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my actual rating: 3.5 stars

First, I want to say I had to read this book for one of my classes and I must say I do wish that I had read it when I was younger. This book has a good premise, “What if you could live forever?”. While Jesse Tuck enjoys living forever and encourages Winnie to do the same. I'm glad that the older set of Tucks explained the reality of immortality because in the end it influenced Winnie's decision to give the immortality water to her toad, instead of drinking it herself.

Actual rating: 4.5 stars

THAT ENDING KILLED ME OMG
They're all hoping she's still alive somewhere, but in reality she's dead in the woods behind that fucking house. Why didn't they think to look there? Like? Do they not watch TV shows? If the house has a whole ass fucking forest in the backyard, you best believe you better check that shit out

actual rating: 3.5 stars
This book took a while to get into because at first I could not stand Eleanor's interactions with people. But I pushed on and I'm glad I did because I would've missed the complexity of the character that is Eleanor Oliphant. It was beautifully written and the buildup to the climax was so fulfilling

actual rating: 3.5 stars

I think the best way to describe this book is The Breakfast Club mixed with Pretty Little Liars. You got the suspense, you got the stereotypical teenage archetypes: the nerd, the bad boy, the popular blonde, and the jock. And you got the romance. I love how as the story progresses, they all begin to pull away from these archetypes and own up to their lies and embrace them.

I was actively trying to figure out who was behind Simon's murder and even though the writing prompts you to sometimes suspect one of the four main characters...I didn't take the false bait.