Shannon

I really enjoyed the book and found it to be a very entertaining, quick read. I found them on TikTok promoting a new book coming out soon and decided to read this one in the meantime since it was on amazon unlimited. The author is very good at telling a story and creating interesting characters that I wanted to follow and learn more about.

I will say the conversations between the characters seemed rather unrealistic to me a lot of the times though that may just be the author's style and did not affect my overall entertainment. There was a lot of telling rather than showing throughout the book as well which may be why some dialog seemed unnatural to me. Often throughout there would also be very big tonal shifts from a really intense or sad scene to then suddenly a very happy scene, sometimes within the same chapter. I do not think it is necessarily a bad thing but did catch me off guard a few times. The pacing at the end was also a bit off to me and I found myself caring a lot less about what would happen towards the end of the book.

That being said, for the most part I found myself not wanting to put the book down and was very excited to see what would happen next for the vast majority of the book. I really like the premise of this book and thought it was very interesting. I tore through this book much faster than most books that I read which definitely speaks to the author's skill of keeping the reader's attention. I am a very slow reader so it usually takes me awhile to finish a book but I got through this rather quickly. This author is overall a wonderful and unique storyteller and I look forward to reading more of their works.

3.5 stars

I overall enjoyed it but the whole tome I thought it was written in perspective of an adult thinking back which made me very confused by the language. Now realizing it was him writing just a month or two after it makes way more sense and I really should have put that together better.

I found it to be a fun read and I liked the satirical take on the whole trope. It was an easy read and went through quickly.

I enjoyed the book quite a lot. I listened to the audiobook as I drove for work and couldn't stop listening. The narrator is very captivating and makes the book very enjoyable to read. The book is really a masterpiece with not a lot to critique without nitpicking. Definitely a worthwhile read. 

I thought all the narration in the diary to be rather unrealistic. I don't feel like anyone would write full conversations with direct quotes in a dairy, but it did not detract from the book at all.  Also it may be my imagination or perhaps it is a purposeful choice for the narrator but there were parts that struck me as rather white idolizing. White characters were often referred to as looking like Greek statues with perfect porcelain ivory skin which stuck me as odd at times. But that may be just due to the narrator. Additionally, all non-British or non-American characters of the book were made a big point of being extremely assimilated to British culture. It's not a bad thing but I thought it was funny that it was pointed out clearly with multiple characters. It wasn't a big deal, but did strike me as odd. 

Absolutely loved this book. Was a bit worried I would be confused about the world based on the summary but the author did an amazing job setting it up and bringing the reader into the world. I am extremely excited to read the other books in this series. 
The only thing I did not love about the book was the random kiss between the two main characters that came out of no where for me. I thought of them as having a much more platonic brother-sister relationship throughout the book so it took me off guard. However it was very short and was not built upon afterwards. Maybe the next book will either build that relationship up or go back to being very platonic. 
Overall one of the best books I have read in awhile.