My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Avg rating: 4.18
Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance
Goodreads Summary:
The Pre-Sloane Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.
But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just… disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try… unless they could lead back to her best friend.
Apple Picking at Night? Okay, easy enough.
Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not?
Kiss a Stranger? Um...
Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find?
Go Skinny Dipping? Wait ... what?
My Rating: 3.2
Another Goodreads choice book that didn't impress me as much as I hoped.
This book had a good, solid story line with a hint of mystery to it but I was really let down by the characters and the solving of the mystery. Maybe that was the point though.. Sloan's mystery wasn't all that interesting or shocking but the story wasn't supposed to be about her. For once, she wasn't the star in the Emily/Sloan friendship. The real story that developed here is Emily learning to break away from that stigma and be her own person.
I personally didn't feel like I was falling in love along side the characters more like watching it happen in a movie. I didn't connect with the characters on a personal level and I found the love story quite predictable.
I did like the list and how even though Sloan wasn't around, Emily still got to feel her presence by completing the list. Overall this book made me miss my best friend and summer time when I was in high school. I liked Emily okay but Frank and other sub-characters like Dawn were quite unimpressive.
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Sorry to see you didn't like it all that much :/
ReplyDeleteI was gonna read it last summer, but then I got spoiled on Youtube (not on purpose!), and never got around to it. I've forgotten the spoiler now, and think I'll give it a go this summer :)
Ah that sucks that it got spoiled! Hopefully you don't start reading it and remember what it is.. I've heard a lot of good reviews about this one though so you should definitely give it a shot :)
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