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Ain't She Sweet
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Goodreads Author)
Well, I really liked this one, just not as much as the Chicago stars or Kissed by an Angel.
My problem was that even though we saw Sugar grow and Colin get what he needed, still the characters were not as appealing as the rest of SEP's characters. I liked more the others because they faced real traumas through their lives. Although once I realized how hard it had been for Sugar to get through a father like that I could sympathize with her a bit more, but not much because of all the terrible things she had done to everybody while she was at high school, specially to her step-sister. I mean it's fine she changed and all, but she still had done such horrible things that I could not forgive her, so I just could not get to love her as the rest of the heroines. Maybe bullies are common in the US but they are definitely not in my country. Things like that just don't happened in here, ever. How can someone do such vile things to anyone? I get it that she was the heroine and all and I really loved the new Sugar, but in my mind I just could not forget the things she did in her past.
Still as those things were just barely mentioned and did not take much space in the book, I still could love because SEP's writing was amazing as always. We get to know so much about a lot of characters that it is just not possible to not get into the book. You get to feel part of the town and related to the characters. You get to really care about them and how everything will end. As always the secondary story was amazing and perfectly related to the main story. I would have definitely given 5 stars to this one if it wasn't about such a dreadful topic. I really don't care about high school drama at all, but don't get me wrong, this book is not about teens and high schools. Maybe that is a big topic in the book because it's how all the characters are currently related but the story develops 15 years after that.
4 stars to this one from me. A great story, and it would have been perfect if we could erase those terrible actions from the heroine. Now you'll just have to read the book to know what I'm talking about,lol.
My problem was that even though we saw Sugar grow and Colin get what he needed, still the characters were not as appealing as the rest of SEP's characters. I liked more the others because they faced real traumas through their lives. Although once I realized how hard it had been for Sugar to get through a father like that I could sympathize with her a bit more, but not much because of all the terrible things she had done to everybody while she was at high school, specially to her step-sister. I mean it's fine she changed and all, but she still had done such horrible things that I could not forgive her, so I just could not get to love her as the rest of the heroines. Maybe bullies are common in the US but they are definitely not in my country. Things like that just don't happened in here, ever. How can someone do such vile things to anyone? I get it that she was the heroine and all and I really loved the new Sugar, but in my mind I just could not forget the things she did in her past.
Still as those things were just barely mentioned and did not take much space in the book, I still could love because SEP's writing was amazing as always. We get to know so much about a lot of characters that it is just not possible to not get into the book. You get to feel part of the town and related to the characters. You get to really care about them and how everything will end. As always the secondary story was amazing and perfectly related to the main story. I would have definitely given 5 stars to this one if it wasn't about such a dreadful topic. I really don't care about high school drama at all, but don't get me wrong, this book is not about teens and high schools. Maybe that is a big topic in the book because it's how all the characters are currently related but the story develops 15 years after that.
4 stars to this one from me. A great story, and it would have been perfect if we could erase those terrible actions from the heroine. Now you'll just have to read the book to know what I'm talking about,lol.
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| 10/28/2010 | "Again we have a not very likable heroine and an ass as a hero,lol. I love her characters, specially love to see how they become everything you were not waiting of them at the beginning. It's amazing how such terrible characters can become one of your favs at the end of the book." 10 comments |
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Oct 28, 2010 11:10pm
Awesome review Vale!! I agree with you that bullying is terrible and should never happen at all!
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thanks. It's just that for me it's something so weird. I can't imagine kids doing something like this and for what I have been reading and seeing in movies, it's pretty common in there, right? It must be terrible to go to high school.lol.
