I loved how this book started! I could not stop reading it! I was so very looking forward to knowing how the book continued and what had the future prepared for Effie.
At the beginning, I could relate a lot to Effie, the main character. Her way of narrating her life, her failures and how she is feeling about it all was so raw, so real, so true, so authentic, so sad that I liked her straight away and wanted to be part of her life in this adventure that is her book.
I understood most of her struggles like meeting people and making friends, I get how difficult it's! The older you get, the harder and awkward it becomes and I appreciated her efforts for trying.
I found the writing style quite addictive due to how easy it is to read. I had no problems with the vocabulary, the lenght of the chapters was more than okay and I enjoyed the way things were told.
I suffered a bit about Effie's relationship with Theo. Unfortunately, alcohol plays a very important role in the story and I found it overwhelming in a couple of scenes because I thought they became a bit over the top and hard to believe.
I didn't especially liked the fact that Effie seemed to be a mess without Theo and he was described as some sort of hero that came to her life in the right moment to save her from going downhills.
I also didn't enjoy Effie's negativity about everything. I got that her life wasn't the dreamt one and there were aspects that she could improve in but, in general, I thought she was just complaining without much reason.
I didn't like reading how she talked about her parents, especially her mum. Living with them when you are a 28 y/o must be difficult and irritating and annoying but for the first half of the book, Effie didn't have a single nice word about her parents. At all.
In my opinion, the last third of the book was way too cheesy and convenient. We all knew how the book was going to end but I just didn't enjoy the process.
This book started very well off but it didn't do anything for me and I can't give it more than 2/5⭐
At the beginning, I could relate a lot to Effie, the main character. Her way of narrating her life, her failures and how she is feeling about it all was so raw, so real, so true, so authentic, so sad that I liked her straight away and wanted to be part of her life in this adventure that is her book.
I understood most of her struggles like meeting people and making friends, I get how difficult it's! The older you get, the harder and awkward it becomes and I appreciated her efforts for trying.
I found the writing style quite addictive due to how easy it is to read. I had no problems with the vocabulary, the lenght of the chapters was more than okay and I enjoyed the way things were told.
I suffered a bit about Effie's relationship with Theo. Unfortunately, alcohol plays a very important role in the story and I found it overwhelming in a couple of scenes because I thought they became a bit over the top and hard to believe.
I didn't especially liked the fact that Effie seemed to be a mess without Theo and he was described as some sort of hero that came to her life in the right moment to save her from going downhills.
I also didn't enjoy Effie's negativity about everything. I got that her life wasn't the dreamt one and there were aspects that she could improve in but, in general, I thought she was just complaining without much reason.
I didn't like reading how she talked about her parents, especially her mum. Living with them when you are a 28 y/o must be difficult and irritating and annoying but for the first half of the book, Effie didn't have a single nice word about her parents. At all.
In my opinion, the last third of the book was way too cheesy and convenient. We all knew how the book was going to end but I just didn't enjoy the process.
This book started very well off but it didn't do anything for me and I can't give it more than 2/5⭐