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After watching the movie I was so excited to discover the book, but was
horribly let down. The only reason i gave it 2 stars is because it might
have been better had I not been comparing it to the movie. However, I know
there would still be things i didn't like. The main this is how they kept
talking about Noah being a horrible person for how he treated her when Lee
found out. Really? He was horrible? She's the one who refused to talk to
him after she insisted they keep it a secret.
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As cringey as the movie was, the book was even cringier. It was a good idea
and it was well-written, (yes, I know books aren't supposed to be
realistic) but things the characters say and do in the most cliché manner
made me have to put the book down and continue the next day, purely out of
secondhand embarrassment. When you are looking for a book you want to have
something that is unrealistic in plot, but somehow crazily realistic people
make it happen, which makes the book even better because you don't expect
these normal people to go through the most abnormal situations, and I
really wasn't feeling that with this book. The characters themselves were
so unrealistic in their actions (purely based on who they were portrayed as
personality-wise) that it made the book predictable and unrelatable. At the
end of a romance novel I want to say "Wow, I want that," not, "That would
never happen to a real person ever so why even bother with love?" 10/10 for
effort, after all, 17? She has zero life experience and can still write a
book that's bearable to read, major respect for that.
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