Author: E. Lockhart
Publication Date: 2 June 2020
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Page Count: 289
Reading Method: Digital ARC
Synopsis:
If you could live your life again, what would you do differently?
After a near-fatal family catastrophe and an unexpected romantic upheaval, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself catapulted into a summer of wild possibility, during which she will fall in and out of love a thousand times–while finally confronting the secrets she keeps, her ideas about love, and the weird grandiosity of the human mind.
A raw, funny story that will surprise you over and over, Again Again gives us an indelible heroine grappling with the terrible and wonderful problem of loving other people.
Review:
In this story, we follow the life (lives?) of Adelaide Buchwald following a break up and her brother’s struggle with drugs. As we follow Adelaide through her summer, we are provided a glimpse into a multitude of alternate realities. It was a bit difficult to get into the story because my brain didn’t immediately compute that we were reading alternate realities. There wasn’t anything in the book that gave any indication that this is what was occurring and it took longer than I would like to admit to catch on. This might just be how the ARC was formatted; it could very well be corrected in the final text. Without any sort of explanation, it was a bit confusing and fuzzy initially.
I also struggled to connect with Adelaide or any of the side characters. It just felt there wasn’t any real depth to any of them and they were all slightly unlikeable. But again, I think with reading the same scenario several times with differing outcomes played into that quite a bit. It was difficult to feel attached to someone when they are constantly doing and saying different things. It was hard to get a sense of their actual character.
The ending portion of the book is where I really started to enjoy the read. There is more information and interaction with her brother and family that I really liked and connected with. We also weren’t continuously pulled out of the timeline to view multiple realities. Unfortunately, this was a small portion towards the end and it was a bit of a struggle for me to get to that point.
All in all, this story just wasn’t for me. I have seen some glowing reviews for this one though, so maybe check those out to see if it sounds like something you might enjoy!
You can purchase a copy of Again Again here (amazon) or here (book depository)
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