“I think you have to have faith in people before they earn it. Otherwise it's not faith, right?”
It read so easily and I wanted to be inside their heads, I wanted to know what it was like to be in the band, to watch it rise and then fall with such ferocity. I needed to know where they ended up and most importantly, why they ended up there.
For me, Camila made it— her wisdom, her kindness, her love. I simply adored her. I went through phases of liking Billy and then down right disliking him. I never felt any real love for Daisy, although that changed towards the end, but again, there was something about her that made me want to keep reading.
There was a moment for me that it all clicked into place and I ‘got it’ and once that happened, it was without a doubt a 5 stars from me and a book I will always remember and one I know I’ll go back to read again.
It’s not often (probably never for most people) that you find a book that, for a good 75% of the book, you dislike 99% of the characters in it and yet, YOU KEEP READING.
It seems utterly ridiculous to even say that about a book that I have given 5 stars to, I get it. But it’s how I felt reading this book and it’s a testament to the absolute artistry that is the writing of this story for me.
It’s not my typical read and if any other book was like this, it would be left unfinished. I see no shame in not finishing a book you don’t love. There are too many wonderful books out there to discover, why read something you don’t wholeheartedly adore?
And yet …
The writing and story telling of these incredibly flawed and complex characters had me unable to put it down—I mean that, I read it in less than 48 hours—I just HAD to know what happened, I was fully invested even though I felt no real connection to any of the characters. There was something that had a firm grip on me and I knew I had to finish it.
It’s not my typical read and if any other book was like this, it would be left unfinished. I see no shame in not finishing a book you don’t love. There are too many wonderful books out there to discover, why read something you don’t wholeheartedly adore?
And yet …
The writing and story telling of these incredibly flawed and complex characters had me unable to put it down—I mean that, I read it in less than 48 hours—I just HAD to know what happened, I was fully invested even though I felt no real connection to any of the characters. There was something that had a firm grip on me and I knew I had to finish it.
It read so easily and I wanted to be inside their heads, I wanted to know what it was like to be in the band, to watch it rise and then fall with such ferocity. I needed to know where they ended up and most importantly, why they ended up there.
For me, Camila made it— her wisdom, her kindness, her love. I simply adored her. I went through phases of liking Billy and then down right disliking him. I never felt any real love for Daisy, although that changed towards the end, but again, there was something about her that made me want to keep reading.
There was a moment for me that it all clicked into place and I ‘got it’ and once that happened, it was without a doubt a 5 stars from me and a book I will always remember and one I know I’ll go back to read again.
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