this one was a surprise to me; it didn't feel like Carley's other works had—it felt, to me, how people feel about Great Big Beautiful Life has felt like a letdown for some people, with how it didn't exactly feel like Emily Henry, how it was just different compared to her earlier works. this one is Carley's second earliest work, and yet, it almost feels like it was her debut novel, it felt that different to her other three novels that she's written so far.

i'm a sucker for second-chance so once i realized that's what this would be—i went into this one blind, i didn't know anything about it before i'd started it—but in this one, i just didn't care about either of the characters, their stories, or anything that happened to them. i was, quite frankly and devastatingly to me, bored, and even considered DNFing at 70%, but i had stupid hope that i would somehow grow more attached to fern and will during the last 30% (i didn't, obviously).

this one was just disappointing to me, and i find that i liked Every Summer After better compared to this one, and i hate cheating. i do still hold high hopes for her future releases, but this one was a miss.

this one was a surprise to me; it didn't feel like Carley's other works had—it felt, to me, how people feel about Great Big Beautiful Life has felt like a letdown for some people, with how it didn't exactly feel like Emily Henry, how it was just different compared to her earlier works. this one is Carley's second earliest work, and yet, it almost feels like it was her debut novel, it felt that different to her other three novels that she's written so far.

i'm a sucker for second-chance so once i realized that's what this would be—i went into this one blind, i didn't know anything about it before i'd started it—but in this one, i just didn't care about either of the characters, their stories, or anything that happened to them. i was, quite frankly and devastatingly to me, bored, and even considered DNFing at 70%, but i had stupid hope that i would somehow grow more attached to fern and will during the last 30% (i didn't, obviously).

this one was just disappointing to me, and i find that i liked Every Summer After better compared to this one, and i hate cheating. i do still hold high hopes for her future releases, but this one was a miss.

I have never cried this much over a book. This book was hilarious and amazing from start to finish! I felt so connected and in love with these characters and their story. I mean, seriously a top-tier book. I adore how instead of an evil alien book, it was a book with so much friendship and love and humanity. I can't wait for the movie. Based on the trailers, I think they are going to do it justice and I can easily see Ryan Gosling doing a great job with the character. I know I'll be bawling my eyes out in the theater.

premise: this book isn't really my genre. In fact, although I didn't find it unpleasant to read overall, I can't give it a rating higher than 3 out of 5. that said, let's start with the negative aspects, which actually, it's just one: the writing 💀 at times, I wanted to tear my hair out. it felt like I was reading a high school essay. all those short sentences... I understand that when it's a first person narrator, it makes sense... but it was really too much. I hated the writing; it made reading really difficult. the other negative point is also related to the writing, but in terms of the descriptions. again, I understand that it's written in the first person, but there were a lot of completely unnecessary descriptions, especially in the first part of the book, which was really, I don't know...annoying? now let's move on to what I liked. the book covered various themes, but obviously the most obvious ones were the duration of love and missed opportunities. I appreciated how the theme was dealt with; I could fully understand how the protagonist felt during all the different periods of her life. when you leave something behind that you haven't resolved, you carry it with you, always. I liked the ending; it fit well with the pace of the book. this book is perfect if you are someone who broods a lot, who tends to bottle up their feelings until it's too late. it's an excellent source of insight.