Overall, despite my rantings, this book definitely deserves 4.5 stars (rounded to 5 for Goodreads). Not surprising in the least and felt more like a letdown than anything. Finny deserved it more than anyone so it really pisses me off that he was the one who had to die.Īlso, I totally guessed that she was gonna get pregnant with his baby. Kind people never get their happily ever afters. Maybe because I feel like the nice person in my own story, so I’m just sitting here thinking, “Oh, yeah, my tragically young death is right around the corner.” It just sucks. Is it just me, or is it always the nice person, the kind and caring and considerate person, who dies a tragic and early death? Literally my least favorite trope of all time. Also, why did Laura Nowlin have to do that to me…. It felt like a prologue and I don’t like prologues.
It would’ve been much more entertaining to me to not know about this thing that literally destroys Autumn and just find out when she finds out in the book. I didn’t like the fact that Nowlin started the book talking about the tragedy that drives the book forward.
Now, plot? There are a couple of things I would’ve personally done differently. Because, of course, the nice, shy, cutesy guy is my favorite. Autumn was well-written even if she was a bit annoying at times. The characters felt unique, well thought out, and completely individualistic when it came to quirks, emotions, and driving forces. It just peeved me.Ĭharacter-wise? This book landed right on the mark. It honestly drove me a little mad and I cannot even begin to explain the reason why.
Instead of saying “can’t,” it would be cannot. For one thing, inner thoughts, writings, and anything that wasn’t dialogue had no contractions. I don’t know if that’s because Laura Nowlin was trying to make it sound more like the main character, Autumn, but to me, it just felt forced with writing. However, some of the writing to me felt so monotone and just… flat. With the writing specifically, I thought it was beautifully written and very in tune to its main character. I’m going to start with the writing, the characters, and the plot before getting into specifics about what I liked about the story and disliked.
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