loved the friend group and the theme of toxic friendship. They kinda started liking each other from page two though and then it was just external factloved the friend group and the theme of toxic friendship. They kinda started liking each other from page two though and then it was just external factors keeping them apart so the 'slow' part of slow-burn got chucked out the window *long, deep sigh*...more
I really, really liked the writing; it had this musical quality that I picked up on and it made the reading experience very enjoyable. The discussionsI really, really liked the writing; it had this musical quality that I picked up on and it made the reading experience very enjoyable. The discussions on racism and colourism were handled with great care in this novel and I was very satisfied with the resolution of these discussions. I have two gripes with the characters and their relationship. A) the main romance went by too dang fast. yeah, yeah, yeah they were cute and everything. Farah and Zayan had their moments but they got over their dislike sooooo quickly it felt kinda inorganic. There were these scenes where Farah says that they can’t be friends because she’s so attracted to him and he says the same *asexual confusion intensifies* I can never really believe YA contemporary romances (or straight people) because they always fall in love in a mere month or two and that’s exactly what happened here. This, obviously, bleeds into the friendships. Farah’s friend group felt like prop characters at some points. Yes, they had their moments, and they were adorable. Doesn’t change the fact that when there were larger interpersonal conflicts (like her leaving the play when their stage was sabotaged), they started monologuing like therapists. Like I’m sorry that’s not how real people talk???? They don’t immediately start talking about safe space and processing your thoughts. These children are eighteen years old. I think the conflicts got resolved too neatly. The dialogues felt inauthentic because they seemed copy pasted from an APA manual and my psychology textbook’s therapy chapter. Also Farah felt a little too perfect at times. Oh woe is me to be fair-skinned, a talented actress, with a big friend group, dating a movie star. By the end, when he’s about to propose to her (after knowing her only for a YEAR????) she also has an interview with The Actor’s Guild, it veered too much into Wattpad territory. I know this is based on the author’s own unfulfilled experience which led to this lack of objectivity. But seriously, I would’ve appreciated a little more realism....more
I really loved the book (says a lot that I finished it within a day). I just have to sit with my thoughts for a minute and figure out the minor thingsI really loved the book (says a lot that I finished it within a day). I just have to sit with my thoughts for a minute and figure out the minor things that added up to the deduction of one star.
i would like to thank this book for saving my sanity during last week's exams<3i would like to thank this book for saving my sanity during last week's exams<3...more
Nothing can hold a candle to Foolish Hearts but this one was pretty good too. My only gripe is that I needed more Sloane-Gabe moments. She had more moNothing can hold a candle to Foolish Hearts but this one was pretty good too. My only gripe is that I needed more Sloane-Gabe moments. She had more moments with Vera istg...more
Loved the murder mystery and the summer camp setting but I still don't get why Stevie and David are together. Also I noticed that we don't get Stevie'Loved the murder mystery and the summer camp setting but I still don't get why Stevie and David are together. Also I noticed that we don't get Stevie's thought process very well. I mean we get her confusion, we get the lightbulbs going off in ger head, but we never get how she reaches her conclusions. This would all be fine if she wasn't the narrator, only the detective, like in old detective fiction, but she is and it's kinda frustrating to see we never get how her brain works to solve all these cold cases....more
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