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The thing about falling is you don’t have any control on your way down.
This is ridiculously charming and fast paced and lovely and I can’t believe I waited so long to read it (but I know why I was reluctant) and I can’t believe Yoon hasn’t written anything else!! Why do you make us wait for more goodness, Ms Yoon??
I was reluctant to read this because I found Everything, Everything perfectly digestible but a bit too silly and the ending was awful. I wasn’t sure if the author was capable of a ...more
DNF at 20%, not my cup of tea.
I read this for my book club -- wasn't particularly interested in it going in, so not surprised it only earned three stars from me.
It's a one-day-long love story type of thing, all happening on the day before the female lead is set to be deported. Putting aside the fact that whirlwind, "instant" love stories don't do much for me, this book required a HUGE suspension of disbelief when it came to how much happened in this one day. Like, I don't know about you, but I get 24 hours in my days. These ...more
It's a one-day-long love story type of thing, all happening on the day before the female lead is set to be deported. Putting aside the fact that whirlwind, "instant" love stories don't do much for me, this book required a HUGE suspension of disbelief when it came to how much happened in this one day. Like, I don't know about you, but I get 24 hours in my days. These ...more
I enjoyed this one. I loved seeing the universe come together, and not just in super perfect ways.
I loved a lot of things about this book, but I didn't love it from the start. One of the main characters I LOVED (Daniel) and the other one was hard to get behind because she seemed harsh and judgmental (Natasha). As the story develops and there are little backstories of minor characters it came together really well and I enjoyed it. (Read Harder Challenge: Read a book wherein all point-of-view characters are people of color)
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Nov 14, 2016
Deedee
marked it as to-read
Lexile HL650L
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10.0
Sep 10, 2016
Jocelyn
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