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Snowtulip
This is the type of book that normally has me running around for joy...wanderlust...romance...exotic food...Gayle Forman...

Nope, didn't work for me. I absolutely did not like Allyson, I wanted to stop reading for so much of the book because I just couldn't take the whining anymore. But then I got to the last quarter of the book and really wished the rest of the book focused more on this awakening. I really liked these last parts.

Not sure if I liked those last parts to try the next book though!

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mstan
I was really impressed by Forman's If I Stay and its sequel, Where She Went but this felt too one-note (especially reminiscent of Adam and Mia wandering around NYC - but not in a good way) for me.

The whole time, the phrase 'FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS' kept resounding in my head. A girl hooks up with a random boy she meets near the end of her high-school graduation trip to EUROPE (sponsored by her parents), and hops on a train with him to go to PARIS. Insecurities and overprotective parents are par for
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Juliane
Acidentally deleted my review... no comment please ;)

So - I really liked this book! But the end - pfffff, I'm so in need of the next book! :)
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Erica
Feb 04, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
99% Of the time I acted like a giggling schoolgirl with her first crush the characters had a great connection but the romance wasn't to overwhelming the ending was frustrating I wanna know what happens next but overall what a great book about finding ones self ...more
Erin (NY)
Oct 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Loved this book! I love travel stories, and this one was such, with a perfect added element of romance in it. I loved how Allyson grows as a character in this book and becomes independent.
Deedee
Lexile HL750L
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14.0
Jessica
Aug 05, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2013-releases
Ruth
Sep 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: ya-to-read
Meghan
Dec 11, 2012 marked it as to-read
Kimberly
Jan 04, 2013 marked it as to-read
Kaley
Jan 06, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya, arc, audiobooks, 2013, 2018, paris
Martha
Feb 09, 2013 rated it liked it
Laura
Feb 23, 2013 marked it as not-for-me
Jesica
Jan 15, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Sharon
Aug 23, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kat
Jan 30, 2015 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2015
Curlysue
Sep 11, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Deborah
Oct 28, 2023 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition