit or completely non-shit ❤️

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈”

So much to say about this one, Holly Bourne does it again. The writing style, dual pov, the terms used, everything was beautifully written. Really makes you think how girls are raised in this world and how deep rooted all these things are. Surely by the end you know this isn't some dystopian fictional town but rather just any other place of our own world. All of us women lead lives similar to this everywhere.

Some moments felt a little preachy maybe and Belle and Joni's becoming the best of friends felt a little too sudden to me, other than that loved every single thing.

And the ending oh my God, LOVE LOVE LOVED IT, so happy that it wasn't all perfect at the end, magically making everything good, always appreciate realistic endings, specially for books like these <3

I was expecting something deep/serious. This felt childish at points and Malin's thoughts didn't feel like that of a 14 year old 

I have mixed feelings on this one, was expecting way more. Idk it was the writing style or what but till the end I didn't feel that connected to the characters as I usually do. The book didn't make me feel that much, considering almost everyone died and the narrator wasn't even real, I feel like the concept had a lot of potential, just didn't hit me :(
Also everything was a little too metaphorical, a lot of times it felt like random sentences strung together and every character had that element. 

It had its moments tho, some great quotes here and there ❤️‍🩹

I LOVED THIS ONE, THE CONCEPT, IDEA, WRITING STYLE, ALL OF IT. Without any usual introduction of characters or story, it hooked me, I was invested in the characters and despite knowing from the first page, Iris's death still made me sad :( Her journal was beautifully written, the pictures added so much ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
Questioned dating the sister at some points but eventually made sense within the plot and context. The writing style also made it easy to read, would have completed faster if not for my effed up attention span ;)
Also, Carl I love you 🫶🏼

Loved it. My heart breaks for Roya and Bahman, loved the way it's written going back and forth in past and present, each character had their own complexities and stories. Great read if you're looking for a good heartbreak ❤️‍🩹

Miles and Barrett have my heart <3

I LOVED IT. SO SO BEAUTIFUL. ALICE SUN YOU HAVE MY HEART FOREVER, always rooting for you ❤️‍🩹 A beautifully unique story, great arcs and lovable characters. Henry and Alice forever 🥹❤️ Also very hard to put down, just loved it 🫶🏼

Life is all clickety clack.We come together.Now we come apart.

I'm out of words. Getting into it wasn't expecting it to be this, shook me to my core. Didn't realise I was crying until I closed the book. Honestly I don't know where to start..
Perfectly written, the mystery of Isra keeps you hooked till the end. Loved how we see POVs of every women, all three generations and somehow sympathise with all of them, it really is a cycle going on from centuries.
Also told with subtlety but beautifully shown how the genocide affected generations and generations of people, forcing everyone to do things they maybe wouldn't have ever done.
My heart breaks for Isra and her daughters, even for Fareeda? And that's the beauty of the writing.

The ending couldn't have been better, Isra went believing she was finally free and that she saved her daughters and in some way she did ❤️‍🩹

The book made me cry, feel angry at the world and much more, heartbreakingly beautiful ❤️‍🩹

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎, 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎, 𝒘𝒆'𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑾𝒆'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆.

LOVED IT!!!

The way of writing with the tiny details added in between chapters made the characters more relatable, enhanced the reading experience and made me even more emotionally invested.

Every loss Yui, Takeshi or any character went through could be felt from the words, just beautiful. The short easy to read chapters an added bonus :)

Takeshi, Yui and their little family have my heart 🥹🫶🏼

The ending was perfect as well, healed everyone in some way or the other ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Also this cover is just so prettyyy and beautifulll, captures exactly what the book made me feel 🥹💗

It has that perfect kind of ending, everything will be alright type but I enjoyed it. Easy to process, not that dark and kept me hooked. 

Only Emily Henry can make me want to believe in love <3

Loved this one as well, not as much as beach read tho. Emily Henry, the only person who makes me believe in love 🩵🤍

Loved it, specially the writing style. The writer showed the emotions and struggles of Marla and Allison so well ❤️‍🩹

Too much importance given to the eagles plot and I feel like there was no closure for his father's issues. Also maybe Pat's ilness could be discussed more and could have unfolded earlier and better. But it was a good read 

I LOVEEE LOVEEE LOVEEE IT
Everything from the story, to the plot progression to the way things developed and of course the characters and romance, perfect. I loved Lemon and Iwan's banter and flirting. they have my heart 🥹🫶🏼💗

Also Iwan James Ashton you gave me butterflies at so many points, I completely get you Clementine 🦋🦋🦋


Wish I hadn't dragged it like this, also sometimes the time situation confused me or maybe it was just my memory.

Anyways, loved it too much, Lemon and Iwan forever ❤️

Someone find me a man who cooks me my comfort food in his own restaurant, gets a tattoo for me on his heart, knowing I'm seven years from the future, no one like you Iwan
🦋💗🦋💗🦋💗🦋

Wasn't expecting the end, beautiful beautiful book and maybe even better than the previous one ❤️

Delphie was so annoying, at times could barely bear her. I went in pretty excited, the idea was great but the writing felt off..Almost immediately guessed the main plot and there was literally zero chemistry between the leads. Also felt zero connection with any of the characters and for some reason couldn't create any vision of the book whatsoever. The M twist was unexpected but God she was also annoying as hell and idk why but every time a romance book/author was referenced, I cringed at the way it was done 😭
Not a great end to this reading year :(

SURELY ONE OF MY FAVOURITES 🫶🏼

Loved the gradual personal growth of Yunjae and then his bond with Gon, how both helped the other to realise their true self <3

Loved the overall concept, books set around books don't always work but this one did it for me!! Maggie and her journey were beautiful, the little love story going on the side was cutee 🫶🏼
Fun, light, cutsie read 💗

Beautiful story, heartwarming. Loved the way it was written, starting from the end. Took some to get into and the progression could have been faster. Also the language felt too figurative/symbolic at times, other than that loved it ❤️ The whole progression of Bobby realising that his mother's dead was beautifully portrayed, my favourite part of the book. 

May the Queen, Princess and the Boy get back to the Caveman soon ❤️‍🩹

As always, Emily Henry makes me want to believe in love and happy endings 🥹💗

Miles and Daphne have their own set of fears and the way each helps the other rediscover love <3

Though did not get as much feels as I usually do from Emily Henry's characters? Maybe it was me dragging it but didn't feel that attachment to the characters, felt like they lacked some depth, and they could've been explored more to make the Love story feel real or idk understandable?

Anyways lovedd it, Emily Henry just has something in her words which makes you want to fall in love 🫶🏼