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These characters TJR creates are the kind of characters I know I will remember in a long time.
I hated Carrie Soto right from the start, but I understand her.

Right before it was about to end, I thought, maybe she read The Daily Stoic. In my mind that's how she was loosing all the unnecessary thoughts she had in her head.

Thank for you giving a wonderful ending to this book.

I think it's interesting how this book is with Lily and Atlas' POV. I like how we now know what's in his mind all those years ago.

This book was not as breaking as the first one but still, I love it. I wanted to give it 4 stars because of the person whom Lily writes letters to. I have long removed her from the people I like but I guess she's there for continuity? I don't know, I think that's the only part of this book that I didn't like.

Those who hate on this book might not understand what's actually happening here– it happens in real life, people. It's just... she writes it raw. The way the characters express their thoughts even with small lines hits it right on the exact spot that makes you feel the reality of what's going on.

I need someone to talk about this book.

I have no clue why I'm so disappointed that I did not hear Jack's harp playing in my head when it was one of the main points of this book.

That burn was so slow, I thought I was going to die. They had cute banter though.

The slow burn was too slow in the end, it as too cramped up.

And why would you allow someone back to your life just like that after making you feel like shit?

5 stars for the baddest bitch! I enjoyed this. I felt the energy. Now I'm all ready to try a new sport.

This book, I know, will forever hold my heart.

It's cute, chatty. An obvious setup but still likable.

I have issues on how the hate which was supposed to be so aggressive can easily be washed away with one 5 minute explanation. I'd like to think a little flattery would not make forget a betrayal that includes my life's work forgiven.

I thought this was the cutest because it was set into a NASA universe, but in the end I thought the comparison to all the Mars mountains(?) is the fail point. What happened. I did like Hannah's charter the most. I like her writing style though.

Could have been a 4 star if the title weren't repeated for 100 times.

Brilliant.

I heard reviews saying this is a comedic memoir. I did not see comedy in this, instead, I saw the hurt and the sadness that comes after. I get it.

If the first one gave me stress, this one is pure trauma.

I always think about this Blake Lively speech whenever topics depicted in this book comes up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMVHz-1I1zY&t=14s

Any depiction of death is always fascinating to me. The murder mystery is cool, all with the fantasy aspect, but nothing was happening, and the twists and turns were almost at the 98% mark, which was not cute.

Ugh, I've reached my limit of devastating and graphic depiction of abuse. Other that this being a little slow for me, albeit we know it's going to be tragic, there was that one scene that made me hang on. Let's move forward.

Annihilation.

Dark Places for me is better that Gone Girl. Nice twist, and the transition from what happened thay Day and today.

Another mad lady made by Gillian Flynn. Good story. Nice setting. Bad luck. And not a lucky day.

This was supposed to be an epic 5 stars but then I read chapter 75: Epilogue 2 and it went down to 4.5. WHYYYYYYYYYY? I hate the ending.

I really thought I would like this book despite the mixed reviews. I think I actually did at some point, but in the end, it felt like I was robbed blind of the actual plot. What happened? Sadie and Marx's relationship leading to the end was unnecessary for me. This book would have run the same way without it. Also, I hate Dov, but more so, I hate how he is even in the picture of Sadie's life, he was a constant itch that never really went away. Was he even relevant to the story? His character should have been the NPC! Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow had its moments, I truly enjoyed most part, the way how their friendship were built, how they would get lost on gaming, I understand because if you switch the games to books, or any other hobby you've been interested ever since, you would somehow understand - but, at the same time you won't, because no one ever found the secret tunnel.

Why were the things that were closest so often the hardest to see?

This is all so jumbled, a lot of things being thrown out every corner, you won't have time to duck. There were so many unnecessary things happening all at the same time, and what is this genre even? It was all so confusing I just rolled my eyes and got it done. THE PICTURES WEREN'T EVEN HIDDEN!!!

Okay, so this book, OMG, I don't know where I saw it, but I read the blurb and was fascinated, so I added it to my list. There was something about it that I couldn't get out of my head. Even though I have a few books on my list already and wanted to approach my reading systematically this year, I failed. I started a few pages of this masterpiece, then a few chapters, and then I couldn't put it down anymore. It was not a short book, I tell you, but I never felt bored or had a thought that I wanted to pause and do other things first. On the contrary, life was happening, and I wanted it to skip a bit and just go back to this book. It's that good!!! The last time I had this same feeling was when I was reading the The Legend Series, where I couldn't get Daniel Altan Wing out of my head! This time, it was almost all of the characters of this book! From Vis, to Relucia, to Callidus, to Eidhin, to Aequa, ever since Relucia said there was another person in the Catenan Academy who knows who he is, I was on a watchful eye for whoever gave the slightest hint that they are! But until now, I couldn't pinpoint anyone! T_T I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!! IT'S ALREADY AN EARLY CONTENDER FOR MY BEST READ OF 2024 AND IT'S JUST JANUARY!!!

From my perspective as a mother, I guess this is a biased review. Colleen Hoover is sometimes a hit or miss for me. This time, it's almost a hit. Sometimes it's skeptical of me to like the insta love, it's not always real and I might have been seeing or reading a developmental kind of thing that the insta love thing to me has lost its charm. But the mother-child plot is amazing. I tried not to cry during the parts when the letters are coming up, it wasn't hitting me that hard anyway, but by the end of the book when the love for the kid shows, all hell broke loose and my tears just went running down. Sometimes, I think, this kind of love is amazing. The love for my children and their love for each other. I am glad Colleen turned some of this love into words because I do not have any for it.

In the middle of wiping my tears, Diem said her turtle's name is Ledger because she loves him. This is a random memory but my daughter wanted to name a dog she has been wanting to have her brother's name. When I asked why she said because I love him. Oh my goodness, this love. Sometimes it's weird.

Bonnie Garmus is not a scientist, but wrote a far more interestingly structured novel with chemistry as a background than the other writer who is an actual scientist who based her book from Star Wars characters.

Also, 6:30 is my favorite part of this book.

CHEMISTRY IS CHANGE, she wrote. “Whenever you start doubting yourself,” she said, turning back to the audience, “whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change—and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back. No more subscribing to others' opinions of what you can and cannot achieve. And no more allowing anyone to pigeonhole you into useless categories of sex, race, economic status, and religion. Do not allow your talents to lie dormant, ladies. Design your own future. When you go home today, ask yourself what you will change. And then get started.”

The music featured in this book made up for the unconvincing, jumping, and dragging storyline.