The writing in this book was just so clunky.

Mostly because I am sure tons of writers, especially newer writers, do this, and we mostly never notice because we don’t have access to a ton of information about them. I was not bothered by the similarities between Shane and Christine. I did skim from about Part 2, Chapter 3, until about Chapter 21, then I read normally until the end. Then I wanted to again at 15% then, I thought that I could justify a review with just 25%, the same thought at 50%. If I had not wanted to finish this book so I could review it, I would have DNFed at Chapter 3. Unfortunately, the execution left so much to be desired. I think that if I were sat down and given a spoiler-filled three minute summary of this story, I would probably still love the story. In London, there was a cute boy! And most importantly, I fell deeply in love with London. After classes, myself and nine other students city hopped until we were too poor to keep hopping. I had flatmates that I thought were excellent people! We traveled around the city together and had the most amazing time.

I studied abroad in London when I was in college. I felt like I was perfectly primed to LOVE this book. I thought worst-case scenario it's 3.5/4 stars because it is not excellent, but I still have fun with it. I low-key thought that the other reviews I was seeing were just people who wanted to hate it because they don’t like Christine, or because they think she probably got an easy book deal. I went into it sure I would at least like it a decent amount. Just wanted to put this up here to head off any ‘you don’t dislike this book you just hate Christine!’ type thoughts. I genuinely think that she seems like a great person, and I will continue my low-key viewer status. She was certainly in the first wave of booktube people I found out about and is at least in part responsible for shaping what I was reading at the time. ARC from NetGalley, all opinions are honest and mine!įirst off, my Christine credentials! I have watched her videos on and off since 2012 probably.

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