I'm giving this one of my full five stars. FULL.
My reaction to this book:
It was one of those books that I stayed up for. This is rare because I love to sleep (because school stress, lolz)
I finished it around 1 a.m. and listened to Ed Sheeran afterwards (to match the mood)
THE ONLY THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK
1.) The Watkins couple's toleration of Celeste parading around the house with a cardboard cutout of her older brother. If I was Julie, I will totally be creeped out. Because seriously, who hangs out with a cardboard cutout and talks to it (I'm not using the pronoun him on Flat Finn, soz) like a normal person?
I'm alarmed. Why are they not doing any action on this? If Julie hadn't arrive, Celeste would probably be like that forever. The kid talks like a woman in a Victorian movie, dresses like a six-year old, carries a cardboard cutout of her older brother everywhere, and has meltdowns almost everyday. The mother is literally a robot, and the father just smiles and smiles and smiles like him smiling would solve the problem.
2.) Julie's relatives
No. Just no.
They're like those relatives that give you a dollar or two in hopes that you will like them.
They make annoying small talk.
Their arguments are lacking coherent thoughts.
THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THIS BOOK
1. MATTHEW WATKINS.
Matthew Watkins made me rethink my decision to maybe-put Michael Moscovitz in the top place for my list of the Best Book Boyfriends to walk the face of the earth. This guy is perfect (although skinny and without a social life)
I will find a Matthew Watkins at my school. I will not stop until I find my own Matthew Watkins.
I really felt bad for him because he shouldered all the burdens. He's basically Celeste's mom. I don't know how he manages to be a great student at M.I.T. (hashtag dream school hashtag school goalz) while he takes care of his family and tries to keep up with the family's web of lies so Julie wouldn't know. He even (view spoiler) Like, how hard is it to pretend to be completely another person? (great photoshop skills, bro). And he's constantly pressured by his mother because he knows that his brother Finn was the golden boy.
*whispers* I feel you too, Matt.
2. PLOT TWISTS
I did not see that plot twist coming. That plot twist whooped me in the ass because I was expecting a pain free ending (which, by the way, if that happened instead, I was going to give it a four). But look. 80% percent into this book, I'm biting my pinkies to nubs and my teeth are chattering (even though here in the Philippines the sun is scorching hot). All the fam drama is rada rada.
3. The romance
Me in the first half of the book:
All because I liked Matt more than Finn (I also liked Finn, but I don't like long distance relationships).
MY DIALOGUE: AH JULIE WHY CAN YOU NOT LOVE MATT INSTEAD HE'S GEOGRAPHICALLY AVAILABLE AND HE'S A GENIUS PLUS HE'S HOT
Sometimes I wish that I had the ability to go inside the book and tell the clueless protagonists what to do instead. So I can save all the drama and they can live happily ever after.
Me in second half on the book:
MY DIALOGUE: EHEHEZ NOW GO FORTH MY DARLINGSand reproduce and love each other 'till the end of time
Overall, this book was amazing. It was full of funny quotes, random trivia, good romance, and the right amount of family drama. If you're going for a light read, I recommend this one.
My reaction to this book:
It was one of those books that I stayed up for. This is rare because I love to sleep (because school stress, lolz)
I finished it around 1 a.m. and listened to Ed Sheeran afterwards (to match the mood)
THE ONLY THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK
1.) The Watkins couple's toleration of Celeste parading around the house with a cardboard cutout of her older brother. If I was Julie, I will totally be creeped out. Because seriously, who hangs out with a cardboard cutout and talks to it (I'm not using the pronoun him on Flat Finn, soz) like a normal person?
I'm alarmed. Why are they not doing any action on this? If Julie hadn't arrive, Celeste would probably be like that forever. The kid talks like a woman in a Victorian movie, dresses like a six-year old, carries a cardboard cutout of her older brother everywhere, and has meltdowns almost everyday. The mother is literally a robot, and the father just smiles and smiles and smiles like him smiling would solve the problem.
2.) Julie's relatives
No. Just no.
They're like those relatives that give you a dollar or two in hopes that you will like them.
They make annoying small talk.
Their arguments are lacking coherent thoughts.
THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THIS BOOK
1. MATTHEW WATKINS.
Matthew Watkins made me rethink my decision to maybe-put Michael Moscovitz in the top place for my list of the Best Book Boyfriends to walk the face of the earth. This guy is perfect (although skinny and without a social life)
I will find a Matthew Watkins at my school. I will not stop until I find my own Matthew Watkins.
I really felt bad for him because he shouldered all the burdens. He's basically Celeste's mom. I don't know how he manages to be a great student at M.I.T. (hashtag dream school hashtag school goalz) while he takes care of his family and tries to keep up with the family's web of lies so Julie wouldn't know. He even (view spoiler) Like, how hard is it to pretend to be completely another person? (great photoshop skills, bro). And he's constantly pressured by his mother because he knows that his brother Finn was the golden boy.
*whispers* I feel you too, Matt.
2. PLOT TWISTS
I did not see that plot twist coming. That plot twist whooped me in the ass because I was expecting a pain free ending (which, by the way, if that happened instead, I was going to give it a four). But look. 80% percent into this book, I'm biting my pinkies to nubs and my teeth are chattering (even though here in the Philippines the sun is scorching hot). All the fam drama is rada rada.
3. The romance
Me in the first half of the book:
All because I liked Matt more than Finn (I also liked Finn, but I don't like long distance relationships).
MY DIALOGUE: AH JULIE WHY CAN YOU NOT LOVE MATT INSTEAD HE'S GEOGRAPHICALLY AVAILABLE AND HE'S A GENIUS PLUS HE'S HOT
Sometimes I wish that I had the ability to go inside the book and tell the clueless protagonists what to do instead. So I can save all the drama and they can live happily ever after.
Me in second half on the book:
MY DIALOGUE: EHEHEZ NOW GO FORTH MY DARLINGS
Overall, this book was amazing. It was full of funny quotes, random trivia, good romance, and the right amount of family drama. If you're going for a light read, I recommend this one.
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