lidia🌷
if nirrim becomes the villain in the next book im gonna love it so much yall don't understand
EDIT: 2nd reread and i just love everyone
this was such a wonderful read. this book isn't perfect at all, at times it even feels like it picked up the story halfway, like you missed two books before this one, but it is so funny and lightharted and stressful and beautiful all at the same time, there's a point you don't even care.
i usually struggle with books written in first person, i don't really like that style of writing, but with this one i didn't struggle at all. actually i loved the different point of views and how different stories were being told at the same time. the author pulled it off so amazingly, it was never confusing.
i think the world could need some development, but maybe it will get that in the second book (oh i can't wait for it), but this is more of a character-driven story, and it's so wonderful. what i loved the most were the relationships between the characters, the love triangle that is not really a love triangle, the male/female friendships, the failed friendships... the dynamics between all the characters are so interesting because they are all so incredibly different. even the romance was so amazing, and i'm not a big fan of romance.
i loved this. it isn't perfect, it can be a little predictable at times, but still it makes you laugh and breaks you at the same time. it made its way to my favorite books shelf so fast, i already want to reread it.
this was so incredibly good. all the characters are so deep, well written, so human. just,,, amazing.
edit on 03/09/21: i dont even think this is a bad book, i just cant imagine anyone rereading this for fun. how can you write a book so impossible to enjoy? i keep thinking about it and i can't feel anything but negative emotions, its terrible
things i liked:
- jordan and matthew's relationship
things i disliked:
- everything else
i guess this trilogy is just not what i was expecting. i got so excited when i found out a series about one of my all-time favorite characters was coming out, but it barely feels like a book about ronan. all i wanted was to see the lynch brothers together, working out their life-long issues while trying to live in this dream shitshow they've gotten themselves into. what did i get instead? two phone conversations and one (1) scene where ronan and declan stand in the same room. i was so frustrated all the time, seeing declan and Matthew together getting all the much-needed relationship development while ronan was away in the most boring mission ever with the most annoying character I've ever read about.
and the ending, bryde waking up while ronan is still asleep. if the third book is about bryde, if ronan stays asleep as if //he// is the dream, i don't think i'm gonna be able to get through it. I haven't HATED a character so much in SO LONG.
i won't even talk about adam because it feels like maggie stiefvater herself doesn't even want to write about him or his relationship with ronan.
i could complain about so many more things, but i'm pissed off and tired. this book was 300 pages long and 200 pages of it were boring as hell. that's all.
i really, really like the way this was written, im more than willing to read more books by this author. the reason why i didn't give this a higher rating is because i feel like they almost ruined a perfectly good f/m friendship with something that was basically irrelevant to the main plot, and i disliked that so much, because autumn and tanner's friendship is so beautiful but frail at the same time, i feel like neither of them deserved that. also, i don't know what u have to do to find well written platonic relationships between boys and girls, do i have to sell my soul to someone? i will! the whole love story was pretty close to insta love, usually i don't like that, but the plot was so interesting and the struggles between faith and identity so well represented, i didn't really care about the insta love. it's a pretty solid book, beautifully written, with interesting characters, heart breaking and heart warming at the same time. i really liked it!
it was entertaining and fun and i liked the ending but the world building is a mess, the writing style annoys me and these characters that are assholes just for the sake of being assholes bore me. i hope the second one gets better
4'5*
i just,,,, i just finished it, i read it in a day, and i don't think i can make any sense right now cause im so emotional. i loved it so much, its so unique and deep and different, I've never read anything like this before. usually im not into contemporary stories but this was captivating and relatable. im so thankful a book like this exists, one that speaks about healthy f/m friendships!! we need more of that. i just wish i had found this book earlier and not now that im on my last year of college. beautiful.
i am so emotional and this book has meant so much to me I can't even type a proper review just,,,, read it.
its the second time i read this book in 2 months and i love kaz so much i don't think anyone understands
