Vicky

I feel biased as I love Stephen King books very much. His writing style is something I very much appreciate.
The book itself is a very nice book all the way. The beginning, which I have with every book of his, is a bit slower, but builds the foundations of the story very nicely, which gives you the feeling of more being in the story than reading it.
I would highly recommend this book!

It is a nice book, but I found the beginning difficult to keep concentration on the book. Halfway through it started getting more interesting. Also, the sudden use of dialect words makes it harder to read (give people the time to get used to the words). Also, the end suddenly is very jumpy in time. A lot of unanswered questions and in my opinion a very weird ending. I didn't check if there is any followup for this story, but if there is not, the ending could have been written better.
It feels more like “ah I still need to finish this” than that it feels like a good ending.
Overal not a bad book, read it in 5 days.

Lovely book!
Feels nice how the book drags you into the story and takes you on a journey with the main character.
I really love the ending as it also hides a good lesson for every one of us I think. A lesson we all know, but so often forget.
Although sometimes the sentence construction does not fit the kind of writing I like, I'm looking forward to reading more of Emily Henry.

the writing keeps you engaged. The further you come to the ending the more you keep page turning as to know what comes next.
I must say I found some pieces a bit general and expected.
The book ends in a way I expect a follow-up book (because I am curious as to how this story would continue), but I do think it is perfectly fine on its own as well.
Overall this was a very pleasant book to read.

It also captures beautifully how we should all be able to write about something when time, sweat, blood and tears have been invested in it. And how quickly we actually can fall back on subconscious racism and reverse racism without being aware of it being wrong or right.

I enjoyed the book and look forward to reading more of R.F. Kuang.